Career outcomes brief

Loyola University Chicago Career Outcomes & Earnings

Updated September 30, 2026

How much do Loyola Chicago graduates earn?

The reported median is $73,865 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $83,615 as its benchmark; the difference is -$9,750 per year.

Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $73,865, in the 82nd percentile. That is $9,750 below the $83,615 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).

Graduates earn about $12,022 more than expects for similar students. That puts the gap at the 87th percentile.

Azimuth places the return at the 87th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures adds $7,692. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $4,330.

The earnings scenarios at Loyola University Chicago span from a downside of $55,294 to an upside of $92,103, with the typical scenario at $73,865. That range reflects the variation in program-level outcomes four years after completion.

The highest-earning programs illustrate the upper end of the spread. Management Information Systems and Services completers earn a median of $103,884, Computer and Information Sciences graduates reach $99,112, and Accounting completers earn $97,667.

An estimated 33.7% 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: $73,865
Rank for difference from expectations: 87th percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

Loyola Chicago reported median: $73,865
Peer schools comparable schools · $9,750 above Loyola Chicago: $83,615
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $12,022 below Loyola Chicago: $61,843

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 many Loyola Chicago first-year students return?

First-time, full-time bachelor’s cohorts · CDS 2025-26

Returned the following fall: 84.9%

Source: Loyola University Chicago Common Data Set 2025-26, B22 retention.

How could earnings differ from the median?

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

Lower estimate: $55,294
Median · reported: $73,865
Higher estimate: $92,103

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 Chicago 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 Chicago graduates’ reported earnings are $12,022 above that expectation, the 87th 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 Chicago caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at Loyola Chicago report the highest earnings?

Loyola University Chicago's highest-earning bachelor's programs cluster in technical and quantitative fields. Management Information Systems and Services leads at $103,884 four years after completion, with 86 degrees awarded.

Computer and Information Sciences follows at $99,112 on 49 degrees awarded, and Accounting reaches $97,667 with 72 degrees awarded. Among the largest programs, earnings are more moderate.

Nursing, the biggest by degrees awarded at 415, shows a median of $87,922. Marketing earns $86,662 on 170 degrees awarded.

Biology shows a median of $62,821 on 305 degrees awarded. Psychology reaches $56,658 with 269 degrees awarded.

The contrast between the top-earning technical fields and the larger, moderate-earning programs in health and science is the central story of the university's return profile.

Loyola University Chicago publishes earnings data for 36 bachelor's programs. The five largest by degrees awarded are Nursing (415 degrees awarded, median earnings of $87,922 four years after completion), Biology (305 degrees awarded, $62,821), Psychology (269 degrees awarded, $56,658), Marketing (170 degrees awarded, $86,662), and Political Science (160 degrees awarded, $63,437).

The highest-earning programs include Management Information Systems and Services at $103,884 (86 degrees awarded) and Computer and Information Sciences at $99,112. Accounting follows at $97,667.

The three largest program families are Business (22.1% of degrees awarded), Biological Sciences (14.6%), and Health Professions (14.2%).

Highest reported four-year program earnings

Management Information Systems and Services: $103,884
Computer and Information Sciences, General: $99,112
Accounting and Related Services: $97,667
Computer Engineering: $97,158
Business Administration, Management and Operations: $89,745
Finance and Financial Management Services: $89,001
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing: $87,922
International Business: $87,698

Explore Loyola Chicago program cohorts and field ranks for more context.

Further analysis

Management Information Systems and Services graduates earn a median of $103,884 four years after completion at Loyola University Chicago, while Psychology, the lowest-earning among the largest programs, sits at $56,658. Scenarios modeled from the program mix run from $55,294 to $92,103, with $73,865 as the typical outcome, illustrating how earnings shift by field.

Four years after completion, graduates of Loyola University Chicago earn a median of $73,865, a figure that places the university in the 82nd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The four-year earnings cohort includes 2,914 completers.

That median runs below the median of $83,615 for comparable institutions (same type and size) by $9,750. Graduates earn about $12,022 more than the model expects for similar students, a result that ranks in the 87th percentile nationally.

Earnings scenarios anchored on the university's program mix show a typical outcome matching that median, with a downside scenario of $55,294 and an upside scenario reaching $92,103. An estimated 33.7% continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix.

The spread between the downside and upside scenarios reflects the variation across the university's 36 programs with published earnings data four years after completion.

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.