Quick Facts

General

President:

Richard L. Torgerson

Character:

An independent, coeducational, residential, liberal arts college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Location:

Decorah, Iowa (population 8,500) in the northeast Iowa bluff country 35 miles west of the Mississippi River and 15 miles south of the Minnesota border. The Upper Iowa River flows adjacent to campus.

History:

Founded by the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church in 1861

Enrollment:

Approximately 2,500 men and women; 35% from Iowa, 88% from Iowa-Illinois-Minnesota-Wisconsin; remainder from 34 other states and more than 40 foreign countries

Calendar:

4-1-4 fall and spring semesters divided by January term; two optional summer sessions

Faculty:

181 full-time faculty; 89% with terminal degree; faculty:student ratio 1:12

Facilities:

Library with more than 340,000 volumes, seating for 977, and computerized access to more than 90 million volumes through interlibrary network; planetarium, anatomy lab, live animal center; KWLC Luther College radio station; 1,600-seat auditorium and 53-rank, 42-stop, 3-manual tracker-action pipe organ in the Center for Faith and Life

Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa

Academic

Degree Conferred:

Bachelor of Arts; more than 60 majors, minors, and preprofessional programs

Majors/Minors:

Accounting
Africana Studies
Anthropology
Art
Athletic Training
Biblical Languages
Biology
Business (Management)
Chemistry
Classical Studies
Communication Studies
Computer Science
Economics
Education (Elementary, Secondary, Special Endorsements—Mental Disabilities, Multicategorical, Prekindergarten/Kindergarten, Reading, ESL/Bilingual)
English
Environmental Studies
French
German
Greek
Health
History
Latin
Latin American Studies
Management
Management Information Systems
Mathematics
Mathematics/Statistics
Museum Studies
Music (Church Music, Education, History and Literature, Performance, Theory/Composition)
Nursing
Philosophy
Physical Education
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Religion
Russian Studies
Scandinavian Studies
Social Welfare
Social Work
Sociology
Spanish
Speech/Theatre
Theatre/Dance
Women's and Gender Studies

Preprofessional and special programs:

Arts Management
International Management
Predentistry
Preengineering
Prelaw
Premedicine
Preoptometry
Prepharmacy
Prephysical Therapy
Preveterinary Medicine
Sports Management

Admission

Selectivity:

Competitive; secondary school record most important; ACT or SAT scores required
The college accepts promising students without regard to race, creed, handicap, color, national origin, age, sex, or sexual orientation.

Cost for 2008-09:

Comprehensive fee including tuition, room, and board is $35,960. Ninety-eight percent of students receive some form of financial assistance, which is based on both need and merit.

Interviews and tours:

Strongly encouraged. Appointments are available weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and most Saturdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. during the academic year; weekdays only during the summer.

Additional information:

Admissions Office
Luther College
700 College Drive
Decorah, Iowa 52101-1042
800-4 LUTHER (800-458-8437)
admissions@luther.edu