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Loyola University New Orleans

Loyola University New Orleans is a private campus in New Orleans proper — federal locale codes class it as urban. The school reports a Roman Catholic affiliation in its federal filings.

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What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Net price by family income

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Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.

IPEDS Income brackets, 2022–23

family-income band

$19,013

family income
under $30k

$19,826

$30–48k

$20,476

$48–75k

$24,269

$75–110k

$30,947

over $110k

Average net price

$23,6962023–24Skip to data table

Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.

Average net price at Loyola University New Orleans rose from $11,187 (2008) to $23,696 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$11,187
2009	$18,868
2010	$21,386
2011	$23,155
2012	$21,546
2013	$24,771
2014	$24,610
2015	$22,485
2016	$22,766
2017	$20,776
2018	$21,486
2019	$20,463
2020	$22,123
2021	$20,712
2022	$22,762
2023	$23,696

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$64,1572024–25Skip to data table

Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.

Total cost at Loyola University New Orleans rose from $40,182 (2009) to $64,157 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$40,182
2010	$40,291
2011	$42,762
2012	$45,143
2013	$46,676
2014	$49,791
2015	$49,813
2016	$52,014
2017	$52,428
2018	$52,842
2019	$53,278
2020	$54,417
2021	$57,177
2022	$59,044
2023	$61,837
2024	$64,157

IPEDS Academic-year cost 2009–2024

Tuition & fees

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

Tuition & fees — data
Year	Tuition & fees
2000	$15,481
2001	$16,700
2002	$19,362
2003	$21,320
2004	$22,812
2006	$24,410
2007	$26,508
2008	$28,194
2013	$36,860
2014	$36,630
2015	$37,830
2016	$38,754
2017	$39,492
2018	$39,942
2019	$40,842
2020	$42,278
2021	$43,498
2022	$45,030
2023	$47,240

IPEDS Published price 2000–01 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

Loyola University New Orleans reports published tuition of $49,440 in this record. Loyola University New Orleans's $49,440 tuition excludes other attendance costs; aid can reduce the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

Loyola University New Orleans reports 2,812 undergraduate students. Enrollment is a headcount, not a measure of teaching access.

59% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at Loyola University New Orleans within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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59%entered Fall 2018Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at Loyola University New Orleans has wandered from Fall 1991 to Fall 2004 entering cohorts — up to 68.6% at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 56.9%.

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
1991 cohort	57%
1992 cohort	51.9%
1993 cohort	53.3%
1994 cohort	57%
1995 cohort	55.8%
1996 cohort	60.3%
1997 cohort	59.8%
1998 cohort	63.9%
1999 cohort	68.6%
2000 cohort	62.9%
2001 cohort	67.6%
2002 cohort	62.5%
2003 cohort	59.2%
2004 cohort	56.9%
2006 cohort	58.9%
2007 cohort	54.9%
2008 cohort	61.9%
2009 cohort	65.8%
2010 cohort	55.4%
2011 cohort	56.2%
2012 cohort	61%
2013 cohort	62.3%
2014 cohort	58.9%
2015 cohort	62.1%
2016 cohort	67%
2017 cohort	67.4%
2018 cohort	59%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1991–2018

Median debt at exit (completers vs non-completers)

Historical student groups

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Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.

CompletedLeft without degree

Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.

These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.

Median debt at exit — data
Year	Completed	Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 1997 and 1998 (FY1997/98)	$15,500	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	$16,544	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$17,125	$4,285
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	$16,264	$3,985
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$15,500	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$15,750	$4,139
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$16,409	$8,250
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$15,188	$9,839
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$14,500	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$14,375	$8,625
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$15,125	$8,812
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$15,375	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$16,640	$6,000
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$20,125	$6,000
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$22,653	$6,000
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$25,000	$6,000
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$25,564	$8,750
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$25,500	$9,449
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$26,500	$8,750
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$27,000	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$26,538	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$26,000	$8,750
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$25,792	$8,034
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$26,000	$8,750

NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$34,092

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$44,225

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$52,927

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years.

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

Loyola University New Orleans admitted 4,783 of 5,140 applicants in Fall 2024. The 93.1% rate describes that application pool.

93.1%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $47,240 tuition · 2023–24 2,812 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Tests not considered · Fall 2024

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Admissions

Loyola University New Orleans did not consider scores in the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. No score range is displayed for Loyola University New Orleans under that historical policy.

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In the Fall 2024 cycle, Loyola University New Orleans received 5,140 applications and admitted 4,783 (93.1%), with 579 enrolling.

Acceptance rate

93%Fall 2024Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	69.4%
Fall 2002	67.8%
Fall 2003	68.9%
Fall 2004	67.9%
Fall 2006	58%
Fall 2007	61.5%
Fall 2008	60.5%
Fall 2009	58.4%
Fall 2010	56.6%
Fall 2011	64.9%
Fall 2012	65.6%
Fall 2013	87.1%
Fall 2014	90.3%
Fall 2015	90.3%
Fall 2016	67.8%
Fall 2017	69.1%
Fall 2018	94.3%
Fall 2019	75%
Fall 2020	72.4%
Fall 2021	78.3%
Fall 2022	78.1%
Fall 2023	87.7%
Fall 2024	93%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

1050–1240Fall 2020 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	1060	1260
Fall 2002	1070	1290
Fall 2003	1130	1310
Fall 2004	1130	1340
Fall 2006	1100	1340
Fall 2007	1080	1320
Fall 2008	1080	1290
Fall 2009	1120	1330
Fall 2010	1110	1320
Fall 2011	1040	1250
Fall 2012	1040	1270
Fall 2013	1030	1250
Fall 2014	1010	1230
Fall 2015	1000	1230
Fall 2016	1020	1240
Fall 2017	1080	1270
Fall 2018	1060	1240
Fall 2019	1050	1260
Fall 2020	1050	1240

IPEDS Fall 2001–2020, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

21–26Fall 2020 · submittersSkip to data table

The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters, using published composite-score percentiles — not admission cutoffs.

