Loyola University Chicago

Private nonprofitR2: Doctoral, High ResearchLarge

Fin. Resilience

Resilience score

vs. 40 peers in its group

Loyola University Chicago is a private nonprofit institution in Chicago, IL, classified by Carnegie as “R2: Doctoral, High Research.”

It enrolls about 11,737 undergraduates and is benchmarked here against 40 peer institutions (R2: Doctoral, High Research · Private nonprofit).

On Ibex's Financial Resilience score it rates 35 out of 100 within that peer group, a transparent composite of endowment per undergraduate, net tuition revenue per student, and instructional spend per student.

Its strongest standing relative to peers is financial responsibility score (3.0, 100th percentile).

Its weakest is pell completion gap (+11.4%).

Peer group

R2: Doctoral, High Research · Private nonprofit

40 institutions

No cross-metric risk flags triggered.

Policy & demographic exposure

How exposed Loyola University Chicago is to the structural shifts reshaping higher ed: a composite structural-risk index plus the 2025 federal budget law’s endowment excise tax, Grad PLUS elimination, new Parent PLUS borrowing cap and new Workforce Pell short-term-credential opportunity, and the demographic enrollment cliff. Only signals that apply to this institution are shown.

Structural risk index

Elevated

Grad PLUS exposure

38%

Moderate exposure

Higher than 74% of schools nationally

AY2025-26 YTD (through Q2, Dec 2025)

Avg Grad PLUS loan

$24,078

Above the cap

Higher than 65% of schools nationally

AY2025-26 YTD (through Q2, Dec 2025)

Parent PLUS cap gap

$9,872

Above cap

Higher than 66% of schools nationally

AY2025-26 YTD (through Q2, Dec 2025)

Workforce Pell exposure

Limited

Higher than 7% of schools nationally

Enrollment cliff (home state)

-31.5%

Severe decline

Indicative signals, not forecasts, see each metric’s definition and the methodology. Endowment-tax, Grad PLUS, Parent PLUS and Workforce Pell figures appear only where the institution is actually exposed; “nationally” compares against all schools that report each signal.

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Financial Health Index

6.3

on a −4 to 10 scale

Financial Health IndexStrong

NACUBO Composite Financial Index, the balance-sheet health score accreditors and institutional boards use to gauge financial health; bond-rating agencies track similar ratios. 57th percentile of 40 peers.

Primary reserve 35%14.6 mo

Reserves vs. debt 35%2.90×

Return on net assets 20%4.6%

Operating result 10%3.2%

Composite of four ratios on a strength-factor scale (−4 weak → 10 strong): below 3 falls short of the threshold for financial health, below 1 signals acute stress, and above 6 is strong. Computed from IPEDS FY2022-23, the most recent finance release (it lags the current year by 2–3 years). Branch campuses that report finances at a parent/system level can show distorted ratios. For informational benchmarking, not a credit rating or financial advice.

Revenue composition

Where the money comes from $723.3M total revenue · IPEDS FY2022-23

Tuition & fees is the largest single source at 58% of revenue.

Tuition & fees57.5%

Investment return11.5%

Auxiliary enterprises10.6%

Other revenue8.6%

Private gifts & grants6.2%

Government grants & contracts5.5%

Where each dollar of revenue comes from, as a share of total positive revenue. Sources are standardized across public (GASB) and private (FASB) reporting; a net investment loss in a down market is shown as 0% and excluded from the mix.

Federal funding mix

Which agencies fund this school $54.9M obligated · FY2024

Education is the largest single funder at 49%.

Education49.3%

Health & Human Services41.8%

NSF6.3%

Housing & Urban Dev.1.5%

NASA0.5%

Treasury0.2%

Other agencies (5)0.4%

Federal dollars each agency committed to this institution in FY2024, as a share of its total positive obligations (USAspending.gov). Obligations are money committed, not money spent, so this total will not match the audited “Federal awards expended” figure elsewhere on this page. Amounts an agency reclaimed during the year are excluded.

Net price by income

Average net price by family income After grant & scholarship aid · Scorecard 2024-25

$0–30K$28,992

$30–48K$28,663

$48–75K$32,432

$75–110K$36,853

$110K+$42,346

Average annual net price (total cost minus grant and scholarship aid) paid by federal-aid recipients in each family-income band. Lower-income bands often pay less where need-based aid is strong.

Financial Health

Net tuition revenue / FTE

Average

$26,676

52nd percentile in peer grouppeer median $26,626

2024-2540 peers

Instructional spend / FTE

Below peers

$14,058

25th percentile in peer grouppeer median $18,306

2024-2540 peers

Endowment (end of year)

Strong

$971.4M

72nd percentile in peer grouppeer median $660.2M

FY2022-2340 peers

Value of endowment assets at the end of the fiscal year (IPEDS finance, FY2022-23: FASB F2H02 / GASB F1H02), co-vintage with the other finance-year metrics on this page. Usually filed at the parent campus: most branch and online sub-units show the parent's endowment as a clearly labeled inherited value, and a few report a small endowment of their own alongside it. Multi-year trend from College Scorecard, shown only where it matches the IPEDS filing.

In-state tuition & fees

$53,710

51st percentile in peer grouppeer median $53,710

2024-2537 peers

Out-of-state tuition & fees

$53,710

51st percentile in peer grouppeer median $53,710

2024-2537 peers

Avg annual cost of attendance

$67,408

43rd percentile in peer grouppeer median $68,263

2024-2537 peers

Avg monthly faculty salary

Average

$11,515

38th percentile in peer grouppeer median $12,276

2024-2540 peers

Average monthly salary of full-time faculty, as reported to IPEDS.

Average net price

Average

$36,079

59th percentile in peer grouppeer median $33,062

2024-2537 peers

Endowment per undergrad

Below peers

$82,760

29th percentile in peer grouppeer median $102,139

FY2022-2338 peers

Net price, low-income families (under $30K)

Below peers

$28,992

76th percentile in peer grouppeer median $22,501

2024-2537 peers

Average annual net price (cost of attendance minus all grant and scholarship aid) paid by students whose families earn under about $30,000 a year (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). This is what the neediest admitted students actually pay, often far below the sticker price. Read it beside the overall net price and the high-income net price: a low figure here signals strong need-based aid. Lower is better.

Net price, high-income families (over $110K)

$42,346

57th percentile in peer grouppeer median $41,783

2024-2537 peers

Average annual net price paid by students whose families earn more than about $110,000 a year (College Scorecard, FY2024-25), close to the full-pay cost since little need-based aid applies. Reported as context: the gap between this and the low-income net price shows how steeply the school discounts by family income. Not a measure of quality.

Net price, middle-income families ($30K-$48K)

Below peers

$28,663

76th percentile in peer grouppeer median $21,854

2024-2537 peers

Average annual net price (cost of attendance minus all grant and scholarship aid) paid by students whose families earn roughly $30,000 to $48,000 a year (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). It is the middle rung of the income net-price ladder: read it together with the low-income (under ~$30K) and high-income (over ~$110K) net prices to see how steeply the school discounts as family income rises. Lower is better.

Net price, upper-middle families ($48K-$75K)

Below peers

$32,432

81st percentile in peer grouppeer median $24,723

2024-2537 peers

Average annual net price (cost of attendance minus all grant and scholarship aid) paid by students whose families earn roughly $48,000 to $75,000 a year (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). It is the fourth rung of the five-rung income net-price ladder: read it with the low, middle, upper and high-income net prices to see how steeply the school discounts as family income rises. Lower is better.

Net price, upper-income families ($75K-$110K)

Below peers

$36,853

78th percentile in peer grouppeer median $32,882

2024-2536 peers

Average annual net price (cost of attendance minus all grant and scholarship aid) paid by students whose families earn roughly $75,000 to $110,000 a year (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). It is the fifth rung of the income net-price ladder, just below the full-pay tier: read it with the lower rungs and the high-income net price to see the full cost gradient by family income. Lower is better.

Operating margin

Strong

12.2%

72nd percentile in peer grouppeer median 9.1%

FY2022-2340 peers

Net surplus as a share of total revenue (IPEDS FY2022-23): (total revenues − total expenses) ÷ total revenues. A surplus above 4% is strong; a thin surplus near 0% leaves little margin for shocks.

Tuition dependency

57.5%

62nd percentile in peer grouppeer median 50.9%

FY2022-2340 peers

Tuition & fees as a share of total revenue (IPEDS FY2022-23). Higher = more exposed to enrollment swings.

Tuition discount rate

Moderate

40.2%

70th percentile in peer grouppeer median 36.5%

FY2022-2340 peers

Institutional grant aid as a share of gross tuition & fee revenue (IPEDS FY2022-23, FASB): allowances applied to tuition ÷ (net tuition revenue + those allowances) – the tuition-discount rate enrollment leaders track, i.e. the share of sticker tuition handed back as institutional aid. Private nonprofit institutions only; public (GASB) institutions report tuition differently and are not shown. The national private-college average is roughly 56% (NACUBO); above ~60% signals heavy price competition.

State appropriations share

80th percentile in peer grouppeer median 0%

FY2022-2340 peers

State appropriations as a share of total revenue (IPEDS FY2022-23). Material for public institutions; ~0 for private.

Administrative cost share

19.4%

85th percentile in peer grouppeer median 15.9%

FY2022-2340 peers

Institutional support, central administration, executive management, governance, general administration, fundraising and (under FASB rules) operation & maintenance of plant, as a share of total expenses (IPEDS FY2022-23, FASB). Private nonprofit institutions only: public (GASB) institutions report functional expenses on a different basis and frequently consolidate large hospital and auxiliary operations, which makes a comparable ratio unreliable, so they are not shown. Because FASB folds plant operations into institutional support, this runs higher than a narrow 'central-office' figure, and schools with sizable hospital or auxiliary operations show a lower ratio as those costs enlarge total expenses. An informational benchmark of administrative intensity, compared within the peer group, not a measure of waste or quality.

Months of operating cushion

Strong

14.6 mo

52nd percentile in peer grouppeer median 14.4 mo

FY2022-2340 peers

How many months of operating expenses the institution could cover from expendable reserves (IPEDS FY2022-23 primary reserve ratio × 12). About 5 months, one semester, is the accreditor benchmark for solid footing; below ~3 months is thin. A negative figure means expendable reserves are themselves negative.

