Loyola University Chicago
Loyola University Chicago admitted 82% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1170–1360 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $36,340 a year. Within six years, 72% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 82%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1170–1360
- ACT middle 50%
- 27–32
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $70,688 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $36,340 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $30,709 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $56,060 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 72%
- Students who return for a second year
- 82%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $78,431 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $23,750
Students
- Undergraduates
- 11,737
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 30%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 13 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Business, management and marketing
- 19%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 14%
- Health professions
- 12%
- Psychology
- 9%
- Social sciences
- 7%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- John Carroll University OH · 81% admitted
- Marquette University WI · 81% admitted
- Gonzaga University WA · 82% admitted
- University of Mary Washington VA · 80% admitted
- University of Massachusetts-Lowell MA · 83% admitted
- Duquesne University PA · 84% admitted
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- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL · 42% admitted
- University of Illinois Chicago IL · 77% admitted
- Illinois State University IL · 88% admitted
- DePaul University IL · 76% admitted
- Chamberlain University-Illinois IL · 83% admitted
- Northern Illinois University IL · 70% admitted
- Northwestern University IL · 7.7% admitted
- Southern Illinois University Edwardsville IL · 98% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.