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Martin Luther College

Martin Luther College is based in the town of New Ulm, MN — a private campus in a small-town setting. The school reports a Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod affiliation in its federal filings.

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What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Net price by family income

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Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.

IPEDS Income brackets, 2022–23

family-income band

$12,474

family income
under $30k

$14,427

$30–48k

$17,415

$48–75k

$21,090

$75–110k

$24,323

over $110k

Average net price

$18,4632023–24Skip to data table

Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.

Average net price at Martin Luther College rose from $12,465 (2008) to $18,463 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$12,465
2009	$12,824
2010	$14,275
2011	$16,205
2012	$16,304
2013	$16,104
2014	$17,612
2015	$18,096
2016	$18,334
2017	$18,881
2018	$19,703
2019	$22,205
2020	$21,869
2021	$21,240
2022	$20,483
2023	$18,463

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$29,2502024–25Skip to data table

Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.

Total cost at Martin Luther College rose from $17,970 (2009) to $29,250 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$17,970
2010	$18,700
2011	$19,450
2012	$20,110
2013	$20,740
2014	$21,524
2015	$23,120
2016	$24,020
2017	$24,590
2018	$25,570
2019	$26,590
2020	$27,230
2021	$28,000
2022	$28,613
2023	$29,288
2024	$29,250

IPEDS Academic-year cost 2009–2024

Tuition & fees

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

Tuition & fees — data
Year	Tuition & fees
2000	$5,255
2001	$5,395
2002	$6,110
2003	$7,310
2004	$8,500
2005	$8,925
2006	$9,380
2007	$9,850
2008	$10,350
2013	$12,300
2014	$12,920
2015	$13,570
2016	$13,980
2017	$14,680
2018	$15,410
2019	$15,870
2020	$16,420
2021	$16,910
2022	$17,420
2023	$17,770

IPEDS Published price 2000–01 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

Martin Luther College reports published tuition of $18,120 in this record. Martin Luther College's $18,120 tuition excludes other attendance costs; aid can reduce the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

Martin Luther College reports 725 undergraduates. This count does not measure class size or advising access.

71.5% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at Martin Luther College within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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71.5%entered Fall 2018Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at Martin Luther College has wandered from Fall 1991 to Fall 2018 entering cohorts — up to 76.8% at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 71.5%.

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
1991 cohort	67.5%
1992 cohort	65.7%
1993 cohort	69.9%
1994 cohort	60.7%
1995 cohort	66.7%
1996 cohort	62.3%
1997 cohort	71.1%
1998 cohort	70.8%
1999 cohort	73.3%
2000 cohort	68.7%
2001 cohort	68.4%
2002 cohort	67.2%
2003 cohort	70.6%
2004 cohort	71.2%
2005 cohort	72.8%
2006 cohort	73.2%
2007 cohort	76.8%
2008 cohort	71.7%
2009 cohort	72.8%
2010 cohort	73.5%
2011 cohort	69.2%
2012 cohort	72.6%
2013 cohort	69.1%
2014 cohort	74.9%
2015 cohort	74.9%
2016 cohort	74.4%
2017 cohort	71.4%
2018 cohort	71.5%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1991–2018

Median debt at exit (completers vs non-completers)

Historical student groups

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Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.

CompletedLeft without degree

Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.

These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.

Median debt at exit — data
Year	Completed	Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 1997 and 1998 (FY1997/98)	$10,058	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	$8,973	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$6,045	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	$5,105	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$5,500	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$6,000	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$5,500	$2,978
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$7,900	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$11,127	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$13,061	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$12,643	$2,688
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$12,785	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$14,769	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$16,500	$5,347
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$16,500	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$17,313	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$19,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$22,700	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$23,000	$7,750
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$21,500	$8,000
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$19,360	$7,661
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$21,000	$7,500
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$19,975	$7,000
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$20,177	$6,500

NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$40,760

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$43,748

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$47,491

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years.

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

Martin Luther College admitted 197 of 226 applicants in Fall 2024. The 87.2% rate describes that application pool.

87.2%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $17,770 tuition · 2023–24 725 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Test-optional (considered) · Fall 2024

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Admissions

Martin Luther College: scores were considered but optional in the Fall 2024 admissions cycle.

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Score	25th	50th	75th
ACT Composite	21	21	28

25th / 75th: a quarter of enrolled submitters scored below the first number, a quarter above the second. These are not cutoffs.

Only students who submitted scores are counted — at test-optional schools, many enrolled students aren't in this table.

Percentiles are among enrolled students who submitted scores (Fall 2024 admissions cycle).

In the Fall 2024 cycle, Martin Luther College received 226 applications and admitted 197 (87.2%), with 174 enrolling.