Reserves vs. debt

Strong

2.90×

67th percentile in peer grouppeer median 2.38×

FY2022-2339 peers

Expendable reserves ÷ plant-related debt (IPEDS FY2022-23 viability ratio). At or above 1.25×, reserves fully cover long-term debt. Shown blank when the institution carries little or no plant debt.

Return on net assets

Strong

4.6%

57th percentile in peer grouppeer median 4.3%

FY2022-2340 peers

Change in total net assets ÷ net assets (IPEDS FY2022-23) – whether the institution grew wealthier over the year. 2–4% is adequate; above 4% is strong.

Endowment per FTE student

Average

$60,839

35th percentile in peer grouppeer median $73,885

FY2022-2340 peers

End-of-year endowment ÷ 12-month FTE enrollment, endowment wealth per full-time-equivalent student. The FTE-correct companion to endowment-per-undergraduate; FTE counts graduate and part-time load, so research universities look less wealthy on this basis than on a headcount basis.

Avg Parent PLUS loan

$29,872

53rd percentile in peer grouppeer median $29,811

2024-2536 peers

Average federal Parent PLUS loan per recipient (U.S. Dept. of Education, FSA Direct Loan Dashboard, AY2025-26 YTD). Parent PLUS faces new aggregate borrowing caps under the 2025 budget law; a high average shows how far families currently borrow above other federal aid. Companion to the Grad PLUS and Parent PLUS cap-gap signals. Context, not a quality measure.

Spent on instruction

33.1%

30th percentile in peer grouppeer median 36.6%

2024-2540 peers

Instruction spending divided by total functional expenses (IPEDS Finance, FY2022-23 (FASB)). 'Where the money goes' context, reported here for private-nonprofit (FASB) institutions only, where the functional split is comparable; not computed for public or for-profit institutions. Higher is not automatically better; research universities and those with hospitals or large auxiliaries spread spending across other functions.

Spent on student services

10.2%

60th percentile in peer grouppeer median 9.6%

2024-2540 peers

Student-services spending (admissions, registrar, student life, counseling) divided by total functional expenses (IPEDS Finance, FY2022-23 (FASB)). Private-nonprofit (FASB) institutions only. Spending-mix context, not a quality measure.

Spent on academic support

17.8%

88th percentile in peer grouppeer median 11.4%

2024-2540 peers

Academic-support spending (libraries, academic computing, deans' offices) divided by total functional expenses (IPEDS Finance, FY2022-23 (FASB)). Private-nonprofit (FASB) institutions only. Context, not a quality measure.

Spent on research

5.8%

42nd percentile in peer grouppeer median 7%

2024-2540 peers

Research spending divided by total functional expenses (IPEDS Finance, FY2022-23 (FASB)). Private-nonprofit (FASB) institutions only; near zero at teaching-focused colleges and sizeable at research universities. Spending-mix context, not a quality measure.

Financial responsibility score

Strong

3.0

100th percentile in peer grouppeer median 3.0

FY2022-23 (Federal Student Aid)34 peers

The U.S. Department of Education's financial-responsibility composite score, a -1.0 to +3.0 measure of an institution's solvency built from its audited finances. 1.5 and above passes; 1.0-1.4 is a zone needing oversight; below 1.0 fails and can trigger letter-of-credit or cash-monitoring requirements. ED computes it only for private non-profit and proprietary schools, so it is reported only where scored. Higher is safer. Banded against the school's peer group.

Grad PLUS exposure

Moderate exposure

38%

2024-25

Share of the institution's graduate federal loan dollars (Grad Unsubsidized + Grad PLUS) that came from Grad PLUS, the program the 2025 budget law eliminates for new borrowers from July 1, 2026, alongside new caps on graduate borrowing. A higher share means more of the school's graduate students rely on borrowing that will no longer exist above the unsubsidized cap. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education / Federal Student Aid Direct Loan Dashboard, primarily award year 2025-26 (year-to-date through Q2, December 2025), the most current federal data; schools not yet reporting Grad PLUS in 2025-26 retain their most recent complete year (2024-25), shown per school. The reliance share is stable across the two vintages. Shown only for schools with Grad PLUS originations; an exposure signal, not a forecast of revenue loss.

Avg Grad PLUS loan

Above the cap

$24,078

2024-25

Average Grad PLUS loan per recipient (FSA Direct Loan Dashboard, award year 2025-26 year-to-date through Q2, with 2024-25 full-year retained where 2025-26 is not yet reported). The 2025 budget law eliminates Grad PLUS for new borrowers from July 1, 2026 and caps unsubsidized graduate borrowing at $20,500/year, so this is the average per-borrower amount that will no longer be available above that cap. Paired with Grad PLUS exposure (the institution's reliance share), it is the depth axis of the Grad PLUS shock: how much each affected borrower stands to lose. Shown only where Grad PLUS was originated.

Parent PLUS cap gap

Above cap

$9,872

2024-25

How far the AVERAGE Parent PLUS loan at this institution exceeds the new $20,000 annual Parent PLUS borrowing cap the 2025 budget law imposes from July 1, 2026 (the law also sets a $65,000 per-student aggregate Parent PLUS limit). A positive gap means the typical parent borrowing here currently takes more in a year than the new cap will allow, financing that must shift to private loans, savings, or institutional aid. Average annual loan per Parent PLUS recipient from the U.S. Dept. of Education / Federal Student Aid Direct Loan Dashboard, primarily award year 2025-26 (year-to-date through Q2, December 2025), with 2024-25 full-year retained where 2025-26 is not yet reported (labelled per school). Shown only where the average already exceeds the new cap; an exposure signal, not a forecast.

Structural risk index

Elevated

2024-25

An indicative 0–100 structural-risk index (higher = more pressure), an equal-weight blend of the stress signals we measure: thin or negative operating margin, low months of operating cushion, high tuition dependency, and a shrinking home-state high-school-graduate pipeline (enrollment cliff). Averaged over whichever signals are available (at least two required). It screens for the financial and demographic pressures that precede closures and mergers, a directional indicator, NOT a prediction that any institution will close, and not a credit rating.

Federal awards expended

$262.3M

87th percentile in peer grouppeer median $142.6M

AY2025 (Federal Audit Clearinghouse)38 peers

Total federal award dollars the institution expended in the audited fiscal year, from the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards in its Single Audit. It combines student aid, research grants, and every other federal program, so it measures the institution's overall exposure to federal funding rather than its quality. Context metric, not better or worse. Banded against the school's peer group. Reported only for institutions that file their own Single Audit with the Federal Audit Clearinghouse; a school with no value did not file one, which is not the same as a clean result. Public universities audited inside a state or system report, for-profit institutions (exempt from the Single Audit), and schools under the federal expenditure threshold do not appear.

Title IV aid expended

$221M

95th percentile in peer grouppeer median $118.4M

AY2025 (Federal Audit Clearinghouse)38 peers

Federal student financial aid the institution disbursed in the audited year: the Student Financial Assistance cluster, covering Pell, Direct Loans, Federal Work-Study, FSEOG and Perkins. It is the clearest single measure of how much Title IV money flows through the school. Context metric, not better or worse. Reported only for institutions that file their own Single Audit with the Federal Audit Clearinghouse; a school with no value did not file one, which is not the same as a clean result. Public universities audited inside a state or system report, for-profit institutions (exempt from the Single Audit), and schools under the federal expenditure threshold do not appear.

Pell Grant dollars

$-3,930

3rd percentile in peer grouppeer median $8.3M

AY2025 (Federal Audit Clearinghouse)36 peers

Pell Grant dollars the institution disbursed in the audited fiscal year (federal assistance listing 84.063). Read alongside the school's Pell share of enrollment: high Pell dollars at a small school signals a low-income student body and heavy dependence on that appropriation. Context metric, not better or worse. Reported only for institutions that file their own Single Audit with the Federal Audit Clearinghouse; a school with no value did not file one, which is not the same as a clean result. Public universities audited inside a state or system report, for-profit institutions (exempt from the Single Audit), and schools under the federal expenditure threshold do not appear.

Direct Loan volume

$694,094

3rd percentile in peer grouppeer median $92.7M

AY2025 (Federal Audit Clearinghouse)38 peers

Federal Direct Loan dollars originated for the institution's students in the audited fiscal year (federal assistance listing 84.268). Large loan volume relative to enrollment means students are borrowing heavily to attend. Context metric, not better or worse; pair it with the school's median debt and earnings figures. Reported only for institutions that file their own Single Audit with the Federal Audit Clearinghouse; a school with no value did not file one, which is not the same as a clean result. Public universities audited inside a state or system report, for-profit institutions (exempt from the Single Audit), and schools under the federal expenditure threshold do not appear.

Audit findings

No findings

53rd percentile in peer grouppeer median 0

AY2025 (Federal Audit Clearinghouse)38 peers

Number of distinct audit findings the independent auditor raised in the institution's most recent Single Audit. A finding records a failure to comply with federal award rules or a breakdown in internal control, and can range from a late report to unallowable spending. Zero is common and is the clean result. Lower is better. Reported only for institutions that file their own Single Audit with the Federal Audit Clearinghouse; a school with no value did not file one, which is not the same as a clean result. Public universities audited inside a state or system report, for-profit institutions (exempt from the Single Audit), and schools under the federal expenditure threshold do not appear.

Going-concern disclosure

None

AY2025 (Federal Audit Clearinghouse)

Whether the independent auditor included a going-concern disclosure in the institution's most recent Single Audit report. Auditors add one when there is substantial doubt about the organization's ability to continue operating for the next year, so it is the most serious signal an audit carries. Read it as a prompt to open the audit itself, not as a verdict: the flag is the checkbox the auditor ticked on the federal SF-SAC form, and the underlying disclosure may concern a subsidiary or a since-resolved condition. About 2% of audited institutions carry one. Reported only for institutions that file their own Single Audit with the Federal Audit Clearinghouse; a school with no value did not file one, which is not the same as a clean result. Public universities audited inside a state or system report, for-profit institutions (exempt from the Single Audit), and schools under the federal expenditure threshold do not appear.

