An Iowa College in the Liberal Arts Tradition
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.