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Design Your Day at Luther
You have options! Make your visit unique, fun, and above all meaningful by choosing activities that speak to you.
Individual and group visits both give you an up-close look at Luther, from student life to academics to co-curricular activities.
Here’s what’s on the menu:
- Taking a tour of campus.
- Meeting a faculty member or coach one-on-one.
- Enjoying a complimentary meal.
- Visiting a class or music rehearsal.
- An in-depth review of scholarships, financial aid, and admissions.
- Overnight visits on select dates.
Tell us what you’re looking for. Your college search deserves our best, and we’re ready to deliver.
Explore Your Visit Options
Looking for a custom visit experience? Start here. All visits include a campus tour, admissions and scholarship info, and lunch. Want more? Add a classroom visit, faculty meeting, audition, coach meeting, even an overnight stay! Just let us know—we’ll set everything up.
- Type: Individual
- Duration: 2-4 hours
- Availability: Most weekdays. Several arrival time options.
To schedule your visit, choose a date from the calendar at the visit portal, and let us know what you’re looking for.
These small group events offer two arrival times for your convenience. Add a full campus tour, student panel, Q&A session with an Admissions rep, and a complimentary lunch, and you have a perfect Saturday on campus. Plus, you’ll have the afternoon free to enjoy Decorah, one of America’s best small college towns.
- Type: Small group (5-15)
- Duration: 2-4 hours
- Availability: Select Saturdays during the school year
Watch for 2025-26 dates!
SUMMER PREVIEW WEEK (Aligns with Minnesota Private College Week)
June 23-27, 2025
Summer is the perfect time to launch your college search, and Luther College is the perfect place!
Join us for a relaxed, informative visit. Tour campus, meet students, learn about admissions and scholarships, and enjoy a summer day in one of the best college towns.
- Two start times to choose from: 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
- Complimentary lunch: 12-1 p.m.
- BONUS: we have a limited number of (very affordable) rooms available for overnight stays in our residence halls. Let us know if you’re interested!
Registration: Choose your date on our visit calendar.
NORSE ATHLETIC PROSPECT ID SHOWCASE DAY
July 31. 2025
Future college athletes, this is your day.
Our Norse Athletic Prospect ID Showcase is designed to develop you as an athlete and a leader:
- Train with Norse coaches in your sport.
- Connect with current and future Luther student-athletes.
- Learn about Luther’s academic and scholarship opportunities, including the $4,000 campus visit award.
- Tour campus and learn about our $22M athletics facility investment.
- Visit Decorah, Iowa, a beautiful, vibrant college town.
All participants will receive a Nike Legends T-shirt.
REGISTRATION FEE: $50 to ensure NCAA compliance
We’d love to host a group visit from your high school or organization!
We’ll customize a visit to feature what your students need. Options include campus tours, info sessions on scholarships and admissions, student ambassador panels, and more. Have a special interest in visual or performing arts? The sciences? We can create amazing experiential learning visits just for your students.
- Type: Group (5-50; high school juniors and seniors)
- Duration: 1-3 hours
- Availability: By request on select days throughout the year.
Fall 2025 virtual events coming soon!
The Luther College Campus Visit Award
There are many ways to measure what a campus visit is worth – personal connections, a sense of place, a vision of the path ahead. That’s the core.
We’ve added one more: The Luther College Campus Visit Award, a renewable $1,000 scholarship for prospective students who attend an eligible visit prior to enrolling. When you invest your time, attention, and resources in a campus visit, we begin our investment in you.
Connect, Prepare, Explore
My daughter had the greatest visit experience. It really allowed her to see herself at Luther!
Parent of prospective student, Rochester, Minn.
Living in Decorah, Iowa
Going to Luther is synonymous with living in beautiful Decorah. Your professors live here, and so do 1,000+ alumni. Decorah is a hidden gem that lies in the Driftless Region. It’s a beautiful environment of rolling hills, sandstone bluffs, waterfalls, and spring-fed creeks. And the community of Decorah is just as unique and inviting as the landscape. See why we are proud to call Decorah our home.
Admissions Office
Luther College
700 College Drive
Decorah, Iowa 52101
Phone: 563-387-1287