Loyola University Maryland

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach National
Religious Affiliation Catholic (Jesuit)
Population 2,200,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71%)
Sunshine Hours 2,580 (49%)
Days Without Precipitation 250 (58%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 3,942
Men / Women 44% / 56%
From State 35%
From Region 13%
Athletes 418 (10.9%)

Racial/Ethnic

White 61%
Hispanic 15%
Black 12%
Mixed 5%
Asian 4%
International 2%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Arts and Sciences 527 34% 63% 3% 12% 12% 3% $80,929 75 +1.18 74 97%
General Engineering 26 — 77% 58% 0% 23% 8% 4% $95,203 41 -0.25 88 100% — — — —
Computer Science 17 — 76% 59% 12% 24% 0% 6% $150,544 80 +0.75 100 100% — — — —
Information Systems, Data Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence for Business 50 +12 62% 50% 10% 12% 8% 12% $109,389 72 +0.54 95 — — — — —
Applied Mathematics 8 +2 50% 62% 0% 25% 0% 0% $98,497 40 -0.32 90 — — — — —
Chemistry 8 — 25% 88% 0% 0% 0% 0% $78,140 81 +0.63 70 — — — — —
Physics 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $87,655 67 +0.29 82 — — — — —
Statistics 2 +1 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $99,463 43 -0.29 90 — — — — —
Biochemistry 9 — 33% 33% 11% 0% 22% 11% $79,129 80 +0.68 71 — — — — —
Biology 38 — 24% 53% 8% 13% 18% 0% $89,590 98 +2.69 83 100% — — — —
Biomedical Sciences 1 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $80,414 85 +0.98 73 — — — — —
Speech-Language Pathology 31 — 6% 77% 0% 10% 13% 0% $71,506 90 +1.22 56 99% — — — —
Business Economics 11 +4 64% 55% 0% 9% 18% 9% $93,998 56 -0.15 87 — — — — —
Classical Languages — — — — — — — — $70,233 89 +1.09 53 — — — — —
Creative Writing 11 +1 36% 82% 18% 0% 0% 0% $63,826 94 +1.39 36 96% — — — —
English 10 +2 0% 90% 0% 0% 10% 0% $59,233 84 +0.83 24 100% — — — —
French — — — — — — — — $69,556 88 +1.03 51 95% — — — —
History 16 +1 69% 88% 0% 0% 6% 0% $55,420 51 -0.15 15 96% — — — —
Interdisciplinary Studies 51 +2 10% 55% 4% 20% 10% 2% $70,224 94 +1.24 53 89% — — — —
Latin 3 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $70,005 89 +1.07 53 — — — — —
Philosophy 6 — 50% 67% 0% 0% 17% 0% $67,613 74 +0.47 46 — — — — —
Spanish 1 +11 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% $69,556 88 +1.03 51 95% — — — —
Theology 1 +2 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $64,197 95 +1.65 37 — — — — —
Communication 54 +5 35% 74% 2% 9% 11% 2% $80,606 96 +1.75 73 99% — — — —
Political Science 34 +4 32% 62% 0% 12% 21% 0% $75,122 63 +0.21 64 93% — — — —
Psychology 71 +9 20% 61% 0% 11% 18% 3% $70,048 98 +2.27 53 98% — — — —
Social Sciences 18 — 39% 83% 6% 6% 0% 0% $75,855 97 +1.72 65 97% — — — —
Sociology 9 +1 11% 78% 0% 11% 11% 0% $67,489 91 +0.96 46 — — — — —
Art 2 +4 0% 50% 0% 50% 0% 0% $52,555 79 +0.61 10 — — — — —
Art History — — — — — — — — $53,234 69 +0.11 11 — — — — —
Art Studies 5 +1 20% 60% 0% 40% 0% 0% $52,718 80 +0.63 11 — — — — —
Forensic Science 33 +3 30% 48% 3% 6% 24% 0% $68,626 90 +1.20 49 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Education 19 5% 84% 0% 0% 16% 0% $54,263 3 +0.29 13 100%
Elementary Education 19 — 5% 84% 0% 0% 16% 0% $54,263 71 +0.29 13 100% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Sellinger School of Business and Management 256 68% 75% 4% 4% 11% 3% $101,348 95 +0.83 91 99%
Accounting 40 +2 62% 80% 10% 2% 8% 0% $107,066 89 +1.30 94 99% — — — —
Business Administration 4 — 75% 50% 0% 25% 25% 0% $99,053 89 +1.11 90 98% — — — —
Finance 77 +8 84% 71% 5% 3% 12% 3% $106,501 72 +0.26 94 — — — — —
International Business 25 +3 48% 44% 8% 8% 12% 20% $97,664 79 +0.62 89 — — — — —
Managerial Economics 20 +4 70% 85% 0% 0% 10% 0% $102,505 68 +0.17 92 — — — — —
Marketing 66 +14 58% 82% 0% 3% 11% 0% $94,782 92 +1.34 87 — — — — —
Organizational Leadership 13 +2 77% 69% 8% 8% 15% 0% $99,053 94 +1.66 90 98% — — — —
Social Entrepreneurship 11 +9 55% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $93,700 83 +0.80 87 — — — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $61,150
ROI Percentile 81th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 87%
4-Year Graduation Rate 73%
6-Year Graduation Rate 79%
Transfer-Out Rate 17%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Business & Economics 33.3% 267 67% 74% 4% 4% 11% 3% $101,045 86 +0.79 91 99% —
Social Sciences 23.2% 186 28% 68% 1% 10% 15% 2% $74,479 93 +1.63 63 98% —
Humanities 12.3% 99 24% 69% 4% 10% 9% 1% $65,778 90 +0.94 41 93% —
Computer Science 8.4% 67 66% 52% 10% 15% 6% 10% $119,831 65 +0.59 98 100% —
Life & Natural Sciences 6.0% 48 27% 50% 8% 10% 19% 2% $87,437 99 +2.27 81 100% —
Professional 4.1% 33 30% 48% 3% 6% 24% 0% $68,626 52 +1.20 49 — —
Health Sciences 3.9% 31 6% 77% 0% 10% 13% 0% $71,506 25 +1.22 56 99% —
Engineering 3.2% 26 77% 58% 0% 23% 8% 4% $95,203 18 -0.25 88 100% —
Education 2.4% 19 5% 84% 0% 0% 16% 0% $54,263 54 +0.29 13 100% —
Physical Sciences & Math 2.4% 19 42% 79% 0% 11% 0% 0% $89,457 75 +0.11 83 — —
Arts 0.9% 7 14% 57% 0% 43% 0% 0% $52,671 56 +0.63 11 — —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Education $0.5M #295 77% $0 — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $0.2M #457 72% $0 — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $0.2M #485 91% $0 — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math $0.1M #550 90% $0 — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 — $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $0 #456 — $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0 #525 — $0 — — — —
Engineering $0 #449 — $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $0 #441 — $0 — — — —
Total $1.0M #562 80% $0 — — — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D1