ACT middle 50% — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	23	28
Fall 2002	23	29
Fall 2003	25	28
Fall 2004	24	29
Fall 2006	23	28
Fall 2007	23	28
Fall 2008	23	28
Fall 2009	24	29
Fall 2010	24	29
Fall 2011	23	27
Fall 2012	22	27
Fall 2013	22	28
Fall 2014	22	28
Fall 2015	22	28
Fall 2016	23	29
Fall 2017	22	28
Fall 2018	22	28
Fall 2019	22	28
Fall 2020	21	26

IPEDS Fall 2001–2020, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

2,812Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at Loyola University New Orleans has wandered from Fall 2006 to Fall 2024 — up to 3,230 at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 2,812.

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	3,702
Fall 2003	3,649
Fall 2004	3,618
Fall 2006	2,957
Fall 2007	2,591
Fall 2008	2,602
Fall 2009	2,726
Fall 2010	2,865
Fall 2011	3,095
Fall 2012	3,140
Fall 2013	2,910
Fall 2014	2,734
Fall 2015	2,572
Fall 2016	2,391
Fall 2017	2,534
Fall 2018	2,868
Fall 2019	3,043
Fall 2020	3,144
Fall 2021	3,230
Fall 2022	3,160
Fall 2023	2,999
Fall 2024	2,812

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

80%Fall 2023 cohortSkip to data table

The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.

First-year retention at Loyola University New Orleans has held near 80% from Fall 2006 to Fall 2023.

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2002 cohort	82%
Fall 2003 cohort	79%
Fall 2006 cohort	78%
Fall 2007 cohort	73%
Fall 2008 cohort	80%
Fall 2009 cohort	82%
Fall 2010 cohort	77%
Fall 2011 cohort	73%
Fall 2012 cohort	80%
Fall 2013 cohort	80%
Fall 2014 cohort	77%
Fall 2015 cohort	79%
Fall 2016 cohort	80%
Fall 2017 cohort	85%
Fall 2018 cohort	78%
Fall 2019 cohort	83%
Fall 2020 cohort	81%
Fall 2021 cohort	76%
Fall 2022 cohort	77%
Fall 2023 cohort	80%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2002–2023

More about Loyola University New Orleans

Faculty pay at Loyola University New Orleans averages $107,880 a year, annualized from reported monthly pay. Carnegie classes Loyola University New Orleans as a primarily residential campus of 2,812 undergraduates — and 80.1% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

Loyola University New Orleans reported not considering test scores in Fall 2024, when its admission rate was 93.1%. Review Loyola University New Orleans's current requirements before applying; use the GPA calculator for your semester numbers.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How Loyola University New Orleans compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Acceptance rate

Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS

Loyola University New Orleans93.1%

Louisiana median77.7%

National median76.8%

Tuition

Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid

Loyola University New Orleans$49,440

Louisiana median$10,272

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

Loyola University New Orleans's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

Loyola University New Orleans$52,927

Louisiana median$47,477

National median$53,781

View comparison data & dates

Loyola University New Orleans, Louisiana and national reference values
Metric & basis	Loyola University New Orleans	Louisiana median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	93.1%	77.7%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$49,440	$10,272	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$52,927	$47,477	$53,781

Published earnings by bachelor's field of study

For Loyola University New Orleans, these are federal subject groups (CIP), not departments. Median is the middle annual income.

Loyola University New Orleans federal-aid recipients · graduated 2017–18 or 2018–19 · income measured 2022 or 2023 · inflation-adjusted to 2024 dollars. Definitions and limits.

View 9 fields & earnings

Bachelor's field of study (CIP category)	Median earnings, 4 yrs after completion
Accounting and Related Services	$69,590
Political Science and Government	$59,909
Criminology	$58,058
Marketing	$53,481
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	$53,240
Psychology, General	$49,380
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	$46,374
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management	$42,089
Music	$39,658

These 9 fields listed for Loyola University New Orleans measure earnings after completion. The $52,927 institution-level snapshot above measures earnings after entry; it is not the same cohort or a total for these fields. 46 additional Loyola University New Orleans fields have earnings withheld under federal privacy rules.

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does Loyola University New Orleans report?

Loyola University New Orleans did not consider scores in Fall 2024: 93.1% admitted. Check current requirements.

What is Loyola University New Orleans's acceptance rate?

93.1% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 4,783 admitted from 5,140 applicants.

How much does Loyola University New Orleans cost?

At Loyola University New Orleans, tuition is $49,440. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does Loyola University New Orleans report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $52,927. Major figures measure four years after completion. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in Louisiana

Louisiana Tech University — 86.4% admitted
Louisiana State University at Alexandria — 92.1% admitted
Nicholls State University — 90.8% admitted
Northwestern State University of Louisiana — 92.5% admitted

Run your own numbers

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Field-of-study cohort dates are shown with the table. Read the date and population definitions.