Material weakness

None reported

AY2025 (Federal Audit Clearinghouse)

Whether the auditor found a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting: a deficiency severe enough that a material misstatement of the financial statements could go undetected. It does not mean money was lost, but it means the controls that would have caught a loss were not working. Around 10% of audited institutions report one. Reported only for institutions that file their own Single Audit with the Federal Audit Clearinghouse; a school with no value did not file one, which is not the same as a clean result. Public universities audited inside a state or system report, for-profit institutions (exempt from the Single Audit), and schools under the federal expenditure threshold do not appear.

Material noncompliance

None reported

AY2025 (Federal Audit Clearinghouse)

Whether the auditor found material noncompliance with the rules attached to the institution's federal awards, such as student eligibility, cash management, or allowable cost requirements. Material means the breach was large enough to matter to the federal agency funding the school. About 2% of audited institutions report it. Reported only for institutions that file their own Single Audit with the Federal Audit Clearinghouse; a school with no value did not file one, which is not the same as a clean result. Public universities audited inside a state or system report, for-profit institutions (exempt from the Single Audit), and schools under the federal expenditure threshold do not appear.

Program compliance opinion

Unmodified

AY2025 (Federal Audit Clearinghouse)

Whether the auditor issued anything other than a clean (unmodified) compliance opinion on at least one of the institution's major federal programs. A qualified, adverse, or disclaimer opinion means the auditor could not conclude the school followed that program's rules. Roughly 3% of audited institutions receive one; for most schools the major program at issue is Title IV student aid. Reported only for institutions that file their own Single Audit with the Federal Audit Clearinghouse; a school with no value did not file one, which is not the same as a clean result. Public universities audited inside a state or system report, for-profit institutions (exempt from the Single Audit), and schools under the federal expenditure threshold do not appear.

Low-risk auditee

Low-risk

Yes

AY2025 (Federal Audit Clearinghouse)

Whether the institution qualified as a low-risk auditee under federal rule 2 CFR 200.520. A school earns the status only by filing on time for two consecutive years with clean opinions, no material weaknesses, and no going-concern doubt. It is a compact summary of a clean recent audit history, and it reduces how much of the school's federal spending must be audited the next year. About 73% of audited institutions qualify. Yes is better. The value is the box the filer ticked on the federal SF-SAC form, and a minority of filings tick it alongside a condition that should disqualify them, so treat a lone Yes as weaker evidence than a clean set of the other audit flags on this page. Reported only for institutions that file their own Single Audit with the Federal Audit Clearinghouse; a school with no value did not file one, which is not the same as a clean result. Public universities audited inside a state or system report, for-profit institutions (exempt from the Single Audit), and schools under the federal expenditure threshold do not appear.

Gifts and grants received

Strong

$85.9M

79th percentile in peer grouppeer median $63.6M

FY2023 (IRS Form 990 (ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer))38 peers

Total contributions, gifts, and grants the institution received in the filing year, from its Form 990. This is the broadest available measure of philanthropic and grant support reaching the institution, covering alumni giving, foundation grants, and government grants recorded as contributions. Read it against enrollment: strong giving at a small school is a real cushion against tuition dependence. Higher is better. Sourced from the institution's IRS Form 990, matched on the Employer Identification Number it reported in its federal Single Audit. Only private nonprofit institutions file a Form 990: public universities are government units and file none, and for-profit institutions file none. A school with no value did not file, which is not the same as a value of zero.

Tax-exempt bond debt

11th percentile in peer grouppeer median $176.5M

FY2023 (IRS Form 990 (ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer))38 peers

Tax-exempt bond debt the institution still owed at the end of the filing year. Colleges borrow through municipal bonds to build dormitories, labs, and stadiums, so a large balance is not by itself a warning: it reflects a building programme. It becomes a risk when it is large relative to the institution's net assets, which is what the bond-debt-to-net-assets figure on this page measures. A zero here means the institution reported no tax-exempt bond debt outstanding, which is a genuine, debt-free result. Context metric, not better or worse. Sourced from the institution's IRS Form 990, matched on the Employer Identification Number it reported in its federal Single Audit. Only private nonprofit institutions file a Form 990: public universities are government units and file none, and for-profit institutions file none. A school with no value did not file, which is not the same as a value of zero.

Bond debt vs net assets

Low leverage

11th percentile in peer grouppeer median 19.6%

FY2023 (IRS Form 990 (ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer))38 peers

The institution's outstanding tax-exempt bond debt divided by its total net assets. It answers the question the raw debt figure cannot: how heavy is this borrowing relative to what the institution actually owns. A wealthy university with billions in net assets carries a large bond balance comfortably; a tuition-dependent college with thin reserves does not. Above roughly 50% the debt is a material claim on the institution's resources. Shown only where net assets are positive. Lower is better. Sourced from the institution's IRS Form 990, matched on the Employer Identification Number it reported in its federal Single Audit. Only private nonprofit institutions file a Form 990: public universities are government units and file none, and for-profit institutions file none. A school with no value did not file, which is not the same as a value of zero.

Officer pay, share of expenses

1.2%

58th percentile in peer grouppeer median 1.1%

FY2023 (IRS Form 990 (ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer))38 peers

What the institution paid its current officers, directors, trustees, and key employees, as a share of its total functional expenses. At almost every college this is a fraction of one percent, because the denominator includes all faculty and staff salaries. The figure is useful mainly at the extremes and at small institutions, where an unusually high share can indicate a top-heavy cost structure. It is not a measure of executive pay in absolute terms. Context metric, not better or worse. Sourced from the institution's IRS Form 990, matched on the Employer Identification Number it reported in its federal Single Audit. Only private nonprofit institutions file a Form 990: public universities are government units and file none, and for-profit institutions file none. A school with no value did not file, which is not the same as a value of zero.

Federal funding obligated

Strong

$54.9M

82nd percentile in peer grouppeer median $22.7M

FY2024 (USAspending.gov)39 peers

Obligations reported to USAspending.gov for FY2024 (Oct 2023 to Sep 2024), summed across every awarding agency. This is money committed, not money spent, so it will not equal the audited 'Federal awards expended' figure and the two should not be subtracted from one another. Negative amounts (agencies reclaiming prior commitments) are excluded.

Federal funding agencies

95th percentile in peer grouppeer median 8

FY2024 (USAspending.gov)39 peers

A count of awarding agencies with positive FY2024 obligations. Neither high nor low is inherently better: a community college funded solely by the Department of Education is behaving normally, while a research university typically draws on ten or more agencies.

Largest funder's share

49.3%

44th percentile in peer grouppeer median 60.1%

FY2024 (USAspending.gov)39 peers

The largest agency's FY2024 obligations as a share of the institution's total positive federal obligations. Read it as concentration, not risk: most teaching colleges sit near 100% because nearly all their federal money is Department of Education student aid.

Net-cost payback period

Below peers

4.3 yrs

70th percentile in peer grouppeer median 3.7 yrs

2024-2537 peers

Four-year net price divided by the median 10-year earnings premium over a typical high-school graduate in the institution's state (College Scorecard earnings and net price; U.S. Census Bureau ACS state baselines). A simple value-for-cost gauge: fewer years is stronger. Shown only where net price and earnings are both reported and earnings exceed the state high-school baseline; it ignores aid timing, debt and non-completion, so read it as a directional comparison, not a financial projection.

Graduation & completion

Graduation rate · first-time, full-time

73%

73% graduate within 6 years (150% of normal time)
65.7% on-time, within 4 years (100%)
Counts only students who entered full-time as first-time freshmen and earned a bachelor's here, the conventional headline rate. Excludes part-time entrants and transfer-ins.

Completion rate · all students

70.3%

70.3% earned a degree or certificate within 8 years (IPEDS Outcome Measures)
The broader cohort, also counts part-time entrants and transfer-ins, and any credential. More inclusive, so it can run higher than the graduation rate.

Why two numbers? They measure different students over different windows, so they are not directly comparable. The graduation rate is the standard federal headline but tracks only first-time, full-time students through a bachelor's; the all-students completion rate adds the part-time and transfer students it leaves out, over a longer window. Read each for what it covers. Source: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS Graduation Rates & Outcome Measures, via College Scorecard.

Enrollment & Pipeline

Undergraduate enrollment

11,737

92nd percentile in peer grouppeer median 5,784

2024-2538 peers

Admission rate

81.6%

86th percentile in peer grouppeer median 65.4%

2024-2537 peers

First-year retention

Below peers

81.7%

19th percentile in peer grouppeer median 88.2%

2024-2537 peers

Graduation rate (6-yr · first-time, full-time)

Average

73%

41st percentile in peer grouppeer median 76.9%

2024-2537 peers

Graduation rate (4-yr on-time · first-time, full-time)

Average

65.7%

51st percentile in peer grouppeer median 65.7%

2024-2537 peers

Pell recipient share

23.8%

66th percentile in peer grouppeer median 20.7%

2024-2538 peers

Completion rate (all students · 8-yr)

Below peers

70.3%

29th percentile in peer grouppeer median 76.6%

2024-2538 peers

Share of ALL entering degree-seeking undergraduates, full- and part-time, first-time and transfer-in, who earned a degree or certificate at this institution within eight years (IPEDS Outcome Measures, via College Scorecard). Broader and more inclusive than the graduation-rate figures, which count only first-time, full-time students entering a bachelor's program, so the two are measured on different groups of students and are not directly comparable.

Average SAT score

1,297

32nd percentile in peer grouppeer median 1,321

2024-2531 peers

Average SAT score of enrolled students who submitted scores (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). A selectivity and incoming-class signal, not a measure of institutional quality, and reported by fewer than half of institutions in the test-optional era. Schools that are test-optional or open-admission show none.

First-generation students

27.7%

71st percentile in peer grouppeer median 19.9%

2024-2538 peers

Share of undergraduates who are first-generation college students (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). An access signal, not a measure of quality: a higher share often reflects a stronger commitment to serving students whose parents did not attend college.

Adult learners (25+)

4.7%

61st percentile in peer grouppeer median 3.6%

2024-2538 peers

Share of undergraduates aged 25 or older (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). Read as context on the student mix: schools serving many working adults look different on persistence and part-time measures than traditional-age campuses, and neither is inherently better.

