Facts, Figures and Rankings
LMU is a National University / High Research Activity (R2) putting LMU in the upper echelon of American universities. This classification reflects LMU’s commitment to high-level research and its growth in doctoral degrees.
LMU offers doctorate degrees in educational leadership for social justice and business administration, a juris doctorate at LMU’s Loyola Law School, and shelters a Phi Beta Kappa chapter and an Alpha Sigma Nu chapter.
- Founded: 1911
- Mission: The encouragement of learning, the education of the whole person, the service of faith and the promotion of justice.
- President: Thomas Poon, Ph.D.
- LMU Westchester Campus: 142 acres
- LMU Downtown Law Campus: 1 acre
- LMU Playa Vista Campus
- Sponsoring Religious Orders:
Highlights
No. 91
"Best U.S. National Universities"
U.S. News & World Report, 2025
No. 90
Nationally
Wall Street Journal / Times Higher Education, 2022
No. 31
"Best Undergraduate Teaching" Among National Universities
U.S. News & World Report, 2025
No. 3
Promotion of Latina/o Student Success
Education Trust, 2017
Top 2%
In Diversity
College Factual, 2021
No. 8
"Best Catholic College," Nationally
Niche.com, 2023
No. 4
"Students Most Engaged in Community Service," Nationally
Princeton Review, 2023
No. 57
Best Colleges for Veterans, Nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2025
More Rankings
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- LMU ranks No. 91 nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2025 - LMU ranks No. 53 in "Most Innovative"
U.S. News & World Report, 2025 - LMU ranks No. 90 nationally
Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education, 2022 - LMU ranks No. 8 "Best Catholic College" in the U.S.
Niche.com, 2023 - LMU ranks No. 14 "Best Catholic Colleges and Universities" in the U.S.
CollegeChoice.net, 2018 - LMU ranks No. 57 "Best Colleges for Veterans"
U.S. News & World Report, 2025 - LMU ranks No. 17, "Best College Library"
Princeton Review, 2024 - LMU ranks No. 31 "Best Undergraduate Teaching" among national universities
U.S. News & World Report, 2025 - LMU ranks No. 59 for "Most Innovative Schools"
U.S. News & World Report, 2023 - Ranks 3rd for promoting Latina/o student success
Education Trust, 2017 - Top 2 percent nationally for diversity
College Factual, 2021 - Athletics achieved a 95 percent Graduation Success Rate
Lmulions.com - LMU ranks in the top 15 percent for graduates' potential earnings in U.S.
The Economist, 2016 - Named a "Best Value School"
U.S. News & World Report, 2025 - Named a "Best College Value"
Kiplinger, 2017 - LMU earns top-third listing for academics and safety
Women's Choice Awards, 2017-18 - LMU ranks No. 21 in "Academic Programs to Look for in Service Learning"
U.S. News & World Report, 2022 - LMU ranks No. 17, "Best Student Support and Counseling Services"
Princeton Review, 2023 - LMU ranks No. 4 nationally for "Students Most Engaged in Community Service."