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Lacrosse 53 $2.4M $2.4M $0
Swimming & Diving 44 $595K $595K $0
Soccer 27 $1.4M $1.4M $0
Rowing 26 $143K $143K $0
Basketball 16 $2.1M $2.1M $0
Cross Country 15 $61K $61K $0
Tennis 15 $118K $118K $0
Golf 9 $598K $598K $0
Total 205 $7.5M $7.5M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Swimming & Diving 43 $428K $428K $0
Rowing 37 $175K $175K $0
Soccer 30 $1.6M $1.6M $0
Track & Field (indoor) 30 $174K $174K $0
Track & Field (outdoor) 30 $185K $185K $0
Lacrosse 29 $1.6M $1.6M $0
Cross Country 17 $146K $146K $0
Volleyball 16 $849K $849K $0
Basketball 15 $1.9M $1.9M $0
Tennis 14 $263K $263K $0
Total 213 $7.4M $7.4M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Swimming & Diving 87 $1.0M $1.0M $0
Lacrosse 82 $4.0M $4.0M $0
Rowing 63 $319K $319K $0
Soccer 57 $3.0M $3.0M $0
Cross Country 32 $208K $208K $0
Basketball 31 $4.1M $4.1M $0
Track & Field (indoor) 30 $174K $174K $0
Track & Field (outdoor) 30 $185K $185K $0
Tennis 29 $381K $381K $0
Volleyball 16 $849K $849K $0
Golf 9 $598K $598K $0
Total 418 $23.5M $23.5M $0

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 70%
Yield (non-ED) 13%
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 65% 80% 27%
Unhooked Early Decision 0% 0% —

Early Action and Restrictive Early Action applicants are reported at the regular-decision rate.

Hooked: legacy, recruited athletes, and faculty-related

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 15%
SAT Range 1250 – 1370
SAT Math Range 600 – 670
SAT RW Range 640 – 710