Enrollment Trends at Luther

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,852 where 1,384 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment decreased every year from 2016 to 2025, falling from 2,337 to 1,384 students, a loss of 953 (40.8%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Luther College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,337	1,049	1,288
2016-17	2,169 -168	970 -79	1,199 -89
2017-18	2,053 -116	916 -54	1,137 -62
2018-19	2,005 -48	857 -59	1,148 11
2019-20	1,951 -54	833 -24	1,118 -30
2020-21	1,802 -149	750 -83	1,052 -66
2021-22	1,744 -58	757 7	987 -65
2022-23	1,610 -134	727 -30	883 -104
2023-24	1,463 -147	678 -49	785 -98
2024-25	1,384 -79	663 -15	721 -64
Average	1,852	820	1,032

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 70.81%. The percentage was 83.57% 10 years ago and Luther still has a high percentage of white students. 1.23% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.41% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 6.36% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 83.57% to 70.81%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.80% to 1.23%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.84% to 4.41%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.81% to 6.36%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4924 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2991 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Luther College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	5	42	43	89	1	1,953	47
2016-17	7	35	45	99	1	1,787	49
2017-18	8	28	39	97	3	1,667	46
2018-19	4	29	43	111	4	1,590	45
2019-20	5	40	44	110	8	1,516	43
2020-21	3	36	36	120	6	1,406	45
2021-22	7	35	50	121	5	1,314	28
2022-23	9	28	47	106	7	1,206	14
2023-24	9	23	52	95	5	1,074	6
2024-25	10	17	61	88	2	980	0
Average	7	31	46	104	4	1,449	32

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Luther College does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.