Part-time undergraduates

66th percentile in peer grouppeer median 2.9%

2024-2538 peers

Share of undergraduates enrolled part-time (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). Context, not quality: a high part-time share is common at community and commuter institutions and affects graduation-rate comparisons, which are based only on full-time, first-time students.

Military veterans

0.4%

38th percentile in peer grouppeer median 0.6%

2024-258 peers

Share of the student body who are military veterans (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). A context signal on whom the school serves; reported by a minority of institutions, so many schools show none.

Median family income

$60,528

41st percentile in peer grouppeer median $69,191

2024-2539 peers

Median family income of students at this institution (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). An affordability and access signal, not a measure of quality: a lower figure typically means the school enrolls more students from modest-income families.

Low-income students (under $30K)

27.8%

59th percentile in peer grouppeer median 26.2%

2024-2539 peers

Share of students whose families earn under roughly $30,000 a year (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). A direct low-income access signal: a higher share usually reflects a school enrolling more students from modest-income households, and pairs naturally with the Pell recipient share.

Women (share of undergraduates)

69.2%

84th percentile in peer grouppeer median 56.5%

2024-2538 peers

Share of undergraduates who are women (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). Reported as context on the student mix, not a measure of quality.

Middle-income students ($30K-$75K)

28.6%

76th percentile in peer grouppeer median 25.5%

2024-2538 peers

Share of students whose families earn roughly $30,000 to $75,000 a year (College Scorecard, FY2024-25), the two middle income bands combined. Reported as context on the student mix: together with the low-income (under ~$30K) and upper-income (over ~$75K) shares it sketches the full family-income picture, and the three bands sum to about 100%.

Upper-income students (over $75K)

43.6%

39th percentile in peer grouppeer median 48.7%

2024-2538 peers

Share of students whose families earn more than roughly $75,000 a year (College Scorecard, FY2024-25), the two upper income bands combined. Reported as context on the student mix, not a measure of quality: together with the low-income (under ~$30K) and middle-income (~$30K-$75K) shares it sketches the full family-income picture, and the three bands sum to about 100%.

8-year completion (all students)

Below peers

70.3%

29th percentile in peer grouppeer median 76.6%

2024-2538 peers

Share of ALL entering students, full-time and part-time, first-time and transfer-in, who complete an award within eight years (College Scorecard Outcome Measures, FY2024-25). It is a broader, more representative completion signal than the first-time-full-time graduation rates, because it counts the part-time and returning students those rates exclude. Higher is better.

Transfer-out rate

19.4%

81st percentile in peer grouppeer median 7.4%

2024-2537 peers

Share of students who transfer OUT to a different institution within the tracking window (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). Reported as context, not a quality measure: it runs high at access-oriented schools and two-year feeders whose students routinely move on to a four-year program, and it should be read together with the completion and retention figures rather than on its own.

Admission yield

Below peers

8th percentile in peer grouppeer median 15.4%

Fall 202337 peers

Share of admitted students who enrolled (IPEDS Admissions, Fall 2023): students who enrolled ÷ students admitted. A demand signal, how many accepted offers the institution converts to enrollment. Higher yield generally reflects stronger demand, though binding early-decision programs and price positioning can inflate it. Open-admission institutions do not report admissions and show none.

Program concentration (HHI)

Diversified

1,027

2022-23

How concentrated the institution's degree and certificate output is across academic fields (CIP 2-digit families), as a Herfindahl-Hirschman Index on the latest year's completions: 10,000 means every completion is in one field; lower means output is spread across many. A higher value means the school leans on fewer fields and is more exposed to demand shifts in them; a lower value reflects a broad program portfolio. Shown for institutions reporting at least 100 annual completions. A structural-diversification signal, not a measure of quality.

12-month FTE enrollment

15,966

90th percentile in peer grouppeer median 8,950

2022-2340 peers

Full-time-equivalent enrollment over the full 12-month year (IPEDS 12-month enrollment, 2022-23). Counts part-time students at their fractional load, so it runs above fall full-time headcount and is the denominator used for per-student finance measures.

Student-faculty ratio

13:1

74th percentile in peer grouppeer median 12:1

fall 202338 peers

Students per instructional faculty member (IPEDS, fall 2023). Lower generally means smaller classes and more faculty contact, though the measure mixes undergraduate and graduate teaching and is institution-reported.

SAT 25th percentile (total)

1,170

32nd percentile in peer grouppeer median 1,200

2024-2531 peers

Sum of the 25th-percentile SAT reading and math section scores of enrolled students (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). With the 75th-percentile figure it shows the middle-50% SAT range. Selectivity context, not a quality measure; reported only where enough students submit SAT scores.

SAT 75th percentile (total)

1,360

39th percentile in peer grouppeer median 1,410

2024-2531 peers

Sum of the 75th-percentile SAT reading and math section scores of enrolled students (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). With the 25th-percentile figure it brackets the middle-50% SAT range. Selectivity context, not a quality measure.

ACT 25th percentile

61st percentile in peer grouppeer median 26

2024-2531 peers

25th-percentile ACT composite score of enrolled students (College Scorecard, FY2024-25); with the 75th percentile it shows the middle-50% ACT range. Selectivity context, not a quality measure.

ACT 75th percentile

71st percentile in peer grouppeer median 32

2024-2531 peers

75th-percentile ACT composite score of enrolled students (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). Selectivity context, not a quality measure.

Submitted SAT scores

25%

52nd percentile in peer grouppeer median 25%

2024-2531 peers

Share of enrolled first-time degree-seeking students who submitted SAT scores (IPEDS, Fall 2023). A low share usually signals a test-optional or ACT-dominant institution, not a weakness; read alongside the score bands.

Submitted ACT scores

12%

58th percentile in peer grouppeer median 11%

2024-2531 peers

Share of enrolled first-time degree-seeking students who submitted ACT scores (IPEDS, Fall 2023). A low share usually signals a test-optional or SAT-dominant institution, not a weakness.

Out-of-state students

42%

39th percentile in peer grouppeer median 48%

2024-2528 peers

Share of first-time degree-seeking students coming from outside the state (IPEDS, Fall 2023). A reach signal: high values mark national-draw institutions, low values mark in-state and commuter campuses. Context, not quality.

Fully online students

50th percentile in peer grouppeer median 8.5%

2024-2540 peers

Share of students enrolled exclusively in distance-education courses (IPEDS, Fall 2023). Describes delivery model, not quality; online-heavy institutions look different on residential measures.

Applicant-pool diversity shift

+1.4%

WICHE 2024 (11th ed.)

Percentage-point change in the non-white share of the institution's home-state public high-school graduating class between the class of 2025 (the national peak) and 2037 (WICHE, Knocking at the College Door, 11th ed., public-school race detail). A forward look at who the future applicant pool will be: a positive value means the state's graduating class is projected to grow more racially diverse. Strategic recruiting context, not a forecast of any one school's enrollment, and a college recruits from many states.

Hybrid (some online) enrollment

16%

52nd percentile in peer grouppeer median 16%

Fall 202340 peers

Share of all students taking some, but not all, of their courses at a distance (IPEDS, Fall 2023). This is the hybrid middle ground between the fully online share and the fully in-person share, and it signals how far a school has moved coursework online without going exclusively remote. Context metric, not better or worse. Banded against the school's peer group.

Transfer-in share (undergraduate)

2.8%

42nd percentile in peer grouppeer median 3.7%

Fall 202338 peers

Transfer-in students as a share of all undergraduates (IPEDS, Fall 2023). A high share means the school depends on transfer pipelines rather than first-time freshmen, which changes both recruitment strategy and melt/retention risk. Context metric, not better or worse. Banded against the school's peer group.

Graduate share of enrollment

28.2%

30th percentile in peer grouppeer median 36.2%

Fall 202340 peers

Graduate students as a share of total headcount enrollment (IPEDS, Fall 2023). It separates research-intensive universities with large graduate bodies from undergraduate-focused institutions. Context metric, not better or worse. Banded against the school's peer group.

Women share of faculty

54.2%

80th percentile in peer grouppeer median 49.5%

2023-2440 peers

Women as a share of all instructional staff, full- and part-time combined (IPEDS Human Resources, Fall 2023). A gender-composition signal for the teaching workforce. Context metric, not better or worse. Banded against the school's peer group.

Faculty of color share

21.5%

42nd percentile in peer grouppeer median 22.1%

2023-2440 peers

Instructional staff who are American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black, Hispanic, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, or two-or-more races, as a share of all instructional staff (IPEDS Human Resources, Fall 2023). Nonresident and race-unknown staff are excluded from the numerator. Context metric, not better or worse. Banded against the school's peer group.

Women in applicant pool

66.4%

84th percentile in peer grouppeer median 57.9%

2023-2437 peers

Women as a share of the school's first-time degree-seeking applicant pool (IPEDS Admissions, 2023-24). A read on the funnel's composition, useful for targeting and a proxy for program mix: nursing- and education-heavy schools skew female, engineering- and trade-heavy schools skew male. Neither skew is inherently better. Banded against the school's peer group.

Varsity athlete share

2.6%

8th percentile in peer grouppeer median 9.1%

2024-2536 peers

Student-athletes on varsity rosters as a share of total enrollment, from the federal Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act filing (2024-25). At small athletics-driven schools this share is large and athletics recruiting is a core part of the enrollment funnel; at big universities it is small. Context metric, not better or worse. Banded against the school's peer group.

Athletics revenue (total)

$25.5M

44th percentile in peer grouppeer median $29.7M

2024-2536 peers

Total revenue attributed to the school's intercollegiate-athletics program, from the federal Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act filing (2024-25). It indicates the scale of the athletics enterprise, which at some schools is a major brand and enrollment driver. Context metric, not better or worse. Banded against the school's peer group.

Direct competitors within 100 mi

Average

65th percentile in peer grouppeer median 2

2024-2540 peers

How many institutions of the same type (same Carnegie classification and control, i.e. the schools competing for the same students) sit within roughly 100 miles. A higher count means a more crowded local market and a harder yield fight, which matters most as the regional pool of high school graduates shrinks; a low count means the school has its catchment largely to itself. Distance is straight-line from campus coordinates. Banded against the school's peer group. Fewer is better for recruiting leverage.

