Elementary Education at Luther College

What traits are you looking for in a elementary teaching school? To help you decide if Luther College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's elementary teaching program.

Luther is located in Decorah, Iowa and approximately 1,802 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 17 elementary teaching majors received their bachelor's degree from Luther.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Elementary Education section at the bottom of this page.

Luther Elementary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

Luther Elementary Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the elementary teaching progam at Luther compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The elementary teaching major at Luther is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Elementary Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	26
Best Elementary Education Schools	32
	89
	109
Most Focused Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	213
Most Focused Elementary Education Schools	293
Best Value Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	401
Most Popular Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	418
Best Value Elementary Education Schools	527
Most Popular Elementary Education Schools	531

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at Luther

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the elementary teaching majors at Luther College.

Luther Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

The elementary teaching program at Luther awarded 17 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 12% of these degrees went to men with the other 88% going to women. The typical elementary teaching bachelor's degree program is made up of only 9% men. So male students are more repesented at Luther since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at Luther are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Luther College with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Luther also has a doctoral program available in elementary teaching. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Elementary Teaching Grads May Go Into

A degree in elementary teaching can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IA, the home state for Luther College.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Elementary School Teachers	19,040	$54,500

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Prizm under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.