Loyola Marymount University Outcomes: $78K Earnings (2026)

How much do Loyola Marymount University graduates earn?

The reported median is $78,039 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $68,250 as its benchmark; the difference is $9,789 per year.

Graduates of Loyola Marymount University earn a median of $78,039 four years after completion, a figure in the 87th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. That median is above the peer median of $68,250 for comparable institutions (same type and size), a gap of $9,789.

Azimuth places the return in the 81st percentile. Graduates earn about $8 more than expects for similar students, effectively at the expected level, a result in the 55th percentile.

The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $5,896. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $5,888.

Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $309. The combination of median earnings above the peer median and a near-zero expectation gap means the return picture is mixed. Graduates out-earn peers but do not clear the model's bar by a wide margin.

The spread between the downside and upside earnings scenarios at Loyola Marymount University is wide: from $54,320 to $101,762 four years after completion, with the typical scenario at $78,039. That range shows the variation in earnings across the university's 24 programs with published data.

The highest-earning fields show the upper end of that spread: Computer and Information Sciences completers earn a median of $127,011, Accounting graduates reach $111,733, and Finance completers earn $109,303.

An estimated 30.1% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure derived from the university's program mix rather than observed enrollment. Because four-year earnings figures capture only those working and not enrolled, the median earnings understate the eventual earnings of the sizable share of completers who pursue advanced degrees.

Median earnings · four years after completion: $78,039
Rank for difference from expectations: 55th percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

Loyola Marymount University reported median: $78,039
Peer schools comparable schools · $9,789 below Loyola Marymount University: $68,250
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $8 below Loyola Marymount University: $78,031

School and program earnings use pooled 2017–18 and 2018–19 completion cohorts, measured in 2022 and 2023 and expressed in 2024 dollars. How the model works.

How could earnings differ from the median?

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

Lower estimate: $54,320
Median · reported: $78,039
Higher estimate: $101,762

Downside shows a lower-earning scenario based on the college’s mix of programs; upside shows a higher-earning scenario. Typical is the school’s reported median four years after completion. These are planning scenarios, not a forecast of your salary or percentiles of individual graduates.

Why the downside matters explores the risk hidden by medians, using older ten-year entrant data. Read about the move to four-year earnings.

Do Loyola Marymount University graduates earn more than expected?

Azimuth models what we would expect graduates to earn based on who the college enrolls, how selective it is and its local economy. The difference between that expectation and reported earnings is what Azimuth calls value added.

Loyola Marymount University graduates’ reported earnings are $8 above that expectation, the 55th percentile for this measure. Unlike a peer comparison, it adjusts for who enrolls.

The breakdown separates the contribution attributed to observed factors from the remaining difference. Neither component establishes how much attending Loyola Marymount University caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at Loyola Marymount University report the highest earnings?

The five largest programs at Loyola Marymount University span a wide earnings range four years after completion. Finance leads at $109,303 with 115 degrees awarded, while Marketing reaches $82,825 on 154 degrees awarded.

Psychology, the most-awarded degree at 158 degrees, shows a median of $60,958. The highest-earning program overall is Computer and Information Sciences, where completers earn a median of $127,011 four years after completion, with 52 degrees awarded.

Accounting follows at $111,733 (35 degrees awarded). Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, a large program at 134 degrees awarded, sits at $49,135, showing the gap between the university's highest-earning fields and its arts and social-science programs.

The earnings picture at Loyola Marymount University depends heavily on field of study. The university publishes earnings data for 24 bachelor's programs, and the highest-earning fields sit well above the largest ones.

Computer and Information Sciences leads with a median of $127,011 four years after completion, on 52 degrees awarded. Among the largest programs, Finance shows a median of $109,303 with 115 degrees awarded.

Marketing awarded 154 degrees and reports a median of $82,825. The most popular field, Psychology, awarded 158 degrees and its completers earn a median of $60,958.

The spread between Computer and Information Sciences and Psychology shows the earnings range across programs.

Further analysis

The range between $54,320 and $101,762 in earnings scenarios, grounded in the university's program mix, shows how much earnings vary by field four years after completion. The typical earnings scenario is $78,039.

Anchoring that spread in named programs, Computer and Information Sciences graduates earn a median of $127,011, while Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft sits at $49,135.

Graduates of Loyola Marymount University earn a median of $78,039 four years after completion, placing the university in the 87th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. That figure is above the peer median of $68,250 for comparable institutions (same type and size), by $9,789.

The earnings cohort includes 1,897 federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled. Earnings scenarios anchored on the university's program mix show a typical outcome of $78,039, with a downside scenario of $54,320 and an upside scenario reaching $101,762.

Graduates earn about $8 more than the model expects for similar students, effectively at the expected level, a result that sits in the 55th percentile nationally. An estimated 30.1% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix.

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.