Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Loyola University Chicago

At Loyola University Chicago, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 73.24%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 81.00%. Loyola University Chicago's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 4 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 14.02%, and the 2024 yield is 9.00%.

The number of Loyola University Chicago applicants decreased by -1.08% (441 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 73.24%, and this year's acceptance rate is 81.00% at Loyola University Chicago. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 70.26% and women students' rate is 74.72%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Loyola University Chicago over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	85.04%	86.94%	84.14%
2014-15	63.34% -21.69%	61.92% -25.03%	64.03% -20.11%
2015-16	71.26% 7.92%	68.50% 6.58%	72.56% 8.52%
2016-17	72.57% 1.31%	68.83% 0.33%	74.28% 1.72%
2017-18	70.59% -1.98%	66.82% -2.01%	72.46% -1.81%
2018-19	67.92% -2.67%	64.07% -2.76%	69.74% -2.72%
2019-20	67.22% -0.70%	64.32% 0.26%	68.61% -1.13%
2020-21	70.54% 3.31%	67.31% 2.98%	72.09% 3.48%
2021-22	77.00% 6.46%	73.00% 5.69%	79.00% 6.91%
2022-23	79.15% 2.15%	75.19% 2.19%	81.06% 2.06%
2023-24	81.00% 1.85%	76.00% 0.81%	84.00% 2.94%
Average	73.24%	70.26%	74.72%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 14.02% where the current academic year yield is 9.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Loyola University Chicago from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	19.13%	20.05%	18.69%
2014-15	17.72% -1.41%	17.90% -2.15%	17.65% -1.05%
2015-16	14.28% -3.44%	15.36% -2.54%	13.81% -3.84%
2016-17	15.91% 1.62%	16.72% 1.36%	15.56% 1.76%
2017-18	15.95% 0.04%	16.04% -0.68%	15.91% 0.35%
2018-19	16.23% 0.28%	17.24% 1.20%	15.80% -0.11%
2019-20	15.29% -0.94%	16.31% -0.93%	14.84% -0.96%
2020-21	11.86% -3.43%	12.36% -3.95%	11.64% -3.20%
2021-22	10.00% -1.86%	10.00% -2.36%	10.00% -1.64%
2022-23	8.85% -1.15%	8.31% -1.69%	9.08% -0.91%
2023-24	9.00% 0.15%	8.00% -0.31%	9.00% -0.09%
Average	14.02%	14.39%	13.82%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 27,186, the average number of admitted is 20,094, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,594.

The number of Loyola University Chicago applicants decreased by -1.08% (441 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Loyola University Chicago from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	15,438	13,128	2,512
2014-15	20,414 32.23%	12,931 -1.50%	2,292 -8.76%
2015-16	21,555 5.59%	15,360 18.78%	2,194 -4.28%
2016-17	22,712 5.37%	16,482 7.30%	2,622 19.51%
2017-18	23,571 3.78%	16,639 0.95%	2,654 1.22%
2018-19	25,122 6.58%	17,064 2.55%	2,770 4.37%
2019-20	25,583 1.84%	17,198 0.79%	2,630 -5.05%
2020-21	25,453 -0.51%	17,954 4.40%	2,129 -19.05%
2021-22	37,824 48.60%	29,124 62.21%	2,912 36.78%
2022-23	40,909 8.16%	32,379 11.18%	2,864 -1.65%
2023-24	40,468 -1.08%	32,779 1.24%	2,950 3.00%
Average	27,186	20,094	2,594

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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