Princeton Review, 2023 - LMU is in the top 20 percent of "America's Top Colleges"
Forbes, 2021 - LMU is ranks No. 25 "Top Colleges in the West"
Forbes, 2019 - Named as one of 65 institutions creating dynamic pathways for transfer students
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Roll, 2017 - LMU ranks No. 15 nationally in "top colleges for university-provided part-time employment"
- Student Loan Report, 2016
- A top producer of U.S. Fulbright students
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2019 - Top 50 in the nation for Best Pre-College Summer Programs
Value Colleges, 2018 - LMU student-athletes' 95 percent graduation rate ranks near the top of the NCAA Graduation Success Rate list
LMU Lions / NCAA, 2020 - 5 LMU Faculty in America's Best
The Best 300 Professors by Princeton Review - LMU ranks 6th out of 50 California colleges that graduate the most students in 4 years
U.S. Dept. of Education
- LMU ranks No. 91 nationally
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- Undergraduate Psychology Ranked No. 131 Nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2025 - Top 9 Percent of Psychology Programs
College Factual, 2020 - Top 9 Percent of English Programs
College Factual, 2020 - Top 10 percent of Liberal Arts, Sciences and Humanities Programs
College Factual, 2020 - Top 20 Theology Program
GraduatePrograms.com 2015
- Undergraduate Psychology Ranked No. 131 Nationally
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- The undergraduate Marketing program ranks No. 19 nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2025 - Undergraduate Entrepreneurship program ranks 12th nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2025 - The College of Business Administration placed 11th for its graduate entrepreneurship program
U.S. News & World Report, 2026 - CBA's undergraduate Accounting program ranks No. 31
U.S. News & World Report, 2025 - The undergraduate International Business program ranks No. 15 nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2025 - CBA's undergraduate Management program ranks No. 26
U.S. News & World Report, 2025 - Undergraduate Finance Program ranks No. 30
U.S. News & World Report, 2025 - CBA ranks No. 77 nationally for undergraduate business education
U.S. News & World Report, 2024 - CBA ranks 6th among undergraduate business schools in California
College Choice, 2016 - LMU listed in the top 50 colleges for aspiring entrepreneurs
LendEDU, 2016 - The graduate marketing program in the College of Business Administration ranks 20th
U.S. News & World Report, 2026 - CBA's graduate accounting program ranks 18th
U.S. News & World Report, 2026 - CBA's graduate management program ranks 16th
U.S. News & World Report, 2026 - The undergraduate Entrepreneurship Program ranks 35th nationally
Princeton Review, 2023 - CBA's graduate Entrepreneurship Program ranks 27th nationally
Princeton Review, 2023 - CBA's International Business programs rank No. 10
U.S. News & World Report, 2026 - CBA ranks No. 24 in top business analytics programs
U.S. News & World Report, 2026 - LMU's part-time MBA program placed 66th nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2024 - LMU's graduate accounting program ranks No. 28 of 50 national programs
Accounting Degree Review, 2017 - LMU's Graduate Entrepreneurship Program ranks 11th nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2026 - Top 20 Programs for Marketers and Accountants
U.S. News & World Report, 2016
- The undergraduate Marketing program ranks No. 19 nationally
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- No. 24 Best College Theatre
Princeton Review, 2024 - No. 2 Theatre Arts Program for Non-Traditional Students
College Factual, 2021 - Top 10 percent Theatre Arts Program
College Factual, 2022 - No. 2 College for Dance Majors in California
Zippia Career Expert, 2017 - No. 4 "Best Master's in Counseling" (includes Marital and Family Therapy, art psychotherapy)
GraduatePrograms.com, 2017 - No. 5 "Best Drama & Theater Arts Program for Veterans"
College Factual, 2020
- No. 24 Best College Theatre
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- Ranks No. 23 Best Science Lab Facilities
Princeton Review, 2024 - Ranks No. 23 Best Undergraduate Engineering Program
U.S. News & World Report, 2025 - Ranks No. 162 nationally for computer science
U.S. News & World Report, 2025 - Top 15 Engineering Program Career Support
GraduatePrograms.com, 2015
- Ranks No. 23 Best Science Lab Facilities
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The Law School is recognized for:
- Business/Corporate Law - No. 57
- Clinical Training - No. 46
- Constitutional Law - No. 62
- Criminal Law - No. 34
- Tax Law Specialty - No. 13
- Trial Advocacy - No. 8, top 10 for 11 of the past 12 years
- Legal Writing - No. 40
- Part-Time Programs - No. 6 of 79 schools, and No. 1 among West Coast schools
(U.S. News & World Report, 2024)
- LMU Loyola Law School ranks in the top third best law schools
U.S. News & World Report, 2024 - Loyola's Evening Division Program is the top-ranked program on the West Coast.
