Loyola University
New Orleans
Private College in New Orleans, LA. Six-year graduation rate 59%. Median 10-year earnings $52,927.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $52,927 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. 59% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Graduates carry a median of $26,000 in debt — in line with the national norm.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 93% of applicants are accepted. 5,140 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. Only 12% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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59% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. First-year retention of 80% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. The 12:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,999 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $26,291 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. The income table below is the number that matters — $20,131 at $0–30k versus $29,072 at $110k+. Most students get help: 96% receive grants worth $32,769 on average. Most students borrow — 57% take federal loans to cover the gap.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 692 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $20,131 |
| $30–48k | $21,956 |
| $48–75k | $22,042 |
| $75–110k | $25,584 |
| $110k+ | $29,072 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,703 of these 2,999 students, totalling $11,404,995 — an average of $6,697 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Orleans Parish) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)