States recruited from

Strong

76th percentile in peer grouppeer median 40

Fall 202237 peers

How many distinct US states the school's first-time degree-seeking class is drawn from (IPEDS Residence & Migration, Fall 2022). A higher count signals broader geographic reach and less dependence on any single state's shrinking pool of high school graduates; a low count means the school recruits from a narrow region and is more exposed to that region's demographic decline. Banded against the school's peer group.

Foreign first-time share

1.8%

41st percentile in peer grouppeer median 2.6%

Fall 202237 peers

Share of the school's first-time degree-seeking class whose legal residence is outside the United States (IPEDS Residence & Migration, Fall 2022). A measure of international reach in the entering class. Neither high nor low is inherently better; it is context for tuition-revenue mix and exposure to visa and geopolitical risk. Banded against the school's peer group.

Metro-area unemployment rate

Below peers

6.1%

68th percentile in peer grouppeer median 5.3%

ACS 2019-2340 peers

The civilian unemployment rate in the school's metropolitan or micropolitan area (US Census ACS 2019-23, mapped by the school's federal CBSA code). It is a proxy for local labor demand: a lower rate means a tighter job market, a stronger near-term destination for graduates and a smaller pool of working adults to recruit. It describes the local economy, not the school. Schools outside any metro area are not scored. Banded against the school's peer group.

On-campus crime rate

Average

1.1 per 1k

35th percentile in peer grouppeer median 2.2 per 1k

2024 (Clery)40 peers

Criminal offenses reported on campus in 2024 (murder, manslaughter, the four sex-offense categories, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor-vehicle theft and arson) per 1,000 students, from the school's federal Clery Act filing. Counts and enrollment are summed across the institution's campuses. A higher number does not always mean a more dangerous school: thorough reporting and dense residential campuses raise it. Lower is generally safer. Banded against the school's peer group.

Research & development spending

$52.4M

72nd percentile in peer grouppeer median $31.5M

FY2023 (NSF HERD)39 peers

Total research and development expenditures in FY2023, from the National Science Foundation's Higher Education R&D (HERD) survey. It separates research-intensive universities from teaching-focused peers and indicates grant capacity. Reported only for the institutions HERD surveys (those with at least $150,000 in R&D), matched to this tool by name. Context metric, not better or worse. Banded against the school's peer group.

Enrollment cliff (home state)

Severe decline

-31.5%

2024-25

Projected change in the number of high-school graduates in the institution's HOME STATE from the class of 2025 (the national peak) to 2041, per WICHE's Knocking at the College Door, 11th Edition (Dec 2024). The 'enrollment cliff' is the post-2008 birth decline reaching college age; the U.S. total is projected to fall about 13% over this window. A college recruits from many states, so its home-state projection is an indicative directional signal of feeder-market pressure, not a forecast of that institution's own enrollment.

Workforce Pell exposure

Limited

2024-25

Share of the institution's measured credentials that are undergraduate certificates, the sub-associate tier that the 2025 budget law's new Workforce Pell Grant makes Pell-eligible from July 1, 2026. Workforce Pell extends the Pell Grant to short-term workforce programs of 150 to 600 clock hours offered over 8 to 15 weeks, subject to state-workforce-board and accreditor approval and to job-placement, completion and earnings-value guardrails. This is an opportunity signal: a higher share means more of what the school already produces could draw new federal grant aid, and the upside is greatest where Pell reliance (shown separately) is also high. Computed as undergraduate-certificate completions divided by all credential completions in the College Scorecard Field-of-Study file (most recent release). Scorecard's 'Undergraduate Certificate' level spans certificates of varying length, so the statutory 150-600 clock-hour window is a subset of this tier, read this as an upper-bound exposure proxy, not a count of qualifying programs. Shown only for institutions that confer such certificates above a minimum completions floor.

Federal research funding

$35.3M

79th percentile in peer grouppeer median $12.6M

AY2025 (Federal Audit Clearinghouse)38 peers

Federal research dollars the institution expended in the audited fiscal year, across the whole Research and Development cluster. Unlike the NIH funding figure on this page, it counts every federal agency: NSF, NIH, the Department of Defense, NASA, the Department of Energy and the rest. It is the broadest available measure of federal research capacity. Context metric, not better or worse. Reported only for institutions that file their own Single Audit with the Federal Audit Clearinghouse; a school with no value did not file one, which is not the same as a clean result. Public universities audited inside a state or system report, for-profit institutions (exempt from the Single Audit), and schools under the federal expenditure threshold do not appear.

Scholarly works published

48,721

90th percentile in peer grouppeer median 22,916

2024 (OpenAlex)39 peers

From OpenAlex, an open catalog of the world's scholarly works. Counts the institution's lifetime indexed research works (papers, datasets, books and other outputs). It separates research-intensive universities from teaching-focused peers and signals scholarly capacity; reported only where OpenAlex has a confident match to this school. Context metric, not better or worse. Banded against the school's peer group.

Research citations

2,620,980

87th percentile in peer grouppeer median 934,634

2024 (OpenAlex)39 peers

From OpenAlex, an open catalog of the world's scholarly works. Counts the institution's lifetime indexed citations received by its scholarly works. It separates research-intensive universities from teaching-focused peers and signals scholarly capacity; reported only where OpenAlex has a confident match to this school. Context metric, not better or worse. Banded against the school's peer group.

Institutional h-index

493

87th percentile in peer grouppeer median 311

2024 (OpenAlex)39 peers

From OpenAlex. The institution has an h-index of h when h of its works have each been cited at least h times: a single figure blending output and impact. Reported only where OpenAlex has a confident match. Context metric, not better or worse. Banded against peers.

NIH research funding

$19.6M

94th percentile in peer grouppeer median $4.9M

FY2024 (NIH RePORTER)33 peers

Total National Institutes of Health award dollars the institution received in fiscal year 2024, from NIH RePORTER. It signals biomedical research strength and federal grant capacity; reported only for schools NIH funds and that match this tool by name and state. Dollars from multiple campuses or centers are summed. Context metric, not better or worse. Banded against the school's peer group.

Wikipedia pageviews (monthly)

12,261

64th percentile in peer grouppeer median 9,680

trailing 12 mo (Wikipedia)

Average monthly views of the institution's English-Wikipedia article over the trailing 12 months (Wikimedia REST API). A top-of-funnel public-attention proxy: how often people look the school up. Reported only where a matching Wikipedia article exists. Context metric, not better or worse. Banded against the school's peer group.

Year founded

1870

44th percentile in peer grouppeer median 1878

Wikidata25 peers

The year the institution was founded, from Wikidata (the structured-data sister project of Wikipedia). An establishment and legacy signal; reported only where Wikidata records a founding date for a matched institution. Context, not better or worse. Banded against the school's peer group, so an earlier year ranks as more established.

In-state HS graduates

144,561

60th percentile in peer grouppeer median 140,304

Class of 2025 (WICHE)40 peers

The size of the school's home-state high-school graduating class in 2025 (WICHE Knocking at the College Door, public and private combined). It is the near-term in-state feeder market, the complement to the enrollment-cliff projection, which shows the direction that market is heading. Context metric, not better or worse. Banded against the school's peer group.

Enrollment momentum (CAGR)

Average

0.9%

63rd percentile in peer grouppeer median 0.4%

2024-2538 peers

Compound annual growth rate of undergraduate enrollment over the years the tool tracks (College Scorecard, roughly 2016-2024). Positive means the school is growing; negative means it is shrinking, the leading indicator of demand stress ahead of the demographic cliff. Banded against the school's peer group.

Net-price momentum (CAGR)

Average

1.1%

35th percentile in peer grouppeer median 1.7%

2024-2540 peers

Compound annual growth rate of net tuition revenue per full-time-equivalent student over the tracked years. A high positive rate means the school's real net price is climbing faster than peers, which can strain affordability and yield. Banded against the school's peer group. Lower is better.

Selectivity momentum (CAGR)

Average

1.5%

51st percentile in peer grouppeer median 1.5%

2024-2537 peers

Compound annual growth rate of the admission rate over the tracked years. A negative value means the school is admitting a smaller share of applicants over time (getting more selective); a positive value means its admit rate is rising (getting less selective), often a sign of softening demand. Banded against the school's peer group.

Enrollment forecast (5-yr)

Average

3.8%

58th percentile in peer grouppeer median 2%

2024-2029 projection38 peers

Projected cumulative change in total enrollment roughly five years out, modeled by a least-squares log-linear fit on the school's own enrollment history (2016-2024). It uses the full multi-year series, so a single shock year (such as 2020) does not drive the result. This is a naive trend extrapolation, not a demographic model, and is capped at plus or minus 60 percent; treat it as direction-of-travel, not a precise count. Banded against the school's peer group; higher means projected growth.

Enrollment-demand index

Below peers

28.0

19th percentile in peer grouppeer median 51.0

2024-2537 peers

A 0-100 composite of how much demand the school commands relative to its peer group: the average of its peer percentile ranks for admission yield, selectivity (a lower admit rate counts as stronger demand) and recent enrollment trend. Built only where at least two of those three are reported. Higher means stronger pull in the market. Banded against the school's peer group.

Admissions test policy

SAT / ACT requirement IPEDS Fall 2023

Test-blind (not considered)

This school is test-blind: SAT or ACT scores are not considered in admission decisions. Reported to IPEDS for the most recent admissions cycle. Test policy is a live enrollment lever, so it is shown as the school's stated category rather than a peer rank.

Completion equity

Six-year graduation rate by group First-time, full-time bachelor’s cohort · Scorecard 2024-25

White75%

Black57%

Hispanic/Latino73%

Asian79%

American Indian/Alaska Native80%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander100%

Two or more races70%

International45%

Pell recipients64%

Six-year graduation rate (150% of normal time) for the first-time, full-time bachelor’s cohort, broken out by race and ethnicity and for Pell-grant recipients (College Scorecard). Each bar uses the same measure as the headline graduation rate, so the gaps between groups are directly comparable. School overall: 75%.

