Loyola University Maryland's admit rate has risen 