Loyola Chicago acceptance rate and admissions statistics
Loyola Chicago admitted 33,009 of 43,954 first-year applicants in its 2025-26 Common Data Set, an official acceptance rate of 75.1%. Every number below comes from the college’s own Common Data Set, each year linked to its document; a figure the college leaves blank says “Not published”, and the notes at the foot of the page say where a total is the sum of rows the college printed.
What did admitted applicants have? How to get into Loyola Chicago counts the grades, scores and activities they posted.
Loyola Chicago acceptance rate by year
| CDS year | Applied | Admitted | Acceptance rate | Enrolled | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 43,954 | 33,009 | 75.1% | 2,605 | 7.9% |
| 2024-25 | 39,316 | 32,081 | 81.6% | 2,763 | 8.6% |
| 2023-24 | 40,468 | 32,937 | 81.4% | 2,951 | 9.0% |
Acceptance rate is admitted divided by applied; yield is enrolled divided by admitted. Both are computed by Aristo Scholars from the two counts printed beside them.
Early decision at Loyola Chicago
Early decision counts: Not published. Loyola Chicago’s Common Data Set prints no early decision applicant or admit counts (section C21) for any year shown.
Loyola Chicago waitlist
Loyola Chicago SAT and ACT scores
What Loyola Chicago says matters in admission
In section C7 each college rates its own admission factors as Very Important, Important, Considered or Not Considered. These are the factors Loyola Chicago rated in the top two tiers.
- 2025-26
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA
- Important: None recorded
- 2024-25
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA
- Important: Application essay, Recommendations, Extracurricular activities, Character/personal qualities, Volunteer work, Work experience
- 2023-24
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA
- Important: Recommendations, Application essay, Extracurricular activities, Character/personal qualities, Volunteer work, Work experience
Loyola Chicago testing policy for students applying in 2026-27
Test-optional: applicants choose whether to include ACT and/or SAT scores. Superscored; admitted students who submitted scores must send official scores by May 1.
From Loyola Chicago’s admissions site, read 2026-11-05. Policies change; the college’s page is the authority.
How these numbers were read
Loyola has no early decision plan. The 2025-26 C1 total cells do not print, so totals are the sums of the sex rows, which match the residency columns. The 2025-26 C7 has no Important column, so only Very Important factors are listed.
Loyola Chicago acceptance rate questions
- What is the Loyola Chicago acceptance rate?
- Loyola Chicago's Common Data Set for 2025-26 reports 43,954 first-year applicants and 33,009 admitted, an acceptance rate of 75.1%. It was 81.6% in 2024-25 and 81.4% in 2023-24.
- What SAT scores do Loyola Chicago students have?
- In 2025-26, the middle half of enrolled first-year students who submitted the SAT scored 1220 to 1390, and ACT submitters scored 26 to 31. 39.0% of enrolled students submitted an SAT score.
- How many students get off the Loyola Chicago waitlist?
- In 2025-26, Loyola Chicago offered 0 applicants a place on the waitlist; 0 accepted one, and 0 were admitted from it.
- Does Loyola Chicago require the SAT or ACT for students applying in 2026-27?
- Test-optional: applicants choose whether to include ACT and/or SAT scores. Superscored; admitted students who submitted scores must send official scores by May 1.
Applying to Loyola Chicago?
An acceptance rate describes the whole pool, not one student. A Specialist can read your student’s file against what Loyola Chicago says it weighs.
Source: Loyola Chicago Common Data Set, sections C1, C2, C7, C9 and C21, each year linked above, read 2026-11-05. Aristo Scholars is not affiliated with Loyola Chicago. All official acceptance rates