Loyola Law School Newsroom - Loyola Law ranks No. 22 in the "Top 40 Values in Master of Taxation Degree Programs"
Online Accounting Degrees.net, 2016
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- LMU's School of Education is ranked 76th nationwide
U.S. News & World Report, 2024 - No. 4 "Best Master's in Counseling" (includes educational counseling)
GraduatePrograms.com, 2017 - Top 25 Graduate Education
Programs GraduatePrograms.com, 2015
- LMU's School of Education is ranked 76th nationwide
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- School of Film and Television ranks 5th nationally
The Hollywood Reporter, 2024 - SFTV ranked 5th nationally by industry leader
TheWrap, 2023 - SFTV ranks 6th nationally among film schools
College Factual, 2020 - School of Film and Television ranks 9th nationally "Best Master's Degree in Film"
College Choice, 2018 - Top ranked for "Accelerated Industry Access"
Movie Maker magazine, 2017 - Animation Program ranks No. 8 nationally
Animation Career Review, 2022
- School of Film and Television ranks 5th nationally
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- The Sierra Club lists LMU in the top 20 in the nation in their 2018 report of "Cool Schools" for environmental practices and initiatives
- No. 17 Best Quality of Life
Princeton Review, 2023 - Top Performer in Social Mobility
U.S. News & World Report, 2025 - LMU placed No. 1 nationally for two consecutive years in "Recyclemania," a recycling competition among 350 colleges and universities in 48 states
RecycleMania, 2020 - No. 23 among "Top 50 Green Colleges"
Princeton Review, 2025 - Recognition as Green Power Partner for clean energy use
Environmental Protection Agency, 2017 - No. 1 "Best Beach Colleges" nationally
College Consensus, 2018 - No. 5 Oceanside University in the U.S.
CollegeChoice.net, 2016 - Top 20 College with the Happiest Students
Princeton Review, 2023 - No 7 "Most Amazing College Campus"
Best Colleges.com, 2016 - LMU ranks 12th "Most Beautiful Campus"
Princeton Review, 2024 - LMU ranks 7th "Most Beautiful School"
The Daily Beast/Newsweek, 2012 - One of the 20 Most Beautiful College Campuses in America
Conde Nast Traveler, 2016 - Made the list of the "30 most fun colleges in America"
Business Insider, 2016
Academics
- Degrees and programs:
- 56 majors
- 57 minors
- 43 master's degree programs
- 1 doctorate in business administration
- 1 education doctorate
- 1 juris doctorate
- 12 credential programs
- Colleges and Schools:
- Average class size:
- Undergraduate: 20
- Graduate: 13
- Student to faculty ratio: 11:1
Enrollment
- Total students: 10,000
- Undergraduate: 7,094
- Graduate: 1,828
- Law School: 1,078
- Tuition + fees:
- Undergraduate: $61,862 (2024-25)
- Graduate: $1,543-$2,500 (2024-25, per unit, by program)
- Average room + board: $22,026 (2024-25)
- Student ethnicity:
- African American: 7.9%
- Asian: 10.4%
- Hispanic / Latino: 25.2%
- White / Non-Hispanic: 38.2%
- Multi-race: 8.8%
- International students: 9.4%
- Domestic undergraduate students by geographic origin:
- California: 68%
- Out of state: 32%
Student Life
- 20 student housing facilities for 3,685 students
- 14 Division I and varsity sports
- Member of the West Coast Conference
- 213 registered student organizations
- 21 Inter / National Greek fraternities and sororities
- Student media:
- KXLU 88.9 FM
- The Los Angeles Loyolan (award-winning newspaper)
- The Tower (award-winning yearbook)
- ROAR Studios (award-winning television network)
Scholarship
- Faculty awards:
- Fulbright Scholars: 19 (past 10 years)
- Nobel Prize Winners: 1
- Pulitzer Prize Winners: 1
- Princeton Fellowships: 2
- Faculty research and sponsored projects: $14.5 million in FY2023
- Number of full-time faculty: 644
- Number of endowed chairs: 25
- Number of endowed undergraduate scholarships: 241
- Amount contributed to student grants and scholarships by LMU, 2023-24: $183.3 million (most recent available)
- Undergraduate students who received financial aid, 2022-23: 89%
- Ethics at LMU:
- 8 endowed chairs in ethics
- All undergraduates take at least one ethics course
- LMU offers an interdepartmental minor program in ethics
- LMU shelters the Omega of California chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and is a member institution of Alpha Sigma Nu
“Creating the World We Want to Live In”
LMU in L.A.
