Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 75.28
Liaison Chris Frantsvog
Submission Date Feb. 25, 2022

STARS v2.2

Luther College
PA-8: Affordability and Access

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.72 / 4.00 Aaron Steffens
Director of Financial Aid Operations
Financial Aid Office
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Percentage of need met, on average, for students who were awarded any need-based aid :
86

Percentage of students graduating without student loan debt:
33

Percentage of entering students that are low-income:
17

Graduation/success rate for low-income students:
68.60

A brief description of notable policies or programs to make the institution accessible and affordable to low-income students:

Luther offers Federal, State and Institutional grants, scholarships and loans to assist students who demonstrate financial need. Assistance for our lowest income incoming students in the 2021-22 academic year averaged over $47,000 per student. Luther also encourages all students to apply regularly for outside scholarships. Over 38% of our incoming students brought outside scholarships with them in 2020-21, averaging almost $2,400 each.


A brief description of notable policies or programs to support non-traditional students:

Luther assists veterans through the GI Bill, Yellow Ribbon and Tuition Assistance program, and Tuition Assistance Programs to help our non-traditional veterans.


Estimated percentage of students that participate in or directly benefit from the institution’s policies and programs to support low-income and non-traditional students:
19

Website URL where information about the institution’s accessibility and affordability initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

https://www.luther.edu/ir/assets/Higher_Education_Act___Graduation_Rates_PELL_GSL_2011_first_year_cohort_20180910.pdf

All data entered for this credit are for the 2021-22 academic year, with the exception of the student loan debt percentage, which is from 2020-21, and the graduation/success rate, which are from six-year graduation rates of Pell Grant students who entered Luther College in the fall of 2014 (file attached, above).


https://www.luther.edu/ir/assets/Higher_Education_Act___Graduation_Rates_PELL_GSL_2011_first_year_cohort_20180910.pdf

All data entered for this credit are for the 2021-22 academic year, with the exception of the student loan debt percentage, which is from 2020-21, and the graduation/success rate, which are from six-year graduation rates of Pell Grant students who entered Luther College in the fall of 2014 (file attached, above).

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