by our College Data Analytics TeamThe goal of College Factual's yearly Best Quality Schools rankings is to help students find graduate schools that provide excellent learning environments that are a great fit for them. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
In College Factual's 2024 ranking of the Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S., Loyola University Chicago landed the #90 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list. This means that the school is among the Top 10% of the nation when it comes to overall quality. As a result, Loyola Chicago is a recipient of this year's Best Master's Schools badge.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Illinois, Loyola Chicago came in at #4.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and Loyola Chicago took the #184 spot on the list.
Loyola Chicago also ranked #11 for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Illinois.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 66.9% of the total graduate students at Loyola Chicago are women and 33.1% are men.
Of all the graduate students at Loyola Chicago, around 34.4% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 4.3% of graduate students hail from another country. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $18,990 | $18,990 |
| Fees | $904 | $904 |
The average early-career salary for master's degree recipients from Loyola Chicago is $57,705. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 1% lower than the national average of $58,425.
Doctorate degree recipients from Loyola Chicago earn an average salary of $75,193 during the early years of their career. That's about the same as the nationwide average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of Loyola University Chicago.
Contact details for Loyola Chicago are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1032 W. Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660 |
| Phone: | 773-274-3000 |
| Website: | https://www.luc.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/LoyolaChicago |
| Twitter: | http://www.twitter.com/LoyolaChicago |
About 77.0% of the graduate students at Loyola University Chicago took at least one online class during the 2020-2021 academic year. For that same period, 44.0% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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