Admission & Aid Academics Student Life Athletics Music Outcomes Being Community COVID Advisory: Level 1 Green » Outcomes » Comparisons and Rankings » Why Students Choose Luther Menu Why Students Choose Luther Incoming first-year students are surveyed (using the CIRP Freshman Survey) to learn why they chose to attend Luther. The most recent survey identifies the reasons most frequently cited by first-year students for selecting Luther. The percentages reflect the proportion of students who identified the specific influence as "very important." The survey covers a wide range of student characteristics: parental income and education, ethnicity, and other demographic items, financial aid, secondary school achievement and activities, educational and career plans, values, attitudes, beliefs, and self-concept. View more information about the CIRP Freshman Survey. 2018 CIRP Freshman Survey—Luther First-Year Students Reasons noted as "very important" in influencing student's decision to attend this particular college Total % I was offered financial assistance 78.9 This college has a very good academic reputation 66.3 I wanted to go to a school about the size of this college 60.3 A visit to campus 65.0 This college's graduates get good jobs 60.0 For more details about Luther's first-year student survey, please contact the office of Assessment and Institutional Research at Luther College or visit their webpage. Apply Now Visit Luther Contact Information Admissions Office Luther College 700 College Drive Decorah, Iowa 52101 Phone: 563-387-1287 Email: admissions@luther.edu Outcomes maintained by Kristin Bjerke. Page last updated on 5 November 2021. Login ABOUT About Luther College of the Church Diversity at Luther The Liberal Arts Sustainability ALUMNI & FRIENDS Alumni Directory Alumni Home Giving Homecoming Magazine CAMPUS Book Shop College Ministries Dining Services Technology Help Desk Ticket Office OFFICES Communications Financial Services Human Resources President Registrar’s Office QUICK LINKS Directory Norse Mail KATIE Library norsehub.luther.edu Luther College 700 College Drive Decorah, Iowa 52101 USA 563-387-2000 800-4-LUTHER (800-458-8437) Emergency Info Privacy Statement Report a Problem © 2021 Luther College. All rights reserved. Powered by Reason CMS. We Value Your Privacy SETTINGS NextRoll, Inc. ("NextRoll") and our advertising partners use cookies and similar technologies on this site and use personal data (e.g., your IP address). If you consent, the cookies, device identifiers, or other information can be stored or accessed on your device for the purposes described below. You can click "Allow All" or "Decline All" or click Settings above to customize your consent. NextRoll and our advertising partners process personal data to: ● Store and/or access information on a device; ● Create a personalized content profile; ● Select personalised content; ● Personalized ads, ad measurement and audience insights; ● Product development. For some of the purposes above, our advertising partners: ● Use precise geolocation data. Some of our partners rely on their legitimate business interests to process personal data. View our advertising partners if you wish to provide or deny consent for specific partners, review the purposes each partner believes they have a legitimate interest for, and object to such processing. If you select Decline All, you will still be able to view content on this site and you will still receive advertising, but the advertising will not be tailored for you. You may change your setting whenever you see the on this site. DECLINE ALL ALLOW ALL