Cost & financial aid brief
Loyola Marymount University Tuition, Costs & Financial Aid
How much does Loyola Marymount University cost after financial aid?
The published cost of attendance is $83,943, and the average net price across all aid recipients is $48,381, meaning aid covers about 42% of the sticker price for that group. The pattern across income bands shows the largest discounts are concentrated on families with lower incomes: the average net price is $32,268 for families earning under $30,000, $34,535 for the $30,001–$48,000 band, $34,351 for $48,001–$75,000, $40,557 for $75,001–$110,000, and $58,371 for families earning over $110,000.
The spread between the lowest and highest bands is $26,103, and the lowest-band average sits well below the overall average.
Loyola Marymount University publishes a cost of attendance of $83,943, an average across living arrangements. Tuition and fees are $62,357 and room and board are $22,026.
The average net price—what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships—varies sharply by family income. For families earning under $30,000, the average net price is $32,268; for the $48,001–$75,000 band it is $34,351; and for families earning over $110,000 it reaches $58,371.
The spread between the lowest and highest bands is $26,103, a difference that reflects how aid scales with need. Azimuth ranks the university #1,384 for affordability among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Aid covers about 42% of the published cost for the average aid recipient, an offset of $35,562 against the sticker price. The average net price across all aid recipients is $48,381, which sits above the peer median of $27,371 for comparable institutions (same type and size) by $21,010.
That gap means the typical aid package leaves a larger remaining cost than at most peer schools, even after accounting for the university's substantial aid spending. Among federal-loan borrowers who completed, the median federal student debt is $19,500.
That median is below the peer median of $24,199 by $4,699, and 91.3% of federal aid recipients borrow federal loans. For a graduate at the median four-year earnings, that debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $222 a month if repaid over ten years.
Median Parent PLUS borrowing stands at $58,361.
Student loans: what does repayment look like?
Borrowers who complete leave with a median of $19,500 in federal student loans at completion. Federal borrowing is nearly universal here: 91.3% of federal aid recipients take federal loans.
The median debt is $4,699 below the $24,199 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Parents who borrow hold a separate median of $58,361 in Parent PLUS loans.
Graduates of Loyola Marymount University earn a median of $78,039 four years after completing a degree, measured among federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled. That figure sits in the 87th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Graduates earn about $8 more than expects for similar students, effectively at the expected level, an outcome at the 55th percentile. Earnings scenarios, estimated from the program mix, range from $54,320 in a downside case to $101,762 in an upside case, with a typical scenario of $78,039.
Borrowers who finish hold a median of $19,500 in federal loans. That is $4,699 below the median for comparable institutions (same type and size), $24,199.
If repaid over ten years, that debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $222 a month.
Median Parent PLUS borrowing, a separate parent-borrower population, is $58,361. The estimated monthly student payment if repaid over ten years is $222.
Repayment figures are in the Financial GPS card below. Borrowing populations and model assumptions.
Parent loans: what can the family afford?
How Parent PLUS borrowing affects families
- Median Parent PLUS debt
- $58,361
- Estimated parent payment
- $742/mo
| Household income | Share of income above basic expenses | Risk level |
|---|---|---|
| $35,000 | No room | High pressure |
| $50,000 | No room | High pressure |
| $75,000 | 43.7% | High pressure |
| $100,000 | 19.6% | High pressure |
| $150,000 | 9.3% | Caution |
| $200,000 | 6.1% | Caution |
The 10-year payment on the median Parent PLUS balance, as a share of household income above basic expenses ($54,640 a year: 200% of the 2026 federal poverty guideline for a household of three). No room is High pressure. Open the parent tool for your own numbers. Read the assumptions and limits.
Student and parent loans: the monthly payments
Financial GPS
What does repayment look like?
- Institution median student debt
- $19,500
- Institution Parent PLUS debt
- $58,361
Federal loans only; private or institutional loans aren’t included.
- Estimated student payment · monthly
- $222/mo
- Estimated Parent PLUS payment · monthly
- $742/mo
- Modeled student + parent payments
- $964/mo
Payments use school-wide median balances, not a specific major’s.
Student payment as a share of available income
At median graduate earnings of $78,039, with a $23,940 annual allowance for basic expenses:
4.9% of income above the allowance · Excellent
- Excellent Under 8% · selected scenario
- Good 8–under 12%
- Concerning 12–20%
- High risk Over 20%
How this estimate works
These are modeled earnings scenarios, not observed earnings percentiles. Annual student payments ÷ (earnings − basic-expense allowance). The starting allowance, $23,940, uses the published framework’s 2026 baseline; it is not a current local living-cost estimate. Change it for your budget, including taxes and other obligations. This combines school-level figures for illustration, not a typical individual’s budget or an official school rating. Parent PLUS is separate.
Payment assumptions
Payments are 10-year standard payments on the median balance, before loan fees, used as a yardstick. Rates for newly issued loans may differ, and loans made after July 1, 2026 can repay over a longer term; existing loans keep their original fixed rates.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.
Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.
Figure notes link to sources and limitations. About College Azimuth.
Net price and borrowing. The 2023–24 income-band averages include living costs and cover eligible first-time, full-time aid recipients; public-school figures reflect in-state tuition. They are not individual aid offers. Peer matching supplies overall net prices, not matched income-band averages. College Scorecard data and documentation.
A personal student-risk assessment also needs your major and borrowing plan; these school-level illustrations do not assign you a personal risk zone.
Payments are 10-year standard payments on the median balance, before loan fees, used as a yardstick. Rates for newly issued loans may differ, and loans made after July 1, 2026 can repay over a longer term; existing loans keep their original fixed rates. Private-loan figures from the Common Data Set are separate from these federal repayment illustrations.