Rankings
University-Wide
- LMU ranks in the top 15 percent nationally
Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education, 2019
- LMU ranks 3rd in "Best Universities with Master's Programs in the West"
U.S. News & World Report, 2019
- LMU ranks No. 4 "Best Catholic College - on campus" in U.S.
Best Colleges.com, 2016
- LMU ranks No. 7 "Best Catholic College" in the U.S.
Colleges.niche.com, 2017
- LMU ranks No. 14 "Best Catholic Colleges and Universities" in the U.S.
CollegeChoice.net, 2016
- LMU ranks No. 2 in the West "Best Colleges for Veterans"
U.S. News & World Report, 2019
- Ranks 3rd for promoting Latina/o student success
Education Trust, 2017
- Top 4 percent nationally for diversity
College Factual, 2018
- LMU ranks No. 8 for "Best Undergraduate Teaching"
U.S. News & World Report, 2019
- LMU ranks in the top 15 percent for graduates' potential earnings in U.S.
The Economist, 2016
- Top 5 percent of most diverse universities in the U.S.
College Factual, 2018
- 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. 8 for "Students Most Engaged in Community Service."
Princeton Review," 2018
- LMU is in the top 20 percent of "America's Top Colleges"
Forbes, 2017
- LMU is ranks No. 24 "Top Colleges in the West"
Forbes, 2017
- 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, 2018
- Top 50 in the nation for Best Pre-College Summer Programs
Value Colleges, 2018
- LMU student-athletes' 92 percent graduation rate ranks near the top of the NCAA Graduation Success Rate list
LMU Lions / NCAA, 2017
- 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
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
School of Film & Television
College of Business Administration
- The undergraduate marketing program ranks No. 16 nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2018
- Undergraduate Entrepreneurship program ranks 13th nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2018
- The College of Business Administration placed 11th for its graduate entrepreneurship program
U.S. News & World Report, 2018
- 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 12th
U.S. News & World Report, 2018
- CBA's graduate accounting program ranks 16th
U.S. News & World Report, 2018
- CBA's graduate management program ranks 24th
U.S. News & World Report, 2018
- The Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Program ranks 24th nationally
Princeton Review, 2017
- Top-10 Global Executive MBA Program
CEO Magazine, 2017
- Ranks No. 14 Executive MBA Program in "Best Graduate Programs"
U.S. News & World Report, 2018
- Executive MBA program ranks No. 29 in "Best EMBA Degree"
College Choice, 2018
- LMU's part-time MBA program placed 51st nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2017
- LMU's graduate accounting program ranks No. 28 of 50 national programs
Accounting Degree Review, 2017
- LMU's Graduate Entrepreneurship Program in the College of Business Administration ranks 13th nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2016
- Ranks No. 36 for Executive MBA Program
Poets & Quants, 2016 "Best American EMBA Programs"
- Top 20 Programs for Marketers and Accountants
U.S. News & World Report, 2016
- Ranked Top Tier MBA and EMBA Programs
CEO Magazine, 2016
College of Communication & Fine Arts
School of Education
Frank R. Seaver College of Science & Engineering
- Ranks No. 19 (tied) Best Undergraduate Program (where no doctorate offered)
U.S. News & World Report, 2018
- Ranks No. 18 Best Science Lab Facilities
Princeton Review, 2018
- Top 25 Engineering Program
U.S. News & World Report, 2014
- Top 15 Engineering Program Career Support
GraduatePrograms.com, 2015
Loyola Law School
- Loyola Law School moves up to 65 out of 196 overall rankings for best law schools
U.S. News & World Report, 2018
- Loyola Law ranks No. 22 in the "Top 40 Values in Master of Taxation Degree Programs"
Online Accounting Degrees.net, 2016
- The Law School is recognized for:
- Tax Law Specialty - No. 6, top 10 for six of the last seven years
- Trial Advocacy - No. 8, top 10 for nine of the last eleven years
- Legal Writing - No. 21
- Part-Time Programs - No. 7 of 79 schools, and No. 1 among West Coast schools
U.S. News & World Report, 2018
- Loyola's Evening Division Program is the top-ranked program on the West Coast.
Loyola Law School Newsroom
- Loyola Law School ranks 3rd in the nation for entertainment law
Law Street, 2014
- Loyola Law School is No. 6 for trial advocacy programs, No. 10 for tax law and No. 11 for part-time programs
U.S. News & World Report, 2016
Campus Life
- 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. 19 Best Quality of Life
Princeton Review, 2018
- LMU placed No. 1 nationally in "Recylemania," a recycling competition among 350 colleges and universities in 48 states
American School & University Magazine, 2017
- Recognition as Green Power Partner for clean energy use
Environmental Protection Agency, 2017
- No. 1 "Best Beach Colleges" nationally
College Concensus, 2018
- No. 5 Oceanside University in the U.S.
CollegeChoice.net, 2016
- Top 20 College with the Happiest Students
Princeton Review, 2016
- No 7 "Most Amazing College Campus"
Best Colleges.com, 2016
- LMU ranks 17th "Most Beautiful Campus"
Princeton Review, 2018
- 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
Updated Sept. 10, 2018
