Ranking Criteria

America's Best Colleges Survey (U.S. News and World Report) 2019 Edition (September 2018) Ranking Criteria (% of Total) Rank - National Liberal Arts Institutions
Overall Rank – Luther College 89
     Peer Assessment Score (presidents, provosts, deans) 15.0% 3.1 of 5.0
     High School Counselor Score 5.0% 3.7 of 5.0
Graduation and Retention Rank 82
     Six-year graduation rate 18.0%
     Retention 4.5%
Faculty Resources Rank 134
     Class Size 8.0%
     Faculty Salary 7.0%
     Proportion of Professors with highest degree 3.0%
     Student-faculty ratio 1.0%
     Proportion of Faculty who are full time 1.0%
Student Selectivity Rank 80
     Admissions Test Scores 7.75%
     Graduated in top 10% of high school class 2.25%
Financial Resources Rank 10.0% 126
Graduation Rate Performance Rank (2011 cohort) 8.0% 25
Alumni Giving Rank 5.0% 55