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Loyola Marymount University

College of Business Administration

Quick Stats

  • Avg. SAT Score
    1190
  • Annual Tuition
    $38,012
    $ $ $ $ $
  • Program Enrollment
    1,429
  • University Selectivity
    50%
  • University Yield
    21%
  • Job Offers
    82%
  • Average Salary
    $52,300
  • Top Industry
    Media, Entertainment
  • School Status
    Private
  • Accreditation
    AACSB Accredited
  • B-School Founded
    1926
  • Program Length
    Four Year
Contact Information
1 LMU Drive, MS 8385
Los Angeles, 90045, United States
Website

College of Business Administration

The College of Business Administration at Loyola Marymount University was established in 1926 and is accredited by AACSB International. The CBA’s mission is to develop the whole person. Approximately 1,400 undergraduate students and 300 graduate students are enrolled in the CBA. Undergraduate degrees: Accounting, Applied Information Management Systems, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Management and Finance. Graduate degrees: MBA and Executive MBA. The part-time MBA program offers flexible schedules and small classes, while the Saturday-only EMBA program is designed to meet the realities of the new global business environment.

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LMU's business program is unique because there is a heavy emphasis on ethics. We are taught to go into business mainly to make a difference, that our end goal should not be to make large profits and just increase shareholders wealth, that there is more to business than just money. Our program also has a heavy emphasis on group projects as well as the development of the person as a whole. There is a huge emphasis on the aspect of being a leader in the business world.

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About Loyola Marymount University

Admissions

Admissions Selectivity
50% Loyola Marymount University 58% Average Across All Schools
Most Important Admissions Factors
  1. High school GPA
  2. SAT/ACT scores
  3. Character/personal abilities
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Total Applications
  • Applied
  • Accepted
  • Accepted Apps Enrolled
11221% 11,221
50% 50
21% 21
50% School Selectivity
21% School Yield
Demographics of Applicants
  • Male Applicants
  • Female Applicants
  • International Applicants
  • U.S. Applicants
Application Deadlines
Jan 15
Fall 2013
Required Tests
  • SAT
  • ACT
  • Are Interviews Required? Not required
Additional Requirements:
Total Applications to Program
  • Applied
  • Accepted
  • Accepted Apps Enrolled
2908% 2,908
54% 54
32% 32
54% Program Selectivity
32% Program Yield
Program Requirements
  • Admissions managed by Business Program
  • Are interviews required? Not required
Required Tests

Transfer Requirements
  • How internal transfers are handled Separate application
  • Min college GPA for transfers 3.0
  • Other transfer requirements Must have completed Calculus with a grade of B or better and both Macro- and Microeconomics with a grade of B- or better.
Freshman Requirements
  • Freshman admissions Yes
  • Percent of admitted applicants who are freshmen 88
  • Min GPA required in pre-business courses Yes
  • How freshmen are admitted Indicate interest on university application
Other Requirements for freshman

Careers

Media/Entertainment 10%
Top Industry
  • Financial Services 8%
  • Real Estate 6%
  • Other 5%
PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLC
Top Employer
  • Deloitte & Touche
  • KPMG
  • Ernst & Young
Job offers within 3 months after graduation
82% College of Business Administration 75% Average Across All Schools
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Job Offers Received and Accepted
  • This School
  • All Schools
By Graduation
58% 58
59% 59.267238095238085
58% Receive Offers
53% 53
56% 55.65923664122137
53% Accept Offers
After graduation, but within 3 months
24% 24
16% 16.189999999999998
24% Receive Offers
23% 23
17% 17.25698275862069
23% Accept Offers
More than 3 Months after graduation
10% 10
10% 10.193835616438358
10% Receive Offers
12% 12
13% 12.771399999999998
12% Accept Offers
89% Graduates seeking full-time employment
11% Graduates not seeking employment
25% Percentage of graduates for whom employment information is available
Salaries and Percentages of Job Accepting Graduates
Area Grads Accepting Jobs Avg. Salary 10k 50k 100k 150k 190k
Finance/Accounting
44% 44
Data not provided
General Management
9% 9
Data not provided
Human Resources
7% 7
Data not provided
Marketing/Sales
30% 30
Data not provided
Other
11% 11
Data not provided
Area Grads Accepting Jobs Avg. Salary 10k 50k 100k 150k 190k
Accounting
14% 14
Data not provided
Consumer Products/Retail
21% 21
Data not provided
Consulting
2% 2
Data not provided
Financial Services
8% 8
Data not provided
Government/Education
11% 11
Data not provided
Pharma/Biotech/Health
6% 6
Data not provided
Manufacturing
2% 2
Data not provided
Media/Entertainment
10% 10
Data not provided
Non-Profit
2% 2
Data not provided
Real Estate
6% 6
Data not provided
Sports/Leisure
5% 5
Data not provided
Technology/Science
10% 10
Data not provided
Other
5% 5
Data not provided
Area Grads Accepting Jobs Avg. Salary 10k 50k 100k 150k 190k
U.S. Northeast
2% 2
Data not provided
U.S. Southwest
4% 4
Data not provided
U.S. West
95% 95
Data not provided
Salaries for Most Recent Graduates
Salaries for Most Recent Graduates
Internship Employers / Interns Hired
  • ThinkLA
  • NBC Universal
  • Atlantic Records
  • Enterprise Rent-a-Car
  • AXA Advisors
Internship Services
  • Companies that recruit interns on campus
  • Companies that posted internships on school message board
  • Average intern length in weeks 20
  • Percentage of internships that are paid 38
Career Services
  • Number of companies that recruited students on campus 117
  • Number of companies that posted full-time jobs on school message boards 981
Other activities and career services provided to undergraduate business students:
career aptitude and interest testing, career counseling, mock interviews, informational interviews, workshops, career fairs, internships.

