Which Loyola University New Orleans major has the lowest debt?

Public Relations and Advertising graduates leave with a median of $25,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 9 Loyola University New Orleans bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Loyola University New Orleans cost?

Tuition and fees are $49,440 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $23,696 a year.

How many Loyola University New Orleans programs report graduate pay?

9 bachelor's programs at Loyola University New Orleans report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Loyola University New Orleans Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
New Orleans, LA
2,812 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

9 Loyola University New Orleans bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Journalism pays the most in the first year ($37,206), and Arts Management the least ($20,257). The median program pays $30,181.

Tuition and fees$49,440Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$23,696Per year

Graduation rate59%Within 6 years

Admission rate93%Of applicants

All 9 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Louisiana" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Louisiana. 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 Louisiana
1	JournalismAbout 17 graduates a year	$37,206	Not reported	$27,000	1st of 2
2	Public Relations and AdvertisingAbout 24 graduates a year	$36,004	$51,389	$25,000	1st of 3
3	CriminologyAbout 50 graduates a year	$35,578	$52,213	$27,000	1st of 1
4	MarketingAbout 36 graduates a year	$32,079	Not reported	$26,000	10th of 11
5	BiologyAbout 33 graduates a year	$30,181	Not reported	$27,000	4th of 14
6	SociologyAbout 20 graduates a year	$26,581	Not reported	$25,621	4th of 5
7	Political ScienceAbout 23 graduates a year	$26,281	$61,282	$27,000	6th of 7
8	PsychologyAbout 85 graduates a year	$24,241	$51,759	$26,750	10th of 15
9	Arts ManagementAbout 69 graduates a year	$20,257	$45,348	$27,000	1st of 1

Program names link to the program's own page, and Louisiana 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 Louisiana programs in the field do too.

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Journalism$37,206
Public Relations and Advertising$36,004
Criminology$35,578
Marketing$32,079
Biology$30,181

Lowest median debt

Public Relations and Advertising$25,000
Sociology$25,621
Marketing$26,000
Psychology$26,750
Journalism$27,000

Largest programs

PsychologyAbout 85 graduates a year
Arts ManagementAbout 69 graduates a year
CriminologyAbout 50 graduates a year
MarketingAbout 36 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 33 graduates a year

Common questions

Journalism graduates earn a median of $37,206 in their first year, the most of 9 Loyola University New Orleans 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 Louisiana 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