Loyola Marymount University's admit rate has held within a 13.6-point band over 13 reported cycles.
The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.
Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.
| Year | Admit rate | Enrolled | 6-yr grad | Retention | SAT (50th) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-2026 | 48.2% | 1,536 | 78.8% | 88.7% | 1,350 |
| 2024-2025 | 45.1% | 1,541 | 78.9% | 88.8% | 1,350 |
| 2023-2024 | 40.3% | 1,535 | 80.0% | 88.2% | — |
| 2022-2023 | 41.3% | 1,608 | 81.5% | 87.7% | 1,350 |
| 2021-2022 | 45.8% | 1,610 | 78.8% | 89.8% | — |
Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.
Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.
Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 22 percentage points.
Loyola Marymount University's 78.8% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 22.5 pp.
Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.
The schools Loyola Marymount University applicants most commonly also apply to range from 47.9% admit to 81.7% admit — a 33.8 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.
Cross-admits concentrated in the home region.
6 of 7 cross-admit schools are in CA — Loyola Marymount University draws applicants weighing it against in-state and adjacent-state alternatives, not coastal or selective national peers.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
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