Campus News

Loras College, a Catholic liberal arts college, is the only school in Iowa to make a list of the top 25 schools for students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). About one in 59 children has been identified with ASD according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). More

Loras College receives a $20,000 Dr. Scholl Internship Away Scholarship Program grant. This is the ninth year the foundation has funded such opportunities with its support totaling $400,000. The program is one of many ways Loras supports learning outside the classroom, enabling students to pursue internships without incurring additional expenses. More

The Loras College Women’s Leadership Alliance proudly announces Michaela Dohleman, from Pontiac, Illinois as the first recipient of a $1,200 award from the Women’s Leadership Alliance Scholarship stablished in October 2017. Loras offers a wide variety of scholarships and awards with 100 percent of all incoming students receiving institutional aid. More

The Loras College community continues to receive recognition on a national scale. In just the last two months, the College was included in rankings from Money Magazine, Forbes Magazine, and College Consensus. More

Loras officially raised $105.6 million, surpassing its goal of $100 million, during its Inspiring Lives & Leadership campaign. It’s the largest and most successful fundraising effort in the college’s 178-year history. More

Loras College has been named the 13th Best Regional College in the Midwest – a 12-state region – according to the 2018 U.S. News Best Colleges rankings released Tuesday. Loras also ranked ninth in Best Value and first in Best Colleges for Veterans in Midwest. More

Loras College and its Women’s Leadership Alliance announce the establishment of the Women’s Leadership Alliance Scholarship. The organization began raising funds for the scholarship in May, with an anonymous donor recently offering to match new donations dollar-for-dollar up to $7,500. More

Loras College, a four-year Catholic liberal arts college, is ranked fourth out of Iowa’s seventeen private, nonprofit colleges that made MONEY magazine's 2017 Best Colleges For Your Money list. More

The Inspiring Lives & Leadership Campaign, with a challenge goal of $100 million, was officially completed on August 31, 2017. As of that date, it had far exceeded the goal, raising a historic nearly $106 million.". More

Loras College was recently awarded a $10,000 grant from the Dubuque Racing Association. The funds will support the creation of a STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) innovation laboratory in the St. Joseph Hall of Science. More

Loras College ranks 11th among the 50 Best Disability Friendly Colleges and Universities, according to College Choice, a publication that reviews and rates the nation’s colleges and universities to help students find the right school. More