Elementary Education at Loras College

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

Loras is located in Dubuque, Iowa and approximately 1,404 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 18 elementary teaching majors received their bachelor's degree from Loras.

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

Loras Elementary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

Loras Elementary Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the elementary teaching 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 elementary teaching major at Loras is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Elementary Education. 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 Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	139
Most Focused Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	141
Best Elementary Education Schools	162
Most Focused Elementary Education Schools	206
	338
Best Value Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	365
	402
Most Popular Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	403
Best Value Elementary Education Schools	491
Most Popular Elementary Education Schools	515

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at Loras

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

Loras Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 11% of elementary teaching bachelor's degrees went to men and 89% went to women. The typical elementary teaching bachelor's degree program is made up of only 9% men. So male students are more repesented at Loras since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 94% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching 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 elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Secondary Education

Careers That Elementary Teaching Grads May Go Into

A degree in elementary teaching 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
Elementary School Teachers	19,040	$54,500

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.