Which Loyola Chicago bachelor's program has the lowest debt?

International Relations graduates leave with a median of $21,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 27 Loyola Chicago bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Loyola Chicago cost?

Tuition and fees are $53,710 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $36,079 a year.

How many Loyola Chicago programs report graduate pay?

30 bachelor's programs and one certificate program at Loyola Chicago report first-year pay, and 28 of them also report federal debt.

Loyola Chicago Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Loyola University Chicago
Private nonprofit university
Chicago, IL
11,737 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

30 Loyola Chicago bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($76,869), and Radio, TV, and Digital Media the least ($26,227). The median program pays $41,131. Loyola Chicago also has one certificate program that reports pay.

Tuition and fees$53,710Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$36,079Per year

Graduation rate73%Within 6 years

Admission rate82%Of applicants

All 30 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Illinois" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Illinois. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Illinois
1	NursingAbout 424 graduates a year	$76,869	$86,020	$27,000	5th of 32
2	AccountingAbout 67 graduates a year	$69,965	$93,326	$22,125	3rd of 28
3	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 45 graduates a year	$68,950	Not reported	$22,701	2nd of 12
4	Computer EngineeringAbout 29 graduates a year	$68,020	Not reported	$25,000	5th of 5
5	Management Information SystemsAbout 90 graduates a year	$67,801	$119,530	$24,500	3rd of 4
6	FinanceAbout 149 graduates a year	$66,919	$102,491	$24,988	2nd of 21
7	Business AdministrationAbout 118 graduates a year	$64,513	$72,266	$25,000	3rd of 38
8	Business EconomicsAbout 34 graduates a year	$61,333	$100,568	$21,574	1st of 4
9	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 32 graduates a year	$57,876	$79,385	$23,000	3rd of 10
10	Teacher EducationAbout 51 graduates a year	$55,652	Not reported	$25,000	2nd of 38
11	International BusinessAbout 33 graduates a year	$55,496	Not reported	$25,000	1st of 4
12	Security Science and TechnologyAbout 28 graduates a year	$51,202	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
13	MarketingAbout 141 graduates a year	$51,065	$85,371	$25,000	5th of 22
14	EntrepreneurshipAbout 13 graduates a year	$45,869	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
15	Public Relations and AdvertisingAbout 119 graduates a year	$43,308	$67,395	$25,000	4th of 9
16	Criminal JusticeAbout 93 graduates a year	$38,953	$69,197	$25,000	14th of 22
17	Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyAbout 36 graduates a year	$38,487	$65,443	$25,000	1st of 3
18	JournalismAbout 28 graduates a year	$38,302	$55,384	$23,000	3rd of 8
19	Political ScienceAbout 147 graduates a year	$37,007	$68,766	$23,250	6th of 20
20	SociologyAbout 29 graduates a year	$34,004	$61,830	$22,250	10th of 16
21	International RelationsAbout 7 graduates a year	$32,682	$55,884	$21,500	4th of 4
22	PsychologyAbout 280 graduates a year	$32,463	$59,090	$25,000	14th of 35
23	BiologyAbout 261 graduates a year	$31,964	$67,114	$25,000	16th of 27
24	CommunicationsAbout 46 graduates a year	$31,495	$54,354	$25,000	22nd of 26
25	HistoryAbout 50 graduates a year	$31,079	$63,957	$24,000	9th of 13
26	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 67 graduates a year	$30,797	$56,939	$24,042	4th of 8
27	EnglishAbout 39 graduates a year	$28,640	$55,105	$26,000	17th of 18
28	AnthropologyAbout 20 graduates a year	$26,977	Not reported	Not reported	3rd of 7
29	NeuroscienceAbout 106 graduates a year	$26,251	Not reported	$25,000	5th of 6
30	Radio, TV, and Digital MediaAbout 36 graduates a year	$26,227	Not reported	$25,000	5th of 8

Program names link to the program's own page, and Illinois ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Illinois programs in the field do too.

Some nursing bachelor's programs are for nurses who are already licensed and working (RN-to-BSN). College Scorecard counts them with programs for new students, and their graduates' pay reflects years of nursing experience, so high pay at a program here may not mean higher starting pay for a new nurse.

7 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

One certificate program

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Illinois" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Illinois.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Illinois
Paralegal StudiesAbout 28 graduates a year	$48,819	Not reported	$35,000	1st of 4

Quick picks: bachelor's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$76,869
Accounting$69,965
Computer and Information Science$68,950
Computer Engineering$68,020
Management Information Systems$67,801

Lowest median debt

International Relations$21,500
Business Economics$21,574
Accounting$22,125
Sociology$22,250
Computer and Information Science$22,701

Largest programs

NursingAbout 424 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 280 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 261 graduates a year
FinanceAbout 149 graduates a year
Political ScienceAbout 147 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $76,869 in their first year, the most of 30 Loyola Chicago bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
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 Illinois rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels