Bachelor's · Los Angeles, California

Is Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies at Loyola Marymount University worth it?

Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 14.2 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: Not enough graduates to report; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $58,966; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: Not enough borrowers to report; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $214k (likely $214k – $254k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $18k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CA; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 14.2 years (likely 9.1–20+); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$258k (likely −$374k – −$128k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: −$31k (likely −$245k – $228k); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 79%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

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Students heading toward languages & cultures majors like this one often take these classes. Every school offers a different mix, so check with your counselor.

AP classes

AP Spanish Language and Culture (or French, German, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Latin)
AP World History: Modern
AP Human Geography

IB Higher Level

Language B HL
History HL or Geography HL

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Other majors at Loyola Marymount University

Law (First professional)$143,361
Business/Commerce, General (Master's)$140,532
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies (Master's)$140,519
Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$134,109
Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$127,011
Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$111,733
Biomedical/Medical Engineering (Master's)$109,396
Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$109,303
Civil Engineering (Bachelor's)$103,223
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$100,264
Law (Master's)$98,678
Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's)$96,226

Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies at other schools in California

University of California-Berkeley$67,291
Sonoma State University$64,116
San Francisco State University$59,990
University of California-Santa Barbara$59,004
University of California-Davis$58,670
California State University-East Bay$57,145
University of California-Riverside$56,555
California State University-Sacramento$56,188
California State University-Los Angeles$55,970
University of California-Santa Cruz$55,798