Test-optionalNo early plan

Loyola University Chicago

IL · Private · Midwest · National university · 11,585 undergraduates (medium)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate75.4%
Early roundNo early plan 
Regular round†75.4%no early round, so same as overall

† This school has no early round, so the regular rate equals the overall admit rate.

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025

Admission rates

Overall
0%45%90%'19'20'21'22'23'24'2567.2%70.5%77.0%79.1%80.7%81.6%75.4%

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

No early plan (Dec. 1 priority deadline) · School admissions page ↗

Testing

Testing policy

Fall 2027
Test-optionalSchool testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026
Fall 2028
Fall 2028 policy not yet announced.School testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026

Superscoring

What this means:

SAT
Superscores
ACT
Superscores

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Test-optional for fall 2027 entry.

How to send scores

Self-report accepted; official scores only after admission/enrollment

Send all scores? Encouraged

School’s words: “Students may self-report test scores or send them to Loyola via the testing agencies. ... If accepted, you will need to have the testing agency send your official scores to Loyola by May 1. ... If you include test scores, we recommend sharing all results.”

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡54%SAT 39% + ACT 15%

‡ Est. % submitting scores adds the share of enrolled first-years who submitted the SAT to the share who submitted the ACT.

Submitted SAT39%
Submitted ACT15%

Score ranges (middle 50%)

Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2025. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.

SAT composite
1220–1390
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
580–690
500800
SAT Math
540–660
500800
ACT composite
26–31
2036

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
0%50%100%'19'20'21'22'23'24'25100%100%45.0%40.0%59.0%38.0%54.0%59.0%58.0%23.0%22.0%38.0%23.0%39.0%60.0%54.0%22.0%18.0%21.0%15.0%15.0%

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
160014001200'19'20'21'22'23'24'251140–1310131011401170–1370137011701180–1350135011801130–1320132011301210–1370137012101180–1350135011801220–139013901220

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
36322824'19'20'21'22'23'24'2525–30302525–31312527–32322727–32322724–30302427–32322726–313126

Waitlist admit rate

Share of students who stayed on the waitlist and were later admitted, by entering class.

Test policy in each Common Data Set

History only. The current policy is under Testing above.

  1. Fall 2027 Test-optional2025-26 CDS
  2. Fall 2026 Test-optional2024-25 CDS
  3. Fall 2025 Not reported2023-24 CDS
  4. Fall 2024 Test-optional2022-23 CDS
  5. Fall 2023 Test-optional2021-22 CDS
  6. Fall 2022 Test-optional2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 Required2019-20 CDS

Sources