Education at Loyola Marymount University

If you are interested in studying education, you may want to check out the program at Loyola Marymount University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Loyola Marymount is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 9,686.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Education section at the bottom of this page.

Loyola Marymount Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Education
• Doctorate Degree in Education

Online Classes Are Available at Loyola Marymount

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Loyola Marymount offers distance education options for education at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Loyola Marymount Education Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

There were 14 students who received their doctoral degrees in education, making the school the #273 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Student Demographics at Loyola Marymount

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education majors at Loyola Marymount University.

Loyola Marymount Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 434 education majors earned their master's degree from Loyola Marymount. Of these graduates, 26% were men and 74% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 19% men graduate in education each year. Loyola Marymount does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

In the education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 69% of degree recipients. That is 39% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Loyola Marymount University with a master's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	42
Black or African American	34
Hispanic or Latino	201
White	120
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	24

Concentrations Within Education

If you plan to be a education major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Loyola Marymount University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Educational Administration	283
Student Counseling	55
Teacher Education Grade Specific	45
Special Education	40
General Education	32
Teacher Education Subject Specific	13
Multilingual Education	5

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Communication & Journalism
• Psychology
• Social Sciences

Careers That Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in education can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for Loyola Marymount University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Teacher Assistants	167,950	$35,350
Elementary School Teachers	162,440	$80,100
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Preschool Teachers	52,950	$37,850
Middle School Teachers	46,500	$75,660

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Mishigaki under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.