College · Private nonprofit · Los Angeles, CA · City
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
Admit rate45%
6-yr median pay$63k
Net price / yr$48k
Undergrad size7,094
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $48k/yr for a shot at a $63k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 45% means this is selective — grades, essays, and testing matter. Admitted students average SAT 1359 · ACT 30.
If you get in
7,094 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $84k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $48k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$336k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$194k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$142k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback3.1x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $62.4k
- Room & board
- $22.0k
- Books & supplies
- $1,062
How students pay for it.
Pell grants13%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans29%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$20k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $8k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
Graduation · 6 yr79%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$63k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$78k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 7,094
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
- Region
- Far West (AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA)
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity (R2)
- Size & setting
- Four-year · medium · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, more selective, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior Colleges and University Commission
Identity
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White38%
- Hispanic25%
- Asian10%
- International9%
- Two or more races9%
- Black8%
First-gen students22%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time2%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$69k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 48
What you can study.