Academic Life at Loyola Marymount University

The Academic Picture

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at Loyola Marymount University: its faculty, its majors and fields of study, and its online learning options.

Each topic below links to a dedicated page with the full detail:

• Faculty Resources
• Most Popular Majors
• Additional Questions to Ask
• Continue Your Research

Faculty & Class Sizes

With 11 students per faculty member, Loyola Marymount University is about average, as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. Loyola Marymount University employs 57% of its instructors full time, above the national average of 47%.

For the full breakdown — tenure status, part-time and adjunct share, and how the faculty compares with the national average — see the faculty composition report.

Most Popular Majors

Loyola Marymount University offers 63 majors with reported completions across 23 broad fields of study.

Degrees offered at Loyola Marymount University are summarised below:

The most popular majors at Loyola Marymount University, measured by graduates, are listed below.

For the complete list of majors, concentrations and graduation numbers, see the academic majors report.

Questions Worth Asking

As you weigh academic life at Loyola Marymount University, a few more questions are worth asking:

• Need flexibility? Check whether Loyola Marymount University offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 540 undergraduates study at least partly online. Explore online learning.
• Interested in outcomes? Look at how well Loyola Marymount University retains and graduates its students — 89% of full-time freshmen return). See graduation and retention.
• Worried about job prospects? Ask about employment outcomes for recent graduates of Loyola Marymount University.

Continue Your Research into Loyola Marymount University

Use the pages below to go deeper on any academic topic:

• Academic Majors at Loyola Marymount University — every major and degree program offered
• Faculty Composition at Loyola Marymount University — student-faculty ratio, full-time vs adjunct, and tenure detail
• Graduation and Retention at Loyola Marymount University — graduation and first-year retention rates
• Online Learning at Loyola Marymount University — what online and distance learning is available
• Accreditation at Loyola Marymount University — accreditation status and accrediting bodies