Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA · Private nonprofit45.1%
Acceptance rate
$45,723
Avg net price
7,171
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 1,834Master’s 609Doctoral 331 |
| Bachelor’s 541Master’s 132Doctoral 0 |
| Bachelor’s 342Master’s 78Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 219Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 166Master’s 37Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 145Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 83Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 58Master’s 29Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 57Master’s 44Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 54Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 36Master’s 3Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 32Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 23Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 22Master’s 11Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 13Master’s 6Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 11Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 9Master’s 1Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 9Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 8Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 5Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 1Master’s 17Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 9Doctoral 305 |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 212Doctoral 26 |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 30Doctoral None reported |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division I
- Primary conference
- West Coast Conference
Projected sponsored sports14
Athletic participation
296 unique student-athletes · 14 varsity teams
Early Decision I
Binding · FAFSA due Nov 1
Early Action
FAFSA due Jan 10
Early Decision II
Binding · FAFSA due Jan 10
Regular Decision
FAFSA due Feb 1
· Apply with the college's application, Common App, or Coalition
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $60,970
- Required fees
- $1,387
- Food and housing
- $22,026
- Books and supplies
- $1,062
- Other expenses
- $4,446
- Total
- $89,891
- $70,4462019–2019–20
- $71,2582020–2120–21
- $72,9362021–2221–22
- $76,2272022–2322–23
- $84,6032023–2423–24
- $89,8912024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $45,723 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 44%
- Average share of need met
- 71.4%
- Average need-based grant
- $39,722
- Required forms
- FAFSA
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from Loyola Marymount University’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
Loyola Marymount University admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
Loyola Marymount University runs two binding Early Decision rounds and a nonbinding Early Action plan. ED applicants were admitted at versus for the regular pool, a edge, and ED admits fill of the class.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Loyola Marymount University admits in-state applicants at 55%, out-of-state applicants at 52.3%, and international applicants at 5.7%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
1,536 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. SAT or ACT scores must arrive by Feb 1. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT and an ACT, down from 14% in 2021–22.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
20% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
7% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
Loyola Marymount University’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 100% who submitted one. ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 23% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.98
High-school class rank
Among the 23% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
Loyola Marymount University rates 3 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Application essay
- Very important
- Recommendation(s)
- Important
- Class rank
- Considered
- Standardized test scores
- Considered
Nonacademic
- Talent / ability
- Important
- Character / personal qualities
- Important
- First generation
- Important
- Extracurricular activities
- Considered
- Volunteer work
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- Interview
- Not considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Not considered
- Geographical residence
- Not considered
- State residency
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Not considered
Loyola Marymount University’s sticker drops once grant aid is applied, and what a family actually pays depends on income. of first-years received need-based aid; a family with no aid pays the full sticker. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Bars read against the $92,406 sticker. Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $45,723 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 680 of 1,537 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
What that meant in 2025–26
Cost of attendance $92,406
Averages among the 680 first-years awarded need-based aid.
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Loyola Marymount University offers merit aid only: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Loyola Marymount University admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
Accepted a place
Not disclosed88.2% of Loyola Marymount University’s first-years return for a second year and 79.8% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03