Quad

Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

  1. 1

    Santa Clara grads earn $30.8K more ten years out than Loyola Marymount's ($109,183 vs. $78,349)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  2. 2

    Santa Clara graduates 9 pts more of its students than Loyola Marymount (90% vs. 81%)

    Graduation rate
  3. 3

    Santa Clara's SAT midpoint is 65 points higher than Loyola Marymount's

    SAT midpoint
  4. 4

    Loyola Marymount has 6 pts more first-gen students than Santa Clara (22% vs. 17%)

    First-generation students
  5. 5

    Loyola Marymount's grants cover 29% of its full price on average, vs. 24% at Santa Clara

    Aid generosity
  6. 6

    Loyola Marymount costs about $2.6K less per year on average than Santa Clara ($60,285 vs. $62,874, all students)

    Average cost, all students

The shape of each school

Each axis is a national rank among 4-year colleges; further out = more of it.

SelectivityTest scoresSizePell shareFirst-genDiversity

Who's hardest to get into

Loyola Marymount admits 45%, Santa Clara 48%; Santa Clara's yield is higher, at 17%.

Acceptance rate
Santa Clara48%
Loyola Marymount45%
Quad's selectivity
  • Santa ClaraVery selective
  • Loyola MarymountVery selective
SAT middle 50%Axis 1200–1600
Santa Clara
1330–1470
Loyola Marymount
1265–1410
How they read a recordfirst-years at 3.75+
  • Santa ClaraGPA, school record, and prep program required54%
  • Loyola MarymountRigor and GPA very important79%

Who's on each campus

Santa Clara and Loyola Marymount are about the same size; Loyola Marymount has the larger Pell share.

Undergrads
Santa Clara6.6K
Loyola Marymount7.1K
Pell Grant share
Santa Clara11%
Loyola Marymount13%

Majors and faculty

Finance leads at Santa Clara, and Psychology at Loyola Marymount; Loyola Marymount has 10 students per faculty member to Santa Clara's 11.

Students per faculty member
Santa Clara11 to 1
Loyola Marymount10 to 1
Most popular majorshare of graduates
  • Santa ClaraFinance, General14%
  • Loyola MarymountPsychology, General9%

What each costs

Loyola Marymount costs about $2.6K less a year than Santa Clara on average, and its grants cover the larger share of its price.

Average cost, all students
Santa Clara$62.9K
Loyola Marymount$60.3K
Aid generosity
Santa Clara24%
Loyola Marymount29%

What each pays off

Santa Clara's former students earn more, a median $109.2K ten years after enrolling; both graduate more than 80% within six years.

Median earnings, 10 years
Santa Clara$109.2K
Loyola Marymount$78.3K
Graduation rate
Santa Clara90%
Loyola Marymount81%

How each has changed

Applications grew at both; Loyola Marymount got more selective while Santa Clara held steady.

Applications, 10-year change
  • Santa ClaraGrowing+27%
  • Loyola MarymountGrowing+91%
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