Student body

Undergraduate race & ethnicity IPEDS 2024-25

White47.2%

Hispanic/Latino23.3%

Asian12.9%

Black8.1%

Two or more races5.0%

International2.1%

Unknown1.2%

American Indian/Alaska Native0.1%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander0.1%

Undergraduate enrollment by race and ethnicity, as reported to IPEDS (College Scorecard). “International” denotes nonresident students; “Unknown” means race/ethnicity was not reported.

Student Outcomes & Risk

Median earnings (10 yr)

Average

$71,530

45th percentile in peer grouppeer median $73,602

2024-2540 peers

Median debt at graduation

Average

$24,157

53rd percentile in peer grouppeer median $24,048

2024-2538 peers

3-yr cohort default rate

Below peers

3.4%

75th percentile in peer grouppeer median 2.5%

FY2017 cohort40 peers

Share of borrowers who defaulted within three years of entering repayment (U.S. Dept. of Education official cohort default rate). Shown for the FY2017 borrower cohort, the most recent cohort whose full three-year default window closed before the 2020-23 federal student-loan payment pause. More recent cohorts are reported by the College Scorecard at essentially 0%, but that reflects the payment pause (no payments were due, so almost no one could default), not borrower health, so the pre-pause cohort is the last meaningful reading. Lower is better.

Share taking federal loans

44.8%

53rd percentile in peer grouppeer median 43.4%

2024-2538 peers

Full-time faculty share

Below peers

52.4%

20th percentile in peer grouppeer median 69%

2024-2540 peers

Debt-to-earnings ratio

Average

0.34×

61st percentile in peer grouppeer median 0.32×

2024-2538 peers

Loan repayment rate (3-yr)

75.4%

39th percentile in peer grouppeer median 77.5%

2024-2538 peers

Share of student-loan borrowers who had repaid at least $1 of their loan principal within three years of entering repayment (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). Read it as context, not a simple good/bad score: a low rate can mean borrowers are struggling, but it can also mean many graduates have postponed payments while enrolled in graduate or professional school, which is common at selective schools and pushes their rate down. Unlike the cohort default rate, it is not distorted by the 2020-23 federal payment pause. Reported only where enough borrowers exist.

Earn more than a HS grad (6-yr)

Average

75.5%

46th percentile in peer grouppeer median 76.7%

2024-2539 peers

Share of students earning more than $28,000 a year, roughly what a typical high-school graduate earns, six years after entering this institution (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). A direct read on whether attending beats not attending, and conceptually aligned with the 2025 budget law's program-level earnings-premium test.

Working 10 years after entry

Strong

90.1%

75th percentile in peer grouppeer median 83.1%

2024-2540 peers

Share of students who are working (not still enrolled) ten years after entering this institution, of those whose employment status is known (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). A coarse employment signal; it does not capture earnings level or job quality.

Withdrew by year 2

Average

8.7%

61st percentile in peer grouppeer median 7.2%

2024-2538 peers

Share of students who had withdrawn from this institution by the end of their second year (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). An early-attrition signal, where lower is better; high part-time or adult-learner enrollment can raise it without reflecting institutional quality.

Loan repayment rate (5-yr)

Average

80.6%

45th percentile in peer grouppeer median 81.9%

2024-2538 peers

Share of student-loan borrowers who had repaid at least $1 of their loan principal within five years of entering repayment (College Scorecard, FY2024-25), a longer-horizon companion to the three-year repayment rate. As with the three-year figure, a low rate can reflect graduates deferring payments while in further schooling rather than financial distress.

Median earnings (6 yr)

Average

$58,411

37th percentile in peer grouppeer median $61,902

2024-2538 peers

Median earnings of former students who are working and were federally aided, measured six years after they first enrolled (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). A shorter-horizon companion to the ten-year earnings figure; early-career pay tends to run below the ten-year mark, so read the two together rather than in isolation.

Earn more than a HS grad (10-yr)

Average

83.4%

57th percentile in peer grouppeer median 83%

2024-2540 peers

Share of students earning more than $28,000 a year, roughly what a typical high-school graduate earns, ten years after entering this institution (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). The long-horizon companion to the six-year figure and the closest public analogue to the 2025 budget law's program-level earnings-premium test.

Median debt (did not complete)

Below peers

$11,964

84th percentile in peer grouppeer median $8,750

2024-2538 peers

Median federal loan debt carried by students who withdrew from this institution without completing a credential (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). The counterpart to debt at graduation, and often the higher-risk group: borrowing with no degree to show for it. Lower is better, but compare it against the school's completion and withdrawal rates rather than on its own.

Loan repayment rate (1-yr)

Average

70.4%

37th percentile in peer grouppeer median 74.1%

2024-2538 peers

Share of student-loan borrowers who had repaid at least $1 of their loan principal within one year of entering repayment (College Scorecard, FY2024-25), the earliest point on the repayment curve. As with the longer-horizon rates, a low figure can reflect borrowers deferring payments while in further schooling rather than financial distress.

Loan repayment rate (7-yr)

Average

84.4%

47th percentile in peer grouppeer median 85.2%

2024-2538 peers

Share of student-loan borrowers who had repaid at least $1 of their loan principal within seven years of entering repayment (College Scorecard, FY2024-25), the longest horizon reported. Together with the one-, three-, and five-year rates it traces how repayment progresses over time.

Median debt (first-generation students)

Below peers

$20,500

74th percentile in peer grouppeer median $19,500

2024-2538 peers

Median cumulative federal loan debt carried by first-generation students, those whose parents did not complete college (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). Read it beside the all-students median debt: a gap between the two is an equity signal about who shoulders the borrowing. Lower is better, but weigh it against completion and earnings.

Median debt (Pell recipients)

Below peers

$23,250

82nd percentile in peer grouppeer median $20,500

2024-2538 peers

Median cumulative federal loan debt carried by Pell Grant recipients (College Scorecard, FY2024-25), the lowest-income federally-aided students at the school. Compare it with the all-students median debt and the Pell share: it shows how much the neediest students borrow to attend. Lower is better.

Loan repayment rate, completers (3-yr)

Average

82.4%

37th percentile in peer grouppeer median 84.1%

2024-2538 peers

Three-year loan repayment rate among borrowers who completed their program (College Scorecard, FY2024-25): the share who, three years after entering repayment, are not in default and have paid down at least a dollar of principal. Read it beside the all-borrower loan repayment rate and the non-completer rate: completers almost always repay at higher rates, so a low figure here is a strong warning sign. Higher is better.

Loan repayment rate, non-completers (3-yr)

Average

62%

39th percentile in peer grouppeer median 64.3%

2024-2538 peers

Three-year loan repayment rate among borrowers who left WITHOUT completing (College Scorecard, FY2024-25), the group at the highest risk of default since they carry debt without the credential. Pair it with the non-completer median debt: together they show how heavily a school's dropouts are burdened. Higher is better.

Median earnings, low-income students (10-yr)

Average

$69,658

55th percentile in peer grouppeer median $67,494

2024-2538 peers

Median earnings ten years after entering, measured only for students who came from the lowest family-income tier, under about $30,000 a year (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). Read it beside the overall median earnings: a school whose low-income students go on to earn near the all-student figure is delivering real upward mobility, while a large gap signals the payoff is not reaching its neediest students. Higher is better.

Median earnings, middle-income students (10-yr)

Average

$71,539

55th percentile in peer grouppeer median $71,184

2024-2538 peers

Median earnings ten years after entering, measured only for students from middle-income families, roughly $30,000 to $75,000 a year (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). It is the middle rung of the earnings-by-family-income ladder: read it beside the low-income (under ~$30K) and high-income (over ~$75K) figures to see whether the school's payoff is even across backgrounds or tracks who students were when they arrived. Higher is better.

Median earnings, high-income students (10-yr)

Below peers

$72,351

29th percentile in peer grouppeer median $78,292

2024-2538 peers

Median earnings ten years after entering, measured only for students from higher-income families, over about $75,000 a year (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). It is the top rung of the earnings-by-family-income ladder: the gap between this and the low-income figure shows how much the school's earnings payoff depends on family background. A narrow gap signals strong upward mobility. Higher is better.

Pell completion gap

Below peers

+11.4%

92nd percentile in peer grouppeer median +5.1%

2024-25

The school's overall six-year graduation rate minus the graduation rate of its Pell Grant recipients (College Scorecard). A larger positive gap means lower-income students complete at a lower rate than the student body overall; a value near zero means the school graduates Pell and non-Pell students at similar rates. Banded against the school's peer group. Smaller is better.

Black-White completion gap

Average

+18.9%

64th percentile in peer grouppeer median +14.1%

2024-25

The school's White-student six-year graduation rate minus its Black-student rate (College Scorecard). A larger positive gap means Black students complete at a lower rate; a value near zero means the school closes that gap. Reported only where both groups make up a meaningful share of the student body, so a handful of students in one subgroup cannot drive the number. Banded against the school's peer group. Smaller is better.

Debt-to-earnings rate

Below peers

0.8%

70th percentile in peer grouppeer median 0.7%

Scorecard FoS (indicative)40 peers

The school's median program-level debt-to-earnings rate: the annual payment on graduates' median loan debt as a share of their median earnings, the core measure in the Department of Education's gainful-employment framework (a program is flagged above 8%). This is INDICATIVE: it applies ED's methodology to public College Scorecard field-of-study data because ED has not yet published its official determinations. Computed where the school has at least three evaluated programs. Lower means debt is smaller relative to earnings. Banded against peer group.

Field-demand outlook (10-yr)

Outpaces job-market average

+4.5%

45th percentile in peer group

BLS EP 2024-3440 peers

Projected 10-year (2024-34) change in U.S. employment for the occupations this institution's degrees and certificates feed, blended across its program mix. Built by mapping each CIP 2-digit field to its occupations via the NCES CIP-SOC crosswalk, taking the employment-weighted average of each occupation's BLS-projected percent change, then weighting fields by the institution's latest-year completions. The U.S. all-occupations benchmark is 3.1%, so a higher value means the school's graduates concentrate in faster-growing labor markets. An INDICATIVE field-level signal at broad-field granularity, not a program-specific or graduate-specific projection, and not a placement or earnings guarantee. Shown where at least 50% of completions fall in fields with a coherent occupational mapping and the school reports 100+ annual completions.

