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

STARS v2.2

Luther College
PRE-3: Institutional Boundary

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete N/A Chris Frantsvog
Sustainability Coordinator
Center for Sustainable Communities
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Institution type:
Baccalaureate

Institutional control:
Private non-profit

A brief description of the institution’s main campus and other aspects of the institutional boundary used to complete this report:
Decorah, the home of Luther College for 161 years, has a population of 7,587. It is the county seat of Winneshiek County, located at the junction of U.S. Highway 52 and State Highway 9. The Minnesota border lies 15 miles to the north. The Mississippi River lies 30 miles to the east.

The Luther campus is situated at the northwest corner of Decorah, with the main campus within the city limits, and several of the College's natural areas lying beyond the city limits to the north and west. Luther is situated on the rolling wooded hills and rugged limestone cliffs of northeast Iowa's bluff country. The scenic Upper Iowa River flows through the lower portion of the 200-acre central campus. The college owns an additional 800 acres adjoining the central campus which are devoted to environmental research, biological and recreation.

Which of the following features are present on campus and which are included within the institutional boundary?:
Present? Included?
Agricultural school No No
Medical school No No
Other professional school with labs or clinics (e.g. dental, nursing, pharmacy, public health, veterinary) No No
Museum No No
Satellite campus No No
Farm larger than 2 hectares or 5 acres No No
Agricultural experiment station larger than 2 hectares or 5 acres No No
Hospital No No

The rationale for excluding any features that are present from the institutional boundary:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Source for population: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census of Population and Housing.

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