Student Population at Loyola University Chicago

How many students at Loyola University Chicago? For the academic year 2023-2024, total of 17,397 students have enrolled in Loyola University Chicago with 12,487 undergraduate and 4,910 graduate students.

By gender, 5,445 male and 11,952 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (10,527 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Research University (high research activity)).

1,359 students are enrolled exclusively, and 2,846 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Loyola University Chicago has a total of 17,397 enrolled students for the academic year 2023-2024. 12,487 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 4,910 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 5,445 male and 11,952 female students (the male-female ratio is 31:69) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2023-2024 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total17,39712,4874,910
Men5,4453,9551,490
Women11,9528,5323,420
Loyola University Chicago 2024 Student Population by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 8,598 White, 1,276 Black, and 2,054 Asian students out of a total of 17,397 are attending at Loyola University Chicago. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2023-2024 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American20515
Asian2,0546871,367
Black1,276342934
Hispanic3,3251,0452,280
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders1248
White8,5982,6385,960
Two or more races722206516
Race Unknown844275569
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American15411
Asian1,5695361,033
Black848223625
Hispanic2,6328531,779
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders945
White5,9491,8414,108
Two or more races581166415
Race Unknown609207402
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American514
Asian485151334
Black428119309
Hispanic693192501
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders303
White2,6497971,852
Two or more races14140101
Race Unknown23568167

Student Age Distribution

By age, Loyola University Chicago has 848 students under 18 years old and 38 students over 65 years old. There are 13,422 students under 25 years old, and 3,972 students over 25 years old out of 17,397 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 848 students are younger than 18 and 6 students are older than 65. Loyola University Chicago has 11,905 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 582 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,517 graduate students aged under 25 and 3,390 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18848548300
18-195,4973,8731,624
20-214,5903,1411,449
22-242,4871,671816
25-291,9531,328625
30-34705463242
35-39405276129
40-49546390156
50-6432523590
Over 65382414
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18848548300
18-195,4973,8731,624
20-214,5413,1021,439
22-241,019623396
25-29306200106
30-341077334
35-39503218
40-49735221
50-64402515
Over 65642
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
20-21493910
22-241,4681,048420
25-291,6471,128519
30-34598390208
35-39355244111
40-49473338135
50-6428521075
Over 65322012

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Loyola University Chicago, 1,359 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,846 students are enrolled in some online courses.

807 students lived in Illinois or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 552 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students17,3971,3592,846
Undergraduate12,4872621,488
Graduate4,9101,0971,358
Online Student Population by Locality
Illinois ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students80751339
Undergraduate209521
Graduate59846138

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 12,487 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 355 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 2.84%.315 students have transferred in as full-time status and 40 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time10,851
Transfer-in Full-time315
Regular Part-time1,281
Transfer-in Part-time40

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