Loyola Marymount University Teaching Programs

Located in Los Angeles, California, Loyola Marymount University is a private not-for-profit institution. The location of Loyola Marymount is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

Where Is Loyola Marymount University?

Contact details for Loyola Marymount are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	One Lmu Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659
Phone:	310-338-2700
Website:	www.lmu.edu

How Do I Get Into Loyola Marymount?

You can apply to Loyola Marymount online at: https://admission.lmu.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for Loyola Marymount

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Loyola Marymount?

You'll need to do what you can to make your application stand out if you plan to apply to Loyola Marymount. The school screens its applicants carefully and has a fairly low acceptance rate of 41%. So, don't just throw your admission packet together at the last minute!

Approximately 41% of accepted students are men and 59% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 42%, and the acceptance rate for women is 41%.

Average Test Scores

About 19% of students accepted to Loyola Marymount submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 650 and 720. Math scores were between 650 and 740.

Loyola Marymount received ACT scores from 11% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 30 and 35. Math scores were between 27 and 0. Composite scores were between 29 and 32.

Can I Afford Loyola Marymount University?

The overall average net price of Loyola Marymount is $53,743. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Loyola Marymount, approximately 33% of students took out student loans averaging $7,820 a year. That adds up to $31,280 over four years for those students.

Loyola Marymount University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 7,127 undergraduate students at Loyola Marymount, with 6,945 being full-time and 182 being part-time.

There are also 3,057 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 6,945 full-time undergraduates at Loyola Marymount, 46% are male and 54% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Loyola Marymount University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	680
Black or African American	495
Hispanic or Latino	1,584
White	2,947
International Students	679
Other Races/Ethnicities	560

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at Loyola Marymount University. At this time, 40 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 93 countries are represented at Loyola Marymount. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Indonesia, China, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at Loyola Marymount University

In 2022-2023, 2,399 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Loyola Marymount has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 11th most popular in California for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Loyola Marymount majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
General Educational Leadership & Administration	18%

Loyola Marymount University Teaching Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Urban Education & Leadership	0	191	0	191
General Educational Leadership & Administration	23	11	22	56
General Education	0	30	0	30
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	0	29	0	29
General Special Education	0	26	0	26
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	0	13	0	13
Drama & Dance Education	0	10	0	10
Bilingual & Multilingual Education	0	9	0	9
Secondary Education	0	9	0	9
Elementary Education	0	7	0	7
Reading Teacher Education	0	2	0	2
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	0	1	0	1
Other Student Counseling & Personnel Services	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	23	338	22	383

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Mishigaki under License

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