Loyola University New Orleans Psychology (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Psychology, General
- Private nonprofit university
- New Orleans, LA
- About 85 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Loyola University New Orleans psychology graduates earn less than graduates of most psychology programs nationally, $24,241 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $26,750 in federal loans, close to the national median of $25,624. Several Louisiana programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Louisiana and national columns are the medians across all psychology bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Loyola University New Orleans graduates earn more than the national figure and about $9,513 more than the Louisiana median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Louisiana psychology program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Louisiana 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 114% 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 $5,441 less in their first year than other graduates. 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 $284 a month, or 14.1% 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, 20 parents took out Parent PLUS loans for these students, with a median of $43,807.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
60% of graduates (26 of 43) were working in Louisiana one year after graduating. Prices in the New Orleans area are about 7% below the national average, so a $24,241 salary here buys what about $26,179 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 psychology, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
$71,330Median pay in Louisiana. 320 people work in this job in Louisiana. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 12% from 2025 to 2035, with about 4,100 openings a year. Typical education to start: doctoral or professional degree.
Social Science Research Assistants
$52,600Median pay in Louisiana. 340 people work in this job in Louisiana. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 4,900 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists
$193,950Median pay nationwide. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 7% from 2025 to 2035, with about 300 openings a year. Typical education to start: master's degree.
About Loyola University New Orleans
Psychology ranks 8th of 9 bachelor's programs at Loyola University New Orleans by first-year earnings. The top three are Journalism ($37,206), Public Relations and Advertising ($36,004), and Criminology ($35,578).
Other psychology bachelor's programs near New Orleans
Common questions
The median graduate earns $24,241 one year after graduating and $51,759 five years after. The median across psychology bachelor's programs in Louisiana is $26,988.
The median federal loan balance is $26,750, which ranks 10th lowest of 15 psychology bachelor's programs in Louisiana. That works out to about $284 a month over 10 years.
It depends on your other options. Debt equals 110% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 78%. Compare the cost with other Louisiana programs before deciding.
Most do. 60% (26 of 43) were working in Louisiana 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 Louisiana 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 psychology 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