Loyola University Maryland Overview

Loyola University Maryland is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Baltimore, Maryland. Baltimore is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is Loyola University Maryland Known For?

• Students at Loyola Maryland have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 2%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• The highest award offered at Loyola Maryland is the doctor's degree.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 94% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Loyola Maryland bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $68,100 a year. That's about 67% more than their peers at other schools.
• It takes the average Loyola Maryland student 4.1 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Loyola University Maryland Rankings

Loyola Maryland is ranked #134 out of 2,587 schools in the nation for overall quality on our 2022 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. Loyola Maryland also holds the #2 spot on the Best Colleges in Maryland ranking.

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Loyola Maryland has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#83	Best Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#143	Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Loyola Maryland.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#7	Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#18	Best Curriculum & Instruction Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#22	Best Student Counseling Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#30	Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#34	Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#45	Best Education Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#58	Best Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#66	Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#72	Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#86	Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Loyola Maryland has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#16	Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools	College Factual
#60	Best Education Schools	College Factual
#76	Best Healthcare Schools	Healthcare Degree Search
#87	Best Business Administration & Management Schools	College Factual
#105	Best Health Professions Schools	College Factual
#128	Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools	College Factual

Where Is Loyola University Maryland?

Contact details for Loyola Maryland are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	4501 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21210-2699
Phone:	410-617-2000
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/loyolamaryland
Twitter:	http://www.twitter.com/loyolamaryland

How Do I Get Into Loyola Maryland?

You can apply to Loyola Maryland online at: https://www.loyola.edu/admission

Admission Requirements for Loyola Maryland

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Loyola Maryland?

With an acceptance rate of 80%, Loyola Maryland may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 40% of accepted students are men and 60% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 79%, and the acceptance rate for women is 81%.

Can I Afford Loyola University Maryland?

The overall average net price of Loyola Maryland is $46,310. 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 Maryland, approximately 57% of students took out student loans averaging $9,154 a year. That adds up to $36,616 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Loyola Maryland is 2.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Loyola University Maryland Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 3,822 undergraduate students at Loyola Maryland, with 3,736 being full-time and 86 being part-time.

There are also 1,460 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,736 full-time undergraduates at Loyola Maryland, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	122
Black or African American	260
Hispanic or Latino	448
White	2,722
International Students	46
Other Races/Ethnicities	138

Geographic Diversity

Maryland students aren't the only ones who study at Loyola University Maryland. At this time, 27 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 41 countries are represented at Loyola Maryland. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Spain, India, and China.

Online Learning at Loyola University Maryland

In 2019-2020, 5,232 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 38th most popular in Maryland for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Loyola Maryland

The following table shows how Loyola Maryland is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	#4	#4

Online Affordability Rankings of Loyola Maryland Rankings

The following table shows how Loyola Maryland is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	#12	#12
Communication & Journalism	#43	#43

Online Growth Rankings of Loyola Maryland

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Loyola University Maryland was 552.7%. This is the #160 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Loyola Maryland regardless of major.

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

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Communication & Journalism	11%
Teacher Education Subject Specific	16%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Loyola Maryland ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Loyola Maryland.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	#7
Communication & Journalism	#16
Teacher Education Subject Specific	#18
Education	#64

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Loyola University Maryland Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	298	0	121	0	419
Teacher Education Grade Specific	25	1	121	0	147
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	135	0	135
Communication & Media Studies	118	0	0	0	118
Communication Sciences	49	0	49	0	98
Accounting	58	0	26	0	84
Educational Administration	0	0	62	0	62
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	44	16	60
General Psychology	54	0	0	0	54
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	49	0	49
General Biology	48	0	0	0	48
Political Science & Government	41	0	0	0	41
General Engineering	39	0	0	0	39
Student Counseling	0	0	38	0	38
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	36	0	0	0	36
Other Social Sciences	28	0	0	0	28
Writing Studies	27	0	0	0	27
Computer Science	19	0	0	0	19
Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries	0	0	19	0	19
General English Literature	18	0	0	0	18
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	0	0	16	0	16
History	16	0	0	0	16
Information Science	3	0	11	0	14
Romance Languages	14	0	0	0	14
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	0	13	0	13
Finance & Financial Management	0	0	12	0	12
Applied Mathematics	11	0	0	0	11
Economics	11	0	0	0	11
Sociology	8	0	0	0	8
Mental & Social Health Services	0	1	0	6	7
Chemistry	6	0	0	0	6
Fine & Studio Arts	5	0	0	0	5
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	4	0	0	0	4
Classical Languages & Literature	4	0	0	0	4
Philosophy	4	0	0	0	4
Physics	4	0	0	0	4
Theological & Ministerial Studies	0	0	4	0	4
Religious Studies	3	0	0	0	3
Germanic Languages	1	0	0	0	1
Statistics	1	0	0	0	1
General Business/Commerce	0	0	0	0	0
International Business	0	0	0	0	0
Information Technology	0	0	0	0	0
Education Philosophy	0	0	0	0	0
General Education	0	0	0	0	0
Special Education	0	0	0	0	0
Teaching English or French	0	0	0	0	0
Electrical Engineering	0	0	0	0	0
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	953	2	720	22	1,697

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 Crhayes88 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.