Loyola Marymount University English (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in English Language and Literature, General
- Private nonprofit university
- Los Angeles, CA
- About 49 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Loyola Marymount University English graduates earn less than graduates of most English programs nationally, $19,346 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $22,565 in federal loans, close to the national median of $24,498. Several California programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The California and national columns are the medians across all English bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Loyola Marymount University graduates earn more than the national figure and about $14,687 more than the California median.
Debt and first-year pay at every California English program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the California medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 245% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Does family income change the outcome?
Graduates who received Pell Grants, which go to students from lower-income families, earned $3,431 less in their first year than other graduates. They also borrowed more. Students who expect to rely on grants should weigh this gap.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $239 a month, or 14.8% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
The government publishes these as ranges to protect privacy. They were measured in 2018 to 2020, partly during the pandemic pause on federal loan payments, so the forbearance share may be higher than usual. Separately, 24 parents took out Parent PLUS loans for these students, with a median of $74,974.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
83% of graduates (34 of 41) were working in California one year after graduating. Prices in the Los Angeles area are about 14% above the national average, so a $19,346 salary here buys what about $17,035 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to English, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
$101,370Median pay in California. 99,230 people work in this job in California. Nationally, jobs are projected to stay about the same in number from 2025 to 2035, with about 63,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Proofreaders and Copy Markers
$57,490Median pay in California. 300 people work in this job in California. Nationally, jobs are projected to shrink 1% from 2025 to 2035, with about 1,100 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
About Loyola Marymount University
English ranks 20th of 21 bachelor's programs at Loyola Marymount University by first-year earnings. The top three are Civil Engineering ($87,790), Computer and Information Science ($79,763), and Accounting ($70,960).
Other English bachelor's programs near Los Angeles
Common questions
The median graduate earns $19,346 one year after graduating and $66,697 five years after. The median across English bachelor's programs in California is $25,477.
The median federal loan balance is $22,565, which ranks 24th lowest of 33 English bachelor's programs in California. That works out to about $239 a month over 10 years.
It depends on your other options. Debt equals 117% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 77%. Compare the cost with other California programs before deciding.
Most do. 83% (34 of 41) were working in California one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of California comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the English program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024