Health Professions at Loras College

If you are interested in studying health professions, 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. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students received their master's degree in health professions.

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

Loras Health Professions Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Health Professions

Loras Health Professions Rankings

Health Professions Student Demographics at Loras

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

Loras Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 11 health professions students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Loras, about 55% were men and 45% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 25% men graduate in health professions each year. Loras does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 29% more men than average.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Loras, 91% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

Concentrations Within Health Professions

The following health professions concentations are available at Loras College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Loras College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Allied Health Professions	11

Careers That Health Professions Grads May Go Into

A degree in health professions 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
Registered Nurses	33,770	$59,130
Nursing Assistants	20,890	$29,120
Personal Care Aides	18,520	$25,050
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	11,970	$56,970
Software Applications Developers	6,990	$88,570

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.