- Generates more than $1 billion annually to the U.S. economy, with more than $850 million of LMU’s economic output created in California, and more than 5,400 jobs concentrated in Los Angeles County.
- Employs more than 2,000 faculty and staff.
- Students volunteer more than 200,000 service hours a year with 250 community organizations.
- LMU Family of Schools partners with 8 public schools, 2 public charter schools, and 4 Catholic schools in the Westchester / Playa community.
- Loyola Law School is the first ABA-accredited law school in California with a mandatory pro bono requirement.
- The 1.7-acre Ballona Discovery Park brings science, education and community together through partnership between LMU, Friends of Ballona Wetlands and Playa Vista. LMU has contributed $700,000 toward the park's construction.
Green LMU
- LMU placed No. 1 in the annual RecycleMania competition among 350 universities nationally.
- The Sierra Club lists LMU in the top 20 in the nation in their 2018 report of "Cool Schools" for environmental practices and initiatives.
- No. 8 among "Top 50 Green Colleges" Princeton Review, 2023
- 100% of campus sprinklers respond automatically to local weather conditions.
- About three-quarters of the campus uses reclaimed water for irrigation.
- LMU started recycling in 1990, and established the first campus-wide collegiate recycling program in California in 1993.
- One of the first campuses in the state to recycle 100% of green waste.
- Solar rooftop systems, on University Hall and Von Der Ahe Building, won federal Green Power Award in 2003.
- LMU has five LEED Certified (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) buildings. The Life Sciences Building received LEED Gold certification in November 2015 and the William H. Hannon Library received LEED Gold certification in 2011.
Notable Awards
Fulbright Grants
A record-setting 6 Fulbright grants were awarded to Loyola Marymount University students for 2016-17 – the largest number awarded in a single year.
The students were selected from a group of 13 finalists – another historic record number for LMU.
Webby Awards
Loyola Marymount University was honored for "Best University / School Website" in the 20th annual Webby Awards. Hailed as the "Oscars® of the Internet" by The New York Times, the Webby Awards, presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, is the leading international award honoring excellence on the internet.
AACTE Multicultural Best Practice Award
The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) selected the Loyola Marymount University School of Education to receive the 2016 AACTE Best Practice Award in Support of Multicultural Education and Diversity. The annual award recognizes a member institution for the infusion of diversity throughout their teacher preparation curriculum, personnel, policies, and programs.
Excellence in Design of Educational Facilities
LMU's Life Sciences Building was recognized and honored with the "Excellence in Design of Educational Facilities" award by the Los Angeles Business Council at their 46th Annual Architectural Awards.
Harman Innovation Award for Active Learning Space
The Life Sciences Building won the 2016 Harman Innovation Award for Active Learning Space at the UBTech conference in Las Vegas. The award celebrates the way the building uses AV and IT technology to promote hands-on learning among students.
Excellence in Architecture for a New Building
The Life Sciences Building won a 2016 Excellence in Architecture for a New Building Merit Award by the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) and the American Institute of Architects Committee on Architecture for Education (AIA-CAE).
National Innovation Award
The Center for Catholic Education won the Dr. Karen M. Ristau Innovation Award for its comprehensive approach to furthering the mission of Catholic education. The award, given by the National Catholic Education Association, recognized CCE for its innovative and comprehensive approach to providing instruction, leadership and support for Catholic education.
Outstanding Jesuit Program for Students
The Guardian Scholars Program was honored as the year's most outstanding campus program in Jesuit higher education. The program received the Ignatian Medal for an Outstanding Campus Program or Initiative at the 2016 Jesuit Association of Student Personnel Administrators (JASPA) annual conference.
Gold Crown Award
The Columbia Scholastic Press Association awarded both the Los Angeles Loyolan and Tower Yearbook with Gold Crown Awards at the 2016 College Media Convention in New York City. Loyola Marymount University is the only university in the nation to have both its newspaper and yearbook receive the prestigious national award in 2016.
Updated Nov. 18, 2024.