Luther College enrollment down slightly from last year
Posted: Tue, Sep 18, 2018 9:25 AM
(This story has been updated to reflect that the enrollment figures use student numbers, not "full-time equivalent" numbers):
Luther College has released its 2018 fall semester enrollment report.
The college has a total (headcount) enrollment of 2,005 students this fall. That's down slightly from last year, when the school had an enrollment of 2,053 students. Enrollment was 2,169 students in 2016, 2,337 students in the fall of 2015 and 2,385 students in the fall of 2014. Since 2013, total (headcount) enrollment at the school has declined by 19 percent--from 2,466 students to 2,005 students.
The 2,005 students on campus this fall include 554 first-year students and 18 transfer students. That's an increase from last fall.
Luther is also reporting its most recent four-year graduation rate of 2014 first-year students graduating by August 31st of this year is 69.2 percent.
For more enrollment information for fall 2018, years 2014-18, and first-year student cohort persistence and graduation rates over time, visit
http://www.luther.edu/ir/enrollment/