Luther College
Decorah, IA · Private (nonprofit) · 1,379 students · mostly bachelor degrees
54th-cheapest of 68 Iowa colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$23,097
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$65,461
Graduation rate
71%
Admission rate
72%
Median graduate earnings
$59,850
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$27,000
Average SAT
1218
Median ACT
26
Pell grant recipients
20%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
43 programsClinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree31 grads/yr$77,569Accounting · Bachelor's Degree11 grads/yr$75,341Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree31 grads/yr$68,510Biology/Biological Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree37 grads/yr$63,998Psychology, General · Bachelor's Degree$56,469General Studies · Bachelor's Degree$54,821Political Economy · Bachelor's Degree18 grads/yr$53,510Communication, General · Bachelor's Degree10 grads/yr$52,905Environmental Science · Bachelor's Degree13 grads/yr$52,296Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General · Bachelor's Degree5 grads/yr$51,913Music Technology · Bachelor's Degree33 grads/yr$50,947Health and Wellness, General · Bachelor's Degree11 grads/yr$50,580Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education · Bachelor's Degree13 grads/yr$50,164Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General · Bachelor's Degree6 grads/yr$49,769Social Work · Bachelor's Degree14 grads/yr$47,660English Language and Literature, General · Bachelor's Degree22 grads/yr$46,116Public/Applied History · Bachelor's Degree11 grads/yr$45,737
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.