Graduate Programs at Loyola University Chicago

Loyola University Chicago Directory Information
School Name	Loyola University Chicago
Address	1032 W. Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660
Phone	773-274-3000
Web	https://www.luc.edu
Online Application	https://www.luc.edu/undergrad/apply
Financial Info	https://www.luc.edu/finaid/index.shtml

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$22,305
Student Population	5,196
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	337 graduate programs (5 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	13 to 1

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
Tuition	$19,440
Required Fees	$904
Tuition per Credit Hour
Tuition	$1,080

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	5 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army, Navy, Air Force) Study abroad Weekend/evening college Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Loyola University Chicago is $22,305. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 9.64% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$18,594	$904
2019-2020	$18,594	$904
2020-2021	$18,594	$560
2021-2022	$18,990	$904
2022-2023	$19,440	$904
2023-2024	$21,375	$930

The graduate school tuition & fees of Loyola University Chicago is average compared to private graduate schools in Illinois. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the Illinois graduate tuition is $18,738 (public) / $21,100 (private).

The following table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Loyola University Chicago	$22,305
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
Illinois Graduate Schools	$18,871	$20,166
Public	$11,992	$18,738
Private	$21,100

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $18,494 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Loyola University Chicago.

On-campus living costs are increased by 8.03% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $17,156. Off-campus living costs are increased by 18.81% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$14,480	$1,600	$11,500	$1,600
2019-2020	$14,780	$1,600	$11,808	$1,600
2020-2021	$14,780	$1,600	$11,808	$1,600
2021-2022	$15,180	$1,600	$12,466	$1,600
2022-2023	$15,520	$1,600	$12,840	$1,600
2023-2024	$16,894	$1,600	$15,556	$1,600

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $1,184 at Loyola University Chicago. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 9.63% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$1,033
2019-2020	$1,033
2020-2021	$1,033
2021-2022	$1,055
2022-2023	$1,080
2023-2024	$1,184

The law school tuition at Loyola University Chicago is $53,156 for academic year 2022-2023. For medical school, the average tuition & fees is $67,855.

The following table shows the tuition & fees for law school and medical school at Loyola University Chicago.

Law School Tuition

Medical School Tuition

2022-2023 Law School/Medical School Tuition at Loyola University Chicago
	Tuition	Fees
Medicine	$62,530	$5,325
Law	$52,210	$946

Graduate Programs at Loyola University Chicago

Loyola University Chicago offers 219 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 2,500 students have completed their study at Loyola University Chicago.

Offered Degrees at Loyola University Chicago
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	127	1,571
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	42	125
Doctor's degree - other	2	414
Post Bachelor's Degree	41	381
Post Master's Degree	7	9
Total	219	2,500

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Loyola University Chicago by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Health Law program with 89 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Social Work program with 268 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Law program with 264 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Loyola University Chicago
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Law	✕	89	-
Management Science	✕	74	-
Legal Professions and Studies (other)	✕	43	-
Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law	✕	30	-
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (other)	✕	27	-

Popular Master's Programs at Loyola University Chicago
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Social Work	✕	268	$42,600
Business Administration and Management	✕	230	$82,000
Health Law	✕	76	-
Biomedical Sciences	✕	59	-
Accounting	✕	46	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Loyola University Chicago
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Law	✕	264	-
Medicine	✕	150	-
School Psychology	✕	23	-
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	✕	15	-
Nursing Practice	✕	10	-

Loyola University Chicago offers 219 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered only in on-site (classroom) education. Last year total 2,500 students have completed their graduate studies.

