Accounting at Luther College

If you plan to study accounting, take a look at what Luther College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Luther is located in Decorah, Iowa and approximately 1,802 students attend the school each year. Of the 58 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Luther College in 2021, 15 of them were accounting majors.

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

Luther Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Luther Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how Luther performed in these rankings.

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 accounting major at Luther is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting. 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
	61
	71
	135
	217
	262
	542
	622
	643
	1,019
	1,127

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from Luther Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Luther is $55,758. This is 20% higher than $46,292, which is the national average for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at Luther

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

Luther Accounting Bachelor’s Program

The accounting program at Luther awarded 15 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 40% of these degrees went to men with the other 60% going to women.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting 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 accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentrations Within Accounting

If you plan to be a accounting major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Luther College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	15

Related Majors

• Management Information Systems
• Business Administration & Management

Careers That Accounting Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting 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
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	19,780	$38,900
Accountants and Auditors	9,600	$67,030
Financial Managers	8,630	$114,620
Financial Analysts	2,410	$83,230
Financial Examiners	1,310	$65,410

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.