Return on credential

Average

0.27×

54th percentile in peer grouppeer median 0.26×

2024-2537 peers

Median 10-year earnings divided by the four-year cost of attendance (average annual cost × 4). A rough payback ratio: 1.0× means a graduate's annual 10-year earnings roughly equal the full four-year sticker cost. Earnings reflect federally-aided students; cost of attendance is the published sticker price before aid, so this is conservative relative to what families net of aid pay.

Programs below earnings benchmark

Below peers

10.5%

80th percentile in peer grouppeer median 3.6%

2024-2540 peers

Share of this school's measured program completions in programs whose median earnings four years after completion fall below the state benchmark (a high-school graduate's earnings for undergraduate credentials, a bachelor's for graduate credentials). This is the same early-warning screen behind our OBBBA Compliance Watchdog leaderboard, computed on public College Scorecard Field-of-Study data, not the official federal determination. Shown only where at least four programs report earnings. Lower is less exposure.

Grad rate vs predicted (access-adjusted)

Strong

+7.3%

70th percentile in peer grouppeer median +5.2%

2024-25

Actual six-year graduation rate minus the rate predicted, by a regression across all four-year institutions, from the school's admission rate, Pell share, first-generation share, median family income and undergraduate size (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). A positive value means the school graduates students at a higher rate than peers serving similar students at similar selectivity; a negative value means lower. This is a fairer cross-school comparison than the raw graduation rate, which penalizes access-oriented colleges. The figure is banded against a school's own peer group, so selective schools are compared with selective peers. The model uses no test-score input, so it under-predicts the most selective institutions, which therefore tend to show positive values. Reported for four-year institutions that publish an admission rate; an indicative model, not an official metric.

Net-value index

Average

44.0

34th percentile in peer grouppeer median 52.0

2024-2538 peers

A 0-100 composite of student value relative to the peer group: the average of peer percentile ranks for median earnings ten years out, graduation rate, net price (lower counts as better value) and median debt (lower is better). Built only where at least two components are reported. Higher means more outcome per dollar. Banded against the school's peer group.

Earnings spread

Earnings 10 years after entry: the middle 50% Working, federally-aided former students · Scorecard 2024-25

25th percentile$49,691

Median$71,530

75th percentile$99,274

Annual earnings of working former students measured ten years after they first enrolled (College Scorecard), shown as a range rather than a single number. The middle half of this school’s graduates earn between the 25th- and 75th-percentile figures; the Median bar matches the headline earnings figure. A wider gap means more variation in how graduates fare. Bars are scaled to the highest value shown.

Top fields of study (bachelor's)

Loyola University Chicago’s largest fields by completions, with graduate earnings (4 years out) and debt benchmarked against the same field at its peer group. Sparklines show the 8-year completions trend.

Field	Completions / yr	Median earnings, 4 yrs out	Median debt	Earnings premium	Risk score
Business, Management & Marketing	722	$90,259 61th pct · 36 peers	$23,278 44th pct · 36 peers	Above benchmark +139%	Low · 13
Biological & Biomedical Sciences	478	$62,095 36th pct · 28 peers	$25,051 53th pct · 34 peers	Above benchmark +65%	Low · 17
Health Professions & Clinical Sciences	466	$87,481 68th pct · 25 peers	$24,769 64th pct · 25 peers	Above benchmark +132%	Low · 10
Psychology	283	$56,658 44th pct · 34 peers	$24,960 59th pct · 34 peers	Above benchmark +50%	Low · 25
Social Sciences	273	$62,283 25th pct · 24 peers	$22,627 41th pct · 27 peers	Above benchmark +65%	Low · 24
Communication & Journalism	235	$63,057 30th pct · 27 peers	$23,134 43th pct · 30 peers	Above benchmark +67%	Low · 16
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting	114	$59,525 58th pct · 12 peers	$25,346 69th pct · 13 peers	Above benchmark +58%	Low · 13
Visual & Performing Arts	80	$47,818 43th pct · 23 peers	$22,648 33th pct · 24 peers	Above benchmark +27%	Low · 17
Natural Resources & Conservation	76	$57,790 44th pct · 9 peers	$22,808 18th pct · 11 peers	Above benchmark +53%	Low · 9
Public Administration & Social Service	73	$59,206 40th pct · 10 peers	$19,589 21th pct · 14 peers	Above benchmark +57%	Low · 1

All 10 top fields shown clear the IL state earnings-premium benchmark (indicative).

Earnings-premium status is an indicative estimate: median graduate earnings four years out vs the IL state median earnings of a high-school graduate (undergraduate credentials) or a bachelor’s-degree holder (graduate credentials) from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (2022 ACS 5-year). The official U.S. Department of Education determination uses its own cohort definition and may differ.

The risk score (0–100) is an indicative blend of earnings-premium margin and the five-year completions trend, higher means a field pays closer to (or below) the benchmark and is shrinking. A directional screen, not an official determination.

Major-level detail (CIP 4-digit)

Business, Management & Marketing – 10 CIP programs (4-digit), 9 with earnings

Major (CIP 4-digit)	Compl./yr	Earn 4yr	Earn 1yr	% > threshold	Median debt	Debt/earn	Earnings premium	2 of 3 yrs
MarketingCIP 5214 ›	170	$86,662 n=137	–	94.2% 5yr	$24,567	0.28×	Above benchmark +130%	Clears all 2 yrs
Finance and Financial Management ServicesCIP 5208 ›	146	$89,001 n=129	–	96.2% 5yr	$22,000	0.25×	Above benchmark +136%	Clears all 2 yrs
Business Administration, Management and OperationsCIP 5202 ›	121	$89,745 n=127	–	88.6% 5yr	$23,554	0.26×	Above benchmark +138%	Clears all 2 yrs
Management Information Systems and ServicesCIP 5212 ›	86	$103,884 n=107	–	92.6% 5yr	$24,166	0.23×	Above benchmark +176%	Clears all 2 yrs
Accounting and Related ServicesCIP 5203 ›	72	$97,667 n=87	–	97.8% 5yr	$22,000	0.23×	Above benchmark +159%	Clears all 2 yrs
Business/Managerial EconomicsCIP 5206 ›	41	$78,094 n=47	–	97.1% 5yr	$21,899	0.28×	Above benchmark +107%	Clears all 2 yrs
International BusinessCIP 5211 ›	33	$87,698 n=32	–	82.8% 1yr	$25,000	0.28×	Above benchmark +133%	–
Human Resources Management and ServicesCIP 5210 ›	22	$86,190 n=23	–	–	$20,125	0.23×	Above benchmark +129%	–
Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCIP 5207 ›	17	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, OtherCIP 5299 ›	14	$77,773 n=22	–	–	$24,635	0.32×	Above benchmark +106%	–

Major-level earnings, debt and threshold pass-rates are reported by College Scorecard only where enough graduates exist to protect privacy, so 9 of 10 majors show an earnings figure; the rest read “–”. % > threshold is ED’s own share of graduates out-earning the federal earnings threshold (the do-no-harm pass rate), drawn from the best available measurement window (4-, 5- or 1-year) pooled across all nine College Scorecard Field-of-Study releases; a small chip marks any figure not on the 4-year window, and hovering names the cohort size and source release. 2 of 3 yrs flags fields below the earnings-premium benchmark in two of the latest three reported cohort-years, the statutory trigger under the 2025 test (effective July 1, 2026). Indicative; the Department of Education’s official determination may differ. Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard Field of Study (2014–15 through 2022–23 cohorts + most-recent snapshot), accessed March 2026.

Biological & Biomedical Sciences – 5 CIP programs (4-digit), 3 with earnings

Major (CIP 4-digit)	Compl./yr	Earn 4yr	Earn 1yr	% > threshold	Median debt	Debt/earn	Earnings premium	2 of 3 yrs
Biology, GeneralCIP 2601 ›	305	$62,821 n=188	–	36.7%	$25,000	0.40×	Above benchmark +67%	Clears all 2 yrs
Neurobiology and NeurosciencesCIP 2615 ›	115	$58,373 n=26	–	42.3% 1yr	$25,000	0.43×	Above benchmark +55%	–
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular BiologyCIP 2602 ›	37	$67,681 n=17	–	100% 5yr	$25,000	0.37×	Above benchmark +79%	Clears all 2 yrs
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational BiologyCIP 2611 ›	12	–	–	–	$27,000	–	–	–
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population BiologyCIP 2613 ›	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Major-level earnings, debt and threshold pass-rates are reported by College Scorecard only where enough graduates exist to protect privacy, so 3 of 5 majors show an earnings figure; the rest read “–”. % > threshold is ED’s own share of graduates out-earning the federal earnings threshold (the do-no-harm pass rate), drawn from the best available measurement window (4-, 5- or 1-year) pooled across all nine College Scorecard Field-of-Study releases; a small chip marks any figure not on the 4-year window, and hovering names the cohort size and source release. 2 of 3 yrs flags fields below the earnings-premium benchmark in two of the latest three reported cohort-years, the statutory trigger under the 2025 test (effective July 1, 2026). Indicative; the Department of Education’s official determination may differ. Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard Field of Study (2014–15 through 2022–23 cohorts + most-recent snapshot), accessed March 2026.

