Public Relations & Advertising at Loras College

If you are interested in studying public relations and advertising, you may want to check out the program at Loras College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Loras is located in Dubuque, Iowa and approximately 1,404 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 12 public relations majors received their bachelor's degree from Loras.

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

Loras Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

Loras Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public relations programs across the country. The following shows how Loras performed in these rankings.

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 public relations major at Loras is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Relations & Advertising. 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
Most Focused Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	44
Most Focused Public Relations & Advertising Schools	59
	106
Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	177

Earnings of Loras Public Relations Graduates

The median salary of public relations students who receive their bachelor's degree at Loras is $35,865. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $36,826 for all public relations students.

Public Relations Student Demographics at Loras

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

Loras Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 public relations students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Loras, about 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical public relations bachelor's degree program is made up of only 28% men. So male students are more repesented at Loras since its program graduates 22% more men than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations 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 public relations.

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 public relations. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Communication & Media Studies

Careers That Public Relations Grads May Go Into

A degree in public relations 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
Editors	940	$51,480
Reporters and Correspondents	560	$32,650
Radio and Television Announcers	530	$34,870

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.