Engineering at Loras College

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

Loras is located in Dubuque, Iowa and has a total student population of 1,404. Of the 340 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Loras College in 2021, 8 of them were engineering majors.

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

Loras Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Loras Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering major at Loras is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. 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 Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	399
Most Focused Engineering Schools	506

Engineering Student Demographics at Loras

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

Loras Engineering Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students earned a bachelor's degree in engineering from Loras. About 38% of these graduates were women and the other 63% were men. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Loras since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering 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 engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentrations Within Engineering

The following engineering concentations are available at Loras College. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Loras College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Engineering	8

Related Majors

• Physical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Computer & Information Sciences
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering 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
Software Applications Developers	6,990	$88,570
Industrial Production Managers	3,490	$98,040
Mechanical Engineers	2,970	$80,530
Systems Software Developers	2,650	$91,920
Industrial Engineers	2,610	$82,770

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.