by our College Data Analytics Team
In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Loyola University Maryland was awarded 59 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is communication sciences.
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Loyola Maryland landed the #157 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Loyola Maryland held the #558 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Loyola Maryland is also ranked #3 out of 35 schools in Maryland.
Loyola University Maryland has an acceptance rate of 83%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
About 29% of students accepted to Loyola Maryland submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 600 and 690. Math scores were between 580 and 670.
The student to faculty ratio at Loyola University Maryland is about average at 13 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Loyola University Maryland is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 85% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Loyola University Maryland enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Loyola Maryland the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 77%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,822 undergraduates at Loyola Maryland with 3,736 being full-time and 86 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $23,406 | $25,405 | $24,427 | $28,937 | $36,362 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Loyola Maryland, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Loyola Maryland, approximately 56% of students took out student loans averaging $9,532 a year. That adds up to $38,128 over four years for those students.
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See which majors at Loyola University Maryland make the most money.
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Contact details for Loyola Maryland are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 4501 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21210-2699 |
| Phone: | 410-617-2000 |
| Website: | https://www.loyola.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 401 | $60,656 |
| Communication Sciences | 114 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 108 | $50,539 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 99 | $42,640 |
| General Psychology | 86 | $26,103 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 78 | NA |
| Accounting | 69 | $69,305 |
| Chemistry | 55 | NA |
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 55 | NA |
| Student Counseling | 49 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 1,618 students took at least one online class at Loyola University Maryland. This is an increase from the 1,400 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,618 | 604 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,400 | 634 |
| 2020-2021 | 5,232 | 5,232 |
| 2018-2019 | 328 | 179 |
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Footnotes
*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.
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