Loyola University Chicago Common Data Set 2025-26

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Acceptance rate

75.1%

33,009 of 43,954

Early decision rate

No ED

SAT middle 50%

1220–1390

ACT middle 50%

26–31

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Admissions

AppliedC1	43,954
AdmittedC1	33,009
EnrolledC1	2,605
YieldC1	7.9%
Early decisionC21	Not offered
Early actionC22	Not offered

Waitlist

Offered a placeC2	0
Accepted a placeC2	0
Admitted from waitlistC2	0
Odds if you stay on the listC2	—

Test scores and GPA

Submitted SATC9	39%
Submitted ACTC9	15%
SAT Reading & Writing (25th–75th)C9	580–690
SAT Math (25th–75th)C9	540–660
Average high school GPAC12	3.74
GPA of 4.0C11	42.6%
GPA 3.75–3.99C11	19.7%
GPA 3.50–3.74C11	16.3%
GPA below 3.50C11	21.4%

Cost and financial aid

TuitionG1	$56,930
Required feesG1	$1,580
Food and housingG1	$17,980
Need fully met (first-years)H2	19.2%
Average % of need metH2	83.8%
Average need-based packageH2	$47,627
Average need-based grantH2	$35,854

What admissions looks at

Rigor of secondary school recordVery important
Class rankConsidered
Academic GPAVery important
Standardized test scoresConsidered
Application essay—
Recommendation(s)—
InterviewNot considered
Extracurricular activities—
Talent/abilityConsidered
Character/personal qualities—
First generationConsidered
Alumni/ae relationConsidered
Geographical residenceNot considered
State residencyNot considered
Religious affiliation/commitmentNot considered
Volunteer work—
Work experience—
Level of applicant's interestConsidered

From item C7.

Outcomes

UndergraduatesB1	12,640
First-year retentionB22	84.9%
4-year graduation rateB	—
6-year graduation rateB	73.6%

Notes on this filing

Filing header reads Common Data Set 2024-2025, but enrollment is Fall 2025 and costs are 2025-2026 (G1 is labeled 2026-2027 in the text). Year set to 2025-26.
C1: no totals printed; applied (13988+29790+176), admitted (9702+23296+11) and enrolled (720+1885+0) were summed.
C2: waitlist block has three counts, all 0 (offered, accepted, admitted).
C8A: Yes/No box appears blank, but the checkbox table marks SAT, ACT and SAT-only as 'not required, considered if submitted'. Policy summarized from that table and C8G; C8F is blank.
C9: SAT and ACT submission percentages (39%, 15%) are printed without denominators.
SAT and ACT p50 values are not printed in C9, so they are null.
C11: GPA bands use the 'Percent (All enrolled students)' column. pct_below_3_50 is the sum of the 3.25-3.49, 3.00-3.24, 2.50-2.99, 2.00-2.49, 1.00-1.99 and below-1.0 bands (11.5+6.6+3.3+0+0+0 = 21.4).
B22: printed retention is 84.90%, but 2345/2763 computes to about 84.88%. The printed value is used.
B4-B11: 4-year graduation rate is not printed (only cohort counts), so grad_rate_4yr is null. 6-year rate uses the Fall 2019 cohort (H = 73.63).
G1: private institution with a single tuition figure; in-state and out-of-state are null. Room and board is the food-and-housing figure (17,980).
H2: first-time full-time first-year column used. pct_need_fully_met = 334/1743 = 19.2, using line d as instructed. pct_with_need_awarded_aid is not printed, so it is null.
H2 line K (need-based scholarship/grant average, first-time column) is used for avg_need_based_grant.
C7: essay, recommendations, extracurriculars, character, volunteer work and work experience are blank in the filing, so they are null.

Source: Loyola University Chicago Common Data Set 2025-26 . “—” means the college left the item blank.