Health Professions & Clinical Sciences – 5 CIP programs (4-digit), 3 with earnings

Major (CIP 4-digit)	Compl./yr	Earn 4yr	Earn 1yr	% > threshold	Median debt	Debt/earn	Earnings premium	2 of 3 yrs
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingCIP 5138 ›	415	$87,922 n=350	–	97.3% 5yr	$25,000	0.28×	Above benchmark +133%	Clears all 2 yrs
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCIP 5107 ›	32	$82,040 n=54	–	82.5% 5yr	$21,750	0.27×	Above benchmark +118%	Clears all 2 yrs
Public HealthCIP 5122 ›	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCIP 5110 ›	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic ProfessionsCIP 5123 ›	–	$78,575 n=24	–	–	$25,500	0.33×	Above benchmark +108%	–

Psychology – 2 CIP programs (4-digit), 1 with earnings

Major (CIP 4-digit)	Compl./yr	Earn 4yr	Earn 1yr	% > threshold	Median debt	Debt/earn	Earnings premium	2 of 3 yrs
Psychology, GeneralCIP 4201 ›	269	$56,658 n=184	–	54.9%	$24,960	0.44×	Above benchmark +50%	Clears all 2 yrs
Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyCIP 4228 ›	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Major-level earnings, debt and threshold pass-rates are reported by College Scorecard only where enough graduates exist to protect privacy, so 1 of 2 majors show an earnings figure; the rest read “–”. % > threshold is ED’s own share of graduates out-earning the federal earnings threshold (the do-no-harm pass rate), drawn from the best available measurement window (4-, 5- or 1-year) pooled across all nine College Scorecard Field-of-Study releases; a small chip marks any figure not on the 4-year window, and hovering names the cohort size and source release. 2 of 3 yrs flags fields below the earnings-premium benchmark in two of the latest three reported cohort-years, the statutory trigger under the 2025 test (effective July 1, 2026). Indicative; the Department of Education’s official determination may differ. Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard Field of Study (2014–15 through 2022–23 cohorts + most-recent snapshot), accessed March 2026.

Social Sciences – 5 CIP programs (4-digit), 4 with earnings

Major (CIP 4-digit)	Compl./yr	Earn 4yr	Earn 1yr	% > threshold	Median debt	Debt/earn	Earnings premium	2 of 3 yrs
Political Science and GovernmentCIP 4510 ›	160	$63,437 n=93	–	86.5% 5yr	$23,000	0.36×	Above benchmark +68%	Clears all 2 yrs
SociologyCIP 4511 ›	40	$61,429 n=37	–	88.9% 5yr	$20,500	0.33×	Above benchmark +63%	Clears all 2 yrs
AnthropologyCIP 4502 ›	30	$59,024 n=24	–	–	$24,000	0.41×	Above benchmark +57%	–
EconomicsCIP 4506 ›	29	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
International Relations and National Security StudiesCIP 4509 ›	14	$58,511 n=71	–	76.2% 5yr	$21,500	0.37×	Above benchmark +55%	Clears all 2 yrs

Major-level earnings, debt and threshold pass-rates are reported by College Scorecard only where enough graduates exist to protect privacy, so 4 of 5 majors show an earnings figure; the rest read “–”. % > threshold is ED’s own share of graduates out-earning the federal earnings threshold (the do-no-harm pass rate), drawn from the best available measurement window (4-, 5- or 1-year) pooled across all nine College Scorecard Field-of-Study releases; a small chip marks any figure not on the 4-year window, and hovering names the cohort size and source release. 2 of 3 yrs flags fields below the earnings-premium benchmark in two of the latest three reported cohort-years, the statutory trigger under the 2025 test (effective July 1, 2026). Indicative; the Department of Education’s official determination may differ. Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard Field of Study (2014–15 through 2022–23 cohorts + most-recent snapshot), accessed March 2026.

Communication & Journalism – 4 CIP programs (4-digit), 4 with earnings

Major (CIP 4-digit)	Compl./yr	Earn 4yr	Earn 1yr	% > threshold	Median debt	Debt/earn	Earnings premium	2 of 3 yrs
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied CommunicationCIP 0909 ›	139	$68,942 n=125	–	94.1% 5yr	$23,250	0.34×	Above benchmark +83%	Clears all 2 yrs
Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationCIP 0907 ›	34	$48,479 n=44	–	42.6% 1yr	$24,500	0.51×	Above benchmark +29%	–
Communication and Media StudiesCIP 0901 ›	33	$58,256 n=35	–	78.6% 5yr	$23,000	0.40×	Above benchmark +55%	Clears all 2 yrs
JournalismCIP 0904 ›	29	$57,407 n=27	–	96.3% 5yr	$21,125	0.37×	Above benchmark +52%	Clears all 2 yrs

Major-level earnings, debt and threshold pass-rates are reported by College Scorecard only where enough graduates exist to protect privacy, so 4 of 4 majors show an earnings figure; the rest read “–”. % > threshold is ED’s own share of graduates out-earning the federal earnings threshold (the do-no-harm pass rate), drawn from the best available measurement window (4-, 5- or 1-year) pooled across all nine College Scorecard Field-of-Study releases; a small chip marks any figure not on the 4-year window, and hovering names the cohort size and source release. 2 of 3 yrs flags fields below the earnings-premium benchmark in two of the latest three reported cohort-years, the statutory trigger under the 2025 test (effective July 1, 2026). Indicative; the Department of Education’s official determination may differ. Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard Field of Study (2014–15 through 2022–23 cohorts + most-recent snapshot), accessed March 2026.

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting – 2 CIP programs (4-digit), 2 with earnings

Major (CIP 4-digit)	Compl./yr	Earn 4yr	Earn 1yr	% > threshold	Median debt	Debt/earn	Earnings premium	2 of 3 yrs
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCIP 4301 ›	88	$58,145 n=80	–	87.5% 5yr	$24,857	0.43×	Above benchmark +54%	Clears all 2 yrs
Security Science and TechnologyCIP 4304 ›	26	$64,194 n=16	–	90% 1yr	$27,000	0.42×	Above benchmark +70%	–

Major-level earnings, debt and threshold pass-rates are reported by College Scorecard only where enough graduates exist to protect privacy, so 2 of 2 majors show an earnings figure; the rest read “–”. % > threshold is ED’s own share of graduates out-earning the federal earnings threshold (the do-no-harm pass rate), drawn from the best available measurement window (4-, 5- or 1-year) pooled across all nine College Scorecard Field-of-Study releases; a small chip marks any figure not on the 4-year window, and hovering names the cohort size and source release. 2 of 3 yrs flags fields below the earnings-premium benchmark in two of the latest three reported cohort-years, the statutory trigger under the 2025 test (effective July 1, 2026). Indicative; the Department of Education’s official determination may differ. Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard Field of Study (2014–15 through 2022–23 cohorts + most-recent snapshot), accessed March 2026.

Visual & Performing Arts – 6 CIP programs (4-digit), 2 with earnings

Major (CIP 4-digit)	Compl./yr	Earn 4yr	Earn 1yr	% > threshold	Median debt	Debt/earn	Earnings premium	2 of 3 yrs
Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftCIP 5005 ›	28	$42,195 n=20	–	–	$21,500	0.51×	Above benchmark +12%	–
Fine and Studio ArtsCIP 5007 ›	20	–	–	–	$25,000	–	–	–
Design and Applied ArtsCIP 5004 ›	13	$59,928 n=18	–	–	$21,500	0.36×	Above benchmark +59%	–
MusicCIP 5009 ›	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
DanceCIP 5003 ›	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Film/Video and Photographic ArtsCIP 5006 ›	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Major-level earnings, debt and threshold pass-rates are reported by College Scorecard only where enough graduates exist to protect privacy, so 2 of 6 majors show an earnings figure; the rest read “–”. % > threshold is ED’s own share of graduates out-earning the federal earnings threshold (the do-no-harm pass rate), drawn from the best available measurement window (4-, 5- or 1-year) pooled across all nine College Scorecard Field-of-Study releases; a small chip marks any figure not on the 4-year window, and hovering names the cohort size and source release. 2 of 3 yrs flags fields below the earnings-premium benchmark in two of the latest three reported cohort-years, the statutory trigger under the 2025 test (effective July 1, 2026). Indicative; the Department of Education’s official determination may differ. Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard Field of Study (2014–15 through 2022–23 cohorts + most-recent snapshot), accessed March 2026.

Natural Resources & Conservation – 2 CIP programs (4-digit), 1 with earnings

Major (CIP 4-digit)	Compl./yr	Earn 4yr	Earn 1yr	% > threshold	Median debt	Debt/earn	Earnings premium	2 of 3 yrs
Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchCIP 0301 ›	49	$57,790 n=82	–	96.3% 5yr	$22,808	0.40×	Above benchmark +53%	Clears all 2 yrs
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and PolicyCIP 0302 ›	27	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Public Administration & Social Service – 2 CIP programs (4-digit), 1 with earnings

Major (CIP 4-digit)	Compl./yr	Earn 4yr	Earn 1yr	% > threshold	Median debt	Debt/earn	Earnings premium	2 of 3 yrs
Social WorkCIP 4407 ›	67	$59,206 n=51	–	91.7% 5yr	$19,589	0.33×	Above benchmark +57%	Clears all 2 yrs
Human Services, GeneralCIP 4400 ›	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

See the interactive dashboard for all fields and credential levels (associate through doctoral). Source: College Scorecard Field of Study.

Frequently asked

How financially healthy is Loyola University Chicago?

On the NACUBO Composite Financial Index, the −4 to 10 balance-sheet score accreditors and institutional boards use – Loyola University Chicago scores 6.3 (Strong), computed from its IPEDS FY2022-23 finances. This is informational benchmarking, not a credit rating.

How selective is Loyola University Chicago?

Loyola University Chicago admits about 82% of applicants, and roughly 82% of first-year students return for a second year.

What is Loyola University Chicago's student-faculty ratio?

Loyola University Chicago reports a student-faculty ratio of 13:1 (IPEDS, fall 2023) – that is, about 13 students for every instructional faculty member.

How much does Loyola University Chicago cost?

The average published cost of attendance is $67,408 and the average net price after aid is $36,079 (College Scorecard).

How much do Loyola University Chicago graduates earn?

Median earnings ten years after entry are $71,530 (College Scorecard), measured across students who received federal aid.

Are Loyola University Chicago's programs at risk under the federal earnings-premium test?

Indicatively, at Loyola University Chicago, all 10 of the largest fields with available earnings data clear the IL state earnings-premium benchmark used by the 2025 federal test (effective July 1, 2026) – median graduate earnings (four years out) exceed those of a typical worker without the credential. This is an estimate using College Scorecard earnings vs ACS medians; the official Department of Education determination may differ.

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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard & IPEDS (most recent releases), with the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (Employment Projections, field-demand outlook) and WICHE (enrollment-cliff projections). Figures lag the current academic year by roughly two to three years. Percentiles and medians are computed within the institution's peer group. Financial Resilience is a transparent composite, see each component above. Compiled by Ibex Insights.