Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, IL
Loyola University Chicago admitted 33,009 of 43,954 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (75.1%).
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2025 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What stands out at Loyola University Chicago
Two things Loyola University Chicago published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
39% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 15% sent an ACT. Loyola University Chicago files test scores under “considered”.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Families paid $36,079 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
75.1%
33,009 admitted of 43,954 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
SAT, middle 50%
1220–1390
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
ACT, middle 50%
26–31
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Average GPA of admitted students
3.74
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
39%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
15%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Where do you actually stand at Loyola University Chicago?
The figures above describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores and activities, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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How the rate has moved
Two measured admit rates from the federal survey, the years apart it reports them. A rate that moved, not a forecast.
Over 5 years the admit rate rose from 68% to 81%.
What Loyola University Chicago says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- GPArequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Recommendationsrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Essayconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Course rigorconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Class rankconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
The waitlist, as the school reported it
Published counts, including the ones schools rarely lead with.
- Offered a waitlist place
- 0
- Accepted the place
- 0
- Admitted from the waitlist
- 0
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
What students actually pay
Net price after grants and scholarships: not the sticker price.
Average net price: $36,079 a year.
- Family income under $30k
- $28,992
- $30k–$48k
- $28,663
- $48k–$75k
- $32,432
- $75k–$110k
- $36,853
- Over $110k
- $42,346
Source: the College Scorecard
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
More colleges on the record
Every one of these carries the same measured figures, with the same sources.
Other colleges in Illinois
The pages nearest this one on acceptance rate, in the same state.
Colleges with a nearby acceptance rate
Anywhere in the country, ordered by how close the published rate is to this one. A selection rule, not a ranking.
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