Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, Illinois · Private · 11,737 undergraduates · luc.edu
Test policy (fall 2027)
Test optional
Sending scores is your choice
Admit rate
75%
of 43,954 applicants
SAT (middle 50%)
1220 to 1390
of enrolled freshmen
Annual cost (2027-28)
$83,450Est.Estimate
before aid
Your chances and merit aid at Loyola University Chicago
See where you stand for admission, how much merit aid you could get, and what you'd pay after it.
We started you at a typical enrolled freshman here. Move the sliders to match you.
Your admission chances
75% of applicants admitted
Target
Your SAT is inside the range where the middle half of enrolled freshmen scored, and your GPA is in the middle half of freshmen's.
Estimated merit aid
a year
Your cost after merit aid
$83,450
a year in 2027-28, from a $83,450 sticker price
What to do with your 1310
Send your score
About 65% of freshmen here didn't send a score. We estimate their typical SAT at about 1140, and yours is above it.
Source: College Navigator (federal data on fall 2024 freshmen)
Reach, target and likely are a rough guide from your test score and how selective the college is. Admissions also weigh your courses, grades, essays and activities. Merit aid figures are estimates, before any need-based aid.
Admissions
Test policy for fall 2027
Test optional
You choose whether to send an SAT or ACT score. If you send one, it's considered.
- Superscores: it combines your best section scores from different test dates.
- You can type your scores into the application; official reports come later.
Source: First-Year Students | Undergraduate Admission | Loyola University Chicago · Checked October 16, 2026
Application deadlines
- Dec1Priority deadline · December 1, 2026Apply by this date for the best chance at admission and scholarships.
Who gets in
75%
of applicants were admitted: 33,009 of 43,954 for fall 2025.
Test scores of enrolled freshmen (fall 2025)
The shaded part shows the middle half of enrolled freshmen who sent scores: a quarter scored below it and a quarter above. 39% of them sent SAT scores and 15% sent ACT scores.
SAT total 1220 to 1390
Reading and Writing 580 to 690
Math 540 to 660
ACT composite 26 to 31
How enrolled freshmen scored on the SAT
- 1400 to 160024%
- 1200 to 139958%
- 1000 to 119918%
- 800 to 9990.7%
- 600 to 7990%
- 400 to 5990%
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
High school GPA of enrolled freshmen
Average GPA: 3.74
- 4.043%
- 3.75 to 3.9920%
- 3.50 to 3.7416%
- 3.25 to 3.4912%
- 3.00 to 3.246.6%
- 2.50 to 2.993.3%
- Below 2.500%
Cost and financial aid
The sticker price is what a year costs before any aid. Most students pay less after grants and scholarships.
Sticker price for 2027-28Estimate
$83,450
a year
- Tuition$59,210
- Fees$1,640
- Food and housing$18,700
- Books and supplies$1,660
- Transportation and other$2,240
Loyola University Chicago published $80,240 for 2026-27. Its 2027-28 prices aren't out yet.
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
What families actually pay
What a year cost on average after grants and scholarships, for freshmen who got federal aid in 2023-24, by family income.
- $0 to $30,000$30,709
- $30,001 to $48,000$31,498
- $48,001 to $75,000$31,297
- $75,001 to $110,000$35,289
- Over $110,000$43,708
Financial aid
84%
of a student's financial need is covered, on average
$35,854
average need-based grant to freshmen, money you don't repay
32%
of freshmen got merit aid without financial need, $27,362 on average
- FAFSA
- Required for need-based aid. It's the free federal aid form.
- CSS Profile
- Not required. Only the FAFSA is needed.
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
Merit scholarships
Awards for grades and scores, on top of need-based aid. You don't repay them.
Loyola-sponsored National Merit Scholarship
$2,000 a year
National Merit
Deadline: Name this college your first choice with NMSC. To keep it: a 2.0 college GPA.
DetailsNational Merit/National Achievement Finalist full-tuition scholarship
Full tuition
National Merit
Deadline: Name this college your first choice with NMSC. To keep it: a 2.0 college GPA.
Details
Compare awards across colleges with the merit aid calculator.
AP credit
AP exams that earn credit can replace college courses, so you pay for fewer of them and may graduate sooner.
AP exams that earn credit
34 of 34
Earn credit with a score of 3
2 exams
A 3-credit course is worth
about $5,920Est.Estimate
at 2027-28 tuition
Credit for each AP exam
| Exam | Score needed | Credits | Counts as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art History | 3 | 3 | FNAR 200 |
| Art History | 5 | 6 | FNAR 200 and FNAR 201 |
| Biology | 4 | 8 | BIOL 101/111 and BIOL 102/112 |
| Calculus AB | 4 | 4 | MATH 161 |
| Calculus BC | 4 | 8 | MATH 161 & MATH 162A |
| Calculus BC: AB Subscore | 4 | 4 | MATH 161 |
| Chemistry | 4 | 8 | CHEM 105,106 or CHEM 101/111, 102/112 |
| Chinese Language and Culture | 4 | 3 | CHIN 250 or 251 |
| Chinese Language and Culture | 5 | 6 | CHIN 250 and 251 |
| Comparative Government and Politics | 4 | 3 | PLSC 103 |
| Computer Science A | 4 | 3 | COMP 170 |
| Computer Science Principles | 4 | 3 | COMP 150 |
| English Language and Composition | 4 | 3 | UCWR 110 |
| English Literature and Composition | 4 | 3 | UCLR 100 |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 3 | ENVS 101/ENVS 137 |
| European History | 4 | 6 | HIST 101 and HIST 102 |
| French Language and Culture | 4 | 3 | FREN 250 or 251 |
| French Language and Culture | 5 | 6 | FREN 250 and 251 |
| German Language and Culture | 4 | 3 | 250 or 251 |
| German Language and Culture | 5 | 6 | GERM 250 and 251 |
| Italian Language and Culture | 4 | 3 | ITAL 250 or 251 |
| Italian Language and Culture | 5 | 6 | ITAL 250 and 251 |
| Japanese Language and Culture | 4 | 3 | JAPN 250 or 251 |
| Japanese Language and Culture | 5 | 6 | JAPN 250 & 251 |
| Latin | 3 | 3 | LATN 284 |
| Macroeconomics | 4 | 3 | ECON 202 |
| Microeconomics | 4 | 3 | ECON 201 |
| Music Theory | 5 | 4 | MUSC 144 and MUSC 145 |
| Physics 1 | 4 | 3 | PHYS 111 |
| Physics 2 | 4 | 3 | PHYS 112 |
| Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism | 4 | 3 | PHYS 112 (no lab credit) |
| Physics C: Mechanics | 4 | 3 | PHYS 121 |
| Pre-Calculus | 4 | 3 | MATH 118 |
| Psychology | 4 | 3 | PSYC 101 |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 4 | 3 | SPAN 250 or 251 |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 5 | 6 | SPAN 250 and 251 |
| Spanish Literature and Culture | 4 | 3 | SPAN 251 |
| Spanish Literature and Culture | 5 | 6 | SPAN 251 and SPAN 270 |
| Statistics | 4 | 3 | STAT 103 |
| United States Government and Politics | 4 | 3 | PLSC 101 |
| United States History | 4 | 6 | HIST 211 and HIST 212 |
| World History: Modern | 4 | 6 | HIST 101 and HIST 104 |
Source: AP credit policy
After college
Graduate within 6 years
72%
Come back for a second year
82%
Typical earnings
$78,431
a year, 10 years after starting here
- Loyola University Chicago$89,762
- All colleges$90,887
Median yearly earnings of graduates five years after finishing a bachelor's in this major. 40 majors here have earnings data.
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