1,571 students have earned/completed Master's program.
414 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
381 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.
9 students have earned/completed Post-Master's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	45 completers	-
Environmental Science	✕	45	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Women's Studies	✕	11	-
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies (other)	✕	-	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	38 completers	-
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia	✕	38	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	28 completers	-
Information Technology	✕	16	-
Computer Science	✕	12	-
Computer Software and Media Applications (other)	✕	-	-
Computer/Information Technology Services Administration and Management (other)	✕	-	-
Education [+]	✕	77 completers	-
Multicultural Education	✕	-	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	1	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	2	$43,500
Adult and Continuing Education Administration	✕	-	-
Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision	✕	-	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✕	12	-
Educational Statistics and Research Methods	✕	1	-
International and Comparative Education	✕	11	-
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education	✕	9	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	-	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	14	-
College Student Counseling and Personnel Services	✕	-	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	6	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	20	-
Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching	✕	-	-
English/Language Arts Teacher Education	✕	1	-
Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Mathematics Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Reading Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Social Science Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Biology Teacher Education	✕	-	-
History Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Latin Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Psychology Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (other)	✕	-	-
Engineering [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Computer Software Engineering	✕	15	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	5	-
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	✕	-	-
Ancient/Classical Greek Language and Literature	✕	-	-
Latin Language and Literature	✕	-	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	140 completers	-
Programs for Foreign Lawyers	✕	-	-
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence	✕	11	-
Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law	✕	25	-
Health Law	✕	76	-
International Law and Legal Studies	✕	4	-
Tax Law/Taxation	✕	2	-
Legal Professions and Studies (other)	✕	22	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	10 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	10	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	107 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	8	-
Biomedical Sciences	✕	59	-
Biochemistry	✕	1	-
Molecular Biology	✕	-	-
Molecular Biochemistry	✕	1	-
Cell Biology and Anatomy	✕	3	-
Microbiology	✕	-	-
Immunology	✕	1	-
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology (other)	✕	-	-
Physiology	✕	19	-
Cell Physiology	✕	-	-
Oncology and Cancer Biology	✕	2	-
Pharmacology	✕	3	-
Bioinformatics	✕	6	-
Neuroscience	✕	4	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	20 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	5	-
Statistics	✕	15	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	3 completers	-
International/Global Studies	✕	2	-
Human Computer Interaction	✕	1	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	-	-
Applied and Professional Ethics	✕	7	-
Religion/Religious Studies	✕	-	-
Theology and Religious Vocations [+]	✕	55 completers	-
Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology	✕	-	-
Religious Education	✕	-	-
Theology/Theological Studies	✕	3	-
Divinity/Ministry	✕	9	-
Pastoral Studies/Counseling	✕	36	$36,800
Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries (other)	✕	7	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	7	-
Psychology [+]	✕	83 completers	-
Psychology	✕	-	-
Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics	✕	-	-
Developmental and Child Psychology	✕	2	-
Social Psychology	✕	9	-
Clinical Psychology	✕	9	$53,900
Community Psychology	✕	13	-
Counseling Psychology	✕	-	-
School Psychology	✕	22	-
Educational Psychology	✕	28	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✕	15	-
Human Services [+]	✕	273 completers	-
Public Policy Analysis	✕	5	-
Social Work	✕	268	$42,600
Social Sciences [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Political Science and Government	✕	8	-
Sociology	✕	3	-
Urban Studies/Affairs	✕	1	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	204 completers	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✕	18	-
Health and Medical Administrative Services (other)	✕	-	-
Medical Scientist	✕	-	-
Public Health	✕	34	-
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✕	11	-
Medical Informatics	✕	1	-
Dietetics/Dietitian	✕	13	-
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	✕	28	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	3	$96,400
Nursing Administration	✕	8	-
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	✕	21	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✕	33	-
Nursing Science	✕	-	-
Clinical Nurse Specialist	✕	-	-
Critical Care Nursing	✕	15	-
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing	✕	5	-
Women's Health Nurse/Nursing	✕	11	-
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (other)	✕	-	-
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences (other)	✕	3	-
Business [+]	✕	396 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	230	$82,000
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management	✕	-	-
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)	✕	-	-
Accounting	✕	46	-
Finance	✕	-	-
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	✕	25	-
Labor and Industrial Relations	✕	-	-
Organizational Behavior Studies	✕	-	-
Human Resources Management and Services (other)	✕	-	-
Management Information Systems	✕	-	-
Management Science	✕	27	-
Business Statistics	✕	13	-
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	✕	21	-
Marketing (other)	✕	34	-
History [+]	✕	20 completers	-
History	✕	9	-
American History (United States)	✕	-	-
Public/Applied History	✕	11	-
	Total	1,571