Cost

Resident
$ $ $ $ $
$52,493
Total Yearly Cost
  • Tuition $38,012
  • Fees $800
  • Expenses $13,681
Non-Resident
$ $ $ $ $
$52,493
Total Yearly Cost
  • Tuition $38,012
  • Fees $800
  • Expenses $13,681
65% Percent of Institutional Grants or Scholarships 4% Percent of Full-tuition Institutional Grants or Scholarships
Basis for Grants or Scholarships
  • Need 40%
  • Merit 60%
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Financial Aid
  • Financial Aid Management No
  • Website http://financialaid.lmu.edu
Scholarships
$13,400,000
Total aid distributed to undergrad business students last year
$14,600,000
Total aid distributed to undergrad business students this year
Loans
  • Loan Guarantee Policy No
  • Max Loan Guarantee Per Year

Academics

Average Class Size
  • College of Business Administration
  • All Schools
Core Business Classes
28% 26
50% 46
Elective Business Classes
38% 22
50% 29
Required Classes with a Waiting List
2 College of Business Administration 12 Average Across All Schools
* On the First Day of Enrollment
Top Areas of Study
  • Accounting
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Finance
  • Human Resource Management
  • Marketing
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Business Program Classes
45% Less than 20 Students 0% More than 50 Students
55% 21 to 50 students
22 Average number of students in non-business required electives
68 Different Elective Courses
New Electives
  • All Things Digital
  • New World of Branding and Advertising
  • Values, Ethics, and Organizational Sustainability
  • Business Incubation
  • Programming Applications
  • Program length Four Year
  • Last change to curriculum 2009
Degrees Offered / Credits Required
  • BS/Accounting 126
  • BS/Applied Information Systems 120
  • BBA/Entrepreneurship
  • BBA/Finance
  • BBA/Management
  • BBA/Marketing
  • BBA/Applied Information Systems
Faculty
  • All Faculty
  • Tenured
95% 95
65% 65
Prominent Faculty
  • David Stewart

    Marketing

  • David Officer

    Finance

  • Peter Ring

    Management
  • Are work study or co-ops available? Yes
  • Description of work study / co-ops:

    work/study on or off campus internships for credit (paid or unpaid)

  • Is study abroad available? Yes
  • Description of study abroad programs:

    short (1-2 week) programs in Spain, Korea, and China. 6-week summer programs in a number of locations. Exchange programs with a number of universities globally. Semester programs in Germany and Korea.

  • Is community service or volunteering available? Yes
  • Description of community service/volunteering:

    VITA (Volunteers in Tax Assistance) program, community service projects led by faculty and by student organizations, ranging from raising money for charities to beach clean-ups to consulting with small businesses.

Students

34% Students in Top 10% of High School Class 44% Students with High School GPA over 3.75
1280 75th Percentile Score on SAT 28 75th Percentile Score on ACT
Student Body Breakdown
  • International Students
  • U.S. Students
  • Male Students
  • Female Students
Ethnicity of Students
White
53% 53
Hispanic
19% 19
Asian American
14% 14
* Percentages are for U.S. citizens in most recent entering class; only top three responses shown.
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U.S. Regional Breakdown
85%
2%
4%
6%
%
2%
Student Citizenship
U.S.
91% 91
Other Non-U.S. Citizenship
8% 8
Canada
1% 1
19 Average age of full-time students
92% Freshman retention rate
Graduation Rate
  • 4 Years
  • 6 Years
65% 65
72% 72

Alumni

Alumni Donors
Total Living Alumni 12,450
Alumni Donations
$502 Average Gift Largest Gift
Most Prominent Alumni
  • John T. Stankey

    CSO & Group President, AT&T

  • Stephen F. Page

    Vice-Chairman & CFO, United Technologies Corp. (retired)

  • R. Chad Dreier

    CEO, Ryland Group (retired)