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Loras College Data & Information Overview

93 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
72% Acceptance Rate
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How Well Is Loras College Ranked?

#604 Best Colleges in Nation
#16 Best Colleges in IA
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.

Loras College was awarded 93 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is parks, recreation, leisure, & fitness studies.

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Overall Quality

Loras is ranked #604 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list.

Loras is also ranked #16 out of 40 schools in Iowa.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Loras?

72% Acceptance Rate
41% Of Accepted Are Women

Acceptance Rate

When it comes to admittance, Loras College is somewhat selective. Its acceptance rate is 72%, which means you'll face some strong competition during the admissions process. Do what you can to make your application stand out.

Learn more about Loras College admissions.

Loras College Faculty

11 to 1 Student to Faculty
82% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

At Loras, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 11 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at Loras College is 82%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  82 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Loras College

78% Freshmen Retention
59% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate of 78% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Loras College enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.

Freshmen Retention Rate  78 out of 100
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Graduation Rate

Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Loras the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 59%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%

On-Time Graduation Rate  59 out of 100
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Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Loras College.

Loras College Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,214 Full-Time Undergraduates
18.3% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
43.4% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,314 undergraduates at Loras with 1,214 being full-time and 100 being part-time.

How Much Does Loras College Cost?

$21,629 Net Price
65% Take Out Loans
$29,788 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Loras is $21,629. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Loras

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$17,261 $19,374 $19,010 $21,112 $26,065

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Loras, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Loras, approximately 65% of students took out student loans averaging $7,447 a year. That adds up to $29,788 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Loras is 2.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

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How Much Money Do Loras Graduates Make?

$52,435 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
The pay for some majors is higher than others, but on average, students who graduate with a bachelor's degree from Loras make about $52,435 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. This is good news for future Loras graduates since it is 23% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.

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See which majors at Loras College make the most money.

Location of Loras College

Iowa State
1,214 Full-Time Undergraduates
Small City Campus Setting
Located in Dubuque, Iowa, Loras College is a private not-for-profit institution. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

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Contact details for Loras are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1450 Alta Vista, Dubuque, IA 52004-0178
Phone: 563-588-7100
Website: www.loras.edu/
Facebook: http://www.loras.edu/facebook?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=lorasedu
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lorascollege

Loras College Majors

43 Majors With Completions
332 Undergraduate Degrees
50 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 43 majors graduated from Loras College. Of these students, 332 received undergraduate degrees and 50 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Health & Physical Education 32 $33,391
General Psychology 29 $32,590
Teacher Education Grade Specific 27 $35,504
Business Administration & Management 27 $40,601
Social Work 18 $33,873
Criminal Justice & Corrections 18 $40,707
General Biology 14 NA
Romance Languages 13 NA
Marketing 13 $42,509
Public Relations & Advertising 12 $35,865

Learn more about the majors offered at Loras College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Loras

14% Take At Least One Class Online
1% Take All Classes Online

Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.

In 2020-2021, 193 students took at least one online class at Loras College. This is a decrease from the 897 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 193 14
2019-2020 897 18
2018-2019 79 11
2017-2018 67 20
2016-2017 80 7

Learn more about online learning at Loras College.

Notes and References

Footnotes

*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.

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