Loyola Marymount University
Private Research University in Los Angeles, CA. Six-year graduation rate 79%. Median 10-year earnings $78,349.
Students who entered Loyola Marymount University reach a median of $78,349 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. 79% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Graduates carry a median of $19,500 in debt — in line with the national norm. It also moves people — 2.5% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.25 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 79% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
At 45%, the acceptance rate makes Loyola Marymount University a school worth applying to with alternatives in hand. With 23,089 applications received, this is a school operating at national scale. Only 15% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere. The score bands below rest on the 18% of enrolled first-years who submitted an SAT score — a self-selected group, and not a cutoff.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 640–720 | 279 (18%) |
| SAT Math | 620–710 | |
| ACT Composite | 28–32 | 122 (8%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Apply at Loyola Marymount University →Academics
Six-year completion runs to 79% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. First-year retention of 89% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. A 10:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. With 7,336 undergraduates, the school sits in the middle of the size distribution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 7,171 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $59,926 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $32,268 while those at $110k+ pay $58,371. 88% of students get grant aid averaging $24,457, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. About 30% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 1,533 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $32,268 |
| $30–48k | $34,535 |
| $48–75k | $34,351 |
| $75–110k | $40,557 |
| $110k+ | $58,371 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,157 of these 7,171 students, totalling $13,644,663 — an average of $6,326 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Los Angeles County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)