Communication & Media Studies at Loras College

Every communication and media studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the communications program at Loras College stacks up to those at other schools.

Loras is located in Dubuque, Iowa and approximately 1,404 students attend the school each year. Of the 340 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Loras College in 2021, 8 of them were communication and media studies majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Communication & Media Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Loras Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Loras Communication & Media Studies Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications major at Loras is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Communication & Media Studies. 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
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	115
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	271
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools	307
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	486
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools	569
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	735

How Much Do Communications Graduates from Loras Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Loras is $37,403. This is 15% higher than $32,435, which is the national average for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at Loras

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

Loras Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Loras since its program graduates 27% more men than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications 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 communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Public Relations & Advertising

Careers That Communications Grads May Go Into

A degree in communications 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
Editors	940	$51,480
Reporters and Correspondents	560	$32,650
Radio and Television Announcers	530	$34,870
Communications Professors	480	$88,340

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.