Public Relations at Loras College

What traits are you looking for in a PR school? To help you decide if Loras College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's PR program.

Loras is located in Dubuque, Iowa and approximately 1,404 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students received a bachelor's degree in PR from Loras.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Public Relations section at the bottom of this page.

Loras Public Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in PR

Loras Public Relations Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the PR progam at Loras compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The PR major at Loras is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Relations. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	8
	8
	29
	35
	46
	52
	54
	67
	72
	80

PR Student Demographics at Loras

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the PR majors at Loras College.

Loras Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

The PR program at Loras awarded 12 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. The typical PR bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at Loras since its program graduates 29% more men than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in PR at Loras are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Loras College with a bachelor's in PR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Loras also has a doctoral program available in PR. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That PR Grads May Go Into

A degree in PR can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IA, the home state for Loras College.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Public Relations Specialists	1,820	$56,880
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	960	$103,350
Communications Professors	480	$88,340
Advertising and Promotions Managers	200	$113,030

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Bahua at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.