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Multicultural Education	✕	-	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	7	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	4	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✕	4	-
Educational Statistics and Research Methods	✕	-	-
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education	✕	2	-
Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching	✕	-	-
Psychology Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Education (other)	✕	-	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	-	-
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	✕	-	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Health Law	✕	1	-
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies (other)	✕	-	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	3 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	3	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Biomedical Sciences	✕	-	-
Biochemistry	✕	-	-
Molecular Biology	✕	2	-
Molecular Biochemistry	✕	1	-
Cell Biology and Anatomy	✕	1	-
Immunology	✕	3	-
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology (other)	✕	-	-
Physiology	✕	2	-
Pharmacology	✕	1	-
Neuroscience	✕	-	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	3	-
Theology and Religious Vocations [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Theology/Theological Studies	✕	10	-
Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries (other)	✕	1	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	2	-
Psychology [+]	✕	40 completers	-
Psychology	✕	-	-
Developmental and Child Psychology	✕	5	-
Experimental Psychology	✕	-	-
Social Psychology	✕	3	-
Clinical Psychology	✕	6	$62,300
Counseling Psychology	✕	3	-
School Psychology	✕	23	-
Educational Psychology	✕	-	-
Human Services [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Social Work	✕	4	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Political Science and Government	✕	2	-
Sociology	✕	1	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	27 completers	-
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	✕	15	-
Nursing Science	✕	2	-
Nursing Practice	✕	10	-
History [+]	✕	4 completers	-
History	✕	4	-
	Total	125

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Legal Studies [+]	✕	264 completers	-
Law	✕	264	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	150 completers	-
Medicine	✕	150	-
	Total	414

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	-	-
Women's Studies	✕	-	-
Education [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	-	-
Educational Statistics and Research Methods	✕	3	-
International and Comparative Education	✕	-	-
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education	✕	5	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	10	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	-	-
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	✕	-	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	202 completers	-
Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law	✕	30	-
Health Law	✕	89	-
Tax Law/Taxation	✕	23	-
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies (other)	✕	17	-
Legal Professions and Studies (other)	✕	43	-
Theology and Religious Vocations [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Religious Education	✕	-	-
Pastoral Studies/Counseling	✕	5	-
Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries (other)	✕	2	-
Human Services [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Social Work	✕	7	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Urban Studies/Affairs	✕	-	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Public Health	✕	3	-
Medical Informatics	✕	-	-
Dietetics/Dietitian	✕	1	-
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	✕	9	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✕	-	-
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing	✕	-	-
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (other)	✕	-	-
Business [+]	✕	84 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	1	-
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management	✕	4	-
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	✕	1	-
Human Resources Management and Services (other)	✕	4	-
Management Information Systems	✕	-	-
Management Science	✕	74	-
	Total	381

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Theology and Religious Vocations [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Pastoral Studies/Counseling	✕	2	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✕	5	-
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing	✕	-	-
Women's Health Nurse/Nursing	✕	-	-
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (other)	✕	2	-
	Total	9

Graduate Student Population at Loyola University Chicago

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 5,196 students enrolled into Loyola University Chicago graduate schools where it has total 16,899 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 3,923 full-time and 1,273 part-time graduate students. By gender, 1,632 male and 3,564 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	5,196	1,632	3,564
Full-time	3,923	1,294	2,629
Part-tme	1,273	338	935

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 2,878 White (55.39%), 465 Black/African American (8.95%), 696 Hispanic (13.39%), 518 Asian (9.97%), and 639 students with other races. 260 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	5,196	1,632	3,564
American Indian/Native American	5	1	4
Asian	518	169	349
Black/African American	465	137	328
Hispanic	696	187	509
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	0	3
White	2,878	902	1,976
Two More	137	44	93
Un-Known	234	68	166
Non-resident Alien	260	124	136

Loyola University Chicago offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 1,995 graduate students (38.39% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 1,444 graduate students (27.79% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	5,196
Enrolled Online Exclusively	1,995
Enrolled Some Online Courses	1,444
Not in Online Courses	1,757

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Loyola University Chicago. 1,558 students are aged 20 to 24 (29.98% of total students), 342 students are aged above 50 (6.58%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Loyola University Chicago.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	5,196	1,632	3,564
Age 20-21	59	13	46
Age 22-24	1,499	420	1,079
Age 25-29	1,746	590	1,156
Age 30-34	659	232	427
Age 35-39	401	139	262
Age 40-49	490	148	342
Age 50-64	299	72	227
Over 64	43	18	25

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