Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
A 0–100 composite of ROI, graduate earnings, net price, debt and graduation rate. How it’s scored.
Estimated for a typical student paying the average net price over 4 years.
The payoff is roughly break-even — the degree recovers its cost, but slowly.
The numbers behind the verdict
Lifetime ROI: the long view
Cumulative net gain over a high-school-only earner at different career lengths, with tuition and debt interest already subtracted. Built on IRS-verified federal earnings — not self-reported surveys.
Conservative: holds year-5 earnings flat (no raises). Adjust the assumptions, or see the highest 20-year ROI colleges.
Equity & access
Who the college serves and whether the payoff reaches everyone — earnings ten years after starting (IRS-linked), with access measures from federal enrollment data.
7% gap between the two groups
4% gap between the two groups
2% gap between the two groups
Undergraduate enrollment by race/ethnicity. Federal data does not report earnings by race.
Net price by family income
What students actually pay after grants and scholarships, by household income as of 2024.
| Family income | Average net price / yr |
|---|---|
| Family income $0–$30k | $28,992 |
| $30k–$48k | $28,663 |
| $48k–$75k | $32,432 |
| $75k–$110k | $36,853 |
| $110k+ | $42,346 |
How Loyola University Chicago compares
This college against the Illinois and national averages — higher earnings and lower cost/debt are better.
Graduate earnings over time
Median earnings of Loyola University Chicago students 10 years after entering, by cohort year as of 2024.
Best-paying majors at Loyola University Chicago
Fields of study ranked by their own ROI — earnings five years after graduating against the cost and debt. Click a major for the deep dive.
| Major | Credential | Earnings (5 yr) | Median debt | 10-yr ROI | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Management Information Systems and Services | Associate's | $119,530 | $24,166 | +821% | Strong return |
| Finance and Financial Management Services | Associate's | $102,491 | $22,000 | +617% | Strong return |
| Business/Managerial Economics | Associate's | $100,568 | $21,899 | +593% | Strong return |
| Accounting and Related Services | Associate's | $93,326 | $22,000 | +503% | Strong return |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Certificate | $135,295 | $59,409 | +444% | Strong return |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Associate's | $86,020 | $25,000 | +405% | Strong return |
| Marketing | Associate's | $85,371 | $24,567 | +398% | Strong return |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology | Master's | $96,986 | $92,394 | +391% | Strong return |
| Medicine | Doctoral | $158,574 | $249,216 | +383% | Strong return |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Certificate | $124,591 | $59,750 | +379% | Strong return |
| Law | Doctoral | $125,944 | $119,367 | +331% | Strong return |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services | Associate's | $79,385 | $21,750 | +329% | Strong return |
| Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies | Certificate | $106,476 | $58,186 | +271% | Strong return |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Associate's | $72,266 | $23,554 | +238% | Strong return |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Associate's | $66,967 | — | +204% | Strong return |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections | Associate's | $69,197 | $24,857 | +198% | Strong return |
| Political Science and Government | Associate's | $68,766 | $23,000 | +195% | Strong return |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication | Associate's | $67,395 | $23,250 | +178% | Strong return |
| Philosophy | Associate's | $67,470 | $26,000 | +175% | Strong return |
| Biology, General | Associate's | $67,114 | $25,000 | +172% | Strong return |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology | Associate's | $65,443 | $25,000 | +152% | Strong return |
| History | Associate's | $63,957 | $23,288 | +135% | Strong return |
| Sociology | Associate's | $61,830 | $20,500 | +111% | Strong return |
| Public Health | Certificate | $74,043 | $55,713 | +76% | Strong return |
| Psychology, General | Associate's | $59,090 | $24,960 | +73% | Strong return |
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ROI at Loyola University Chicago
Estimates from federal data; your result will vary. How this works.
Admissions & profile
Location
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard. ROI is computed by Degree Return — see how. Read the methodology. Data as of 2024.
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