Loras College Business Programs

Loras College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Dubuque, Iowa. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

Loras College Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Loras.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#121	Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Where Is Loras College?

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

How Do I Get Into Loras?

You can apply to Loras online at: www.loras.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for Loras

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Loras?

With an acceptance rate of 58%, Loras does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 56% of accepted students are men and 44% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 59%, and the acceptance rate for women is 58%.

Can I Afford Loras College?

The overall average net price of Loras is $25,041. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Loras, approximately 71% of students took out student loans averaging $8,443 a year. That adds up to $33,772 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.

Loras College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,314 undergraduate students at Loras, with 1,214 being full-time and 100 being part-time.

There are also 90 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,214 full-time undergraduates at Loras, 57% are male and 43% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Loras College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	13
Black or African American	51
Hispanic or Latino	126
White	919
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	85

Geographic Diversity

Iowa students aren't the only ones who study at Loras College. At this time, 15 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 14 countries are represented at Loras. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Colombia, France, and Nepal.

Online Learning at Loras College

In 2019-2020, 897 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Loras has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of Loras

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Loras College was 43.6%. This is the #621 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Loras regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Loras College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	27	9	36
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	13	0	13
Finance	12	0	12
Public Relations	12	0	12
Management Science	10	0	10
Accounting	9	0	9
General Management Information Systems	3	0	3
General Business/Commerce	1	0	1
General Economics	1	0	1
TOTAL	88	9	97

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Bahua at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.