Acceptance rate

87.2%Fall 2024Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	95.3%
Fall 2002	92.8%
Fall 2003	92.8%
Fall 2004	97.8%
Fall 2005	96.7%
Fall 2006	97.9%
Fall 2007	96.6%
Fall 2008	97.4%
Fall 2009	98.1%
Fall 2010	96%
Fall 2011	95%
Fall 2012	97.3%
Fall 2013	96.2%
Fall 2014	97.3%
Fall 2015	77.9%
Fall 2016	83.3%
Fall 2017	70.6%
Fall 2018	89.3%
Fall 2019	83.8%
Fall 2020	87.3%
Fall 2021	91.4%
Fall 2022	83.7%
Fall 2023	82.6%
Fall 2024	87.2%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

1078–1256Fall 2023 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2016	1080	1380
Fall 2017	1093	1275
Fall 2018	1080	1250
Fall 2019	1070	1320
Fall 2020	1031	1238
Fall 2021	1080	1250
Fall 2022	1051	1316
Fall 2023	1078	1256

IPEDS Fall 2016–2023, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

21–28Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters, using published composite-score percentiles — not admission cutoffs.

ACT middle 50% — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	21	27
Fall 2002	21	26
Fall 2003	26	27
Fall 2004	21	27
Fall 2005	21	28
Fall 2006	23	27
Fall 2007	22	27
Fall 2008	22	27
Fall 2009	22	27
Fall 2010	22	27
Fall 2011	22	28
Fall 2012	22	28
Fall 2013	22	27
Fall 2014	22	27
Fall 2015	22	28
Fall 2016	21	27
Fall 2017	21	28
Fall 2018	21	27
Fall 2019	22	28
Fall 2020	21	27
Fall 2021	21	27
Fall 2022	20	27
Fall 2023	22	27
Fall 2024	21	28

IPEDS Fall 2001–2024, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

725Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at Martin Luther College fell from 1,060 (Fall 2002) to 725 (Fall 2024).

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	1,060
Fall 2003	1,013
Fall 2004	941
Fall 2005	846
Fall 2006	765
Fall 2007	746
Fall 2008	770
Fall 2009	722
Fall 2010	737
Fall 2011	711
Fall 2012	720
Fall 2013	729
Fall 2014	744
Fall 2015	747
Fall 2016	783
Fall 2017	797
Fall 2018	803
Fall 2019	777
Fall 2020	777
Fall 2021	736
Fall 2022	697
Fall 2023	718
Fall 2024	725

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

85%Fall 2023 cohortSkip to data table

The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.

First-year retention at Martin Luther College has held near 85% from Fall 2002 to Fall 2023.

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2002 cohort	83%
Fall 2003 cohort	86%
Fall 2004 cohort	79%
Fall 2005 cohort	78%
Fall 2006 cohort	88%
Fall 2007 cohort	92%
Fall 2008 cohort	85%
Fall 2009 cohort	84%
Fall 2010 cohort	84%
Fall 2011 cohort	84%
Fall 2012 cohort	85%
Fall 2013 cohort	80%
Fall 2014 cohort	83%
Fall 2015 cohort	87%
Fall 2016 cohort	85%
Fall 2017 cohort	85%
Fall 2018 cohort	81%
Fall 2019 cohort	88%
Fall 2020 cohort	83%
Fall 2021 cohort	86%
Fall 2022 cohort	85%
Fall 2023 cohort	85%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2002–2023

More about Martin Luther College

Faculty pay at Martin Luther College averages $61,056 a year, annualized from reported monthly pay. Carnegie classes Martin Luther College as a primarily residential campus of 725 undergraduates — and 84.7% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

Incoming students who submitted scores typically landed between 21 and 28 on the ACT composite. Put your own practice estimate on Martin Luther College's range with the ACT calculator, or bring a saved GPA from the grade tools.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How Martin Luther College compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Acceptance rate

Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS

Martin Luther College87.2%

Minnesota median85.4%

National median76.8%

Tuition

Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid

Martin Luther College$18,120

Minnesota median$22,520

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

Martin Luther College's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

Martin Luther College$47,491

Minnesota median$58,351

National median$53,781

View comparison data & dates

Martin Luther College, Minnesota and national reference values
Metric & basis	Martin Luther College	Minnesota median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	87.2%	85.4%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$18,120	$22,520	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$47,491	$58,351	$53,781

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does Martin Luther College report?

The middle 50% of Martin Luther College's enrolled Fall 2024 submitters reported ACT composites of 21–28; this dataset does not provide a GPA requirement.

What is Martin Luther College's acceptance rate?

87.2% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 197 admitted from 226 applicants.

How much does Martin Luther College cost?

At Martin Luther College, tuition is $18,120. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does Martin Luther College report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $47,491. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in Minnesota

Hamline University — 87.6% admitted
Bethel University — 87.8% admitted
Minnesota State University-Mankato — 88.4% admitted
Metropolitan State University — 98.7% admitted

Run your own numbers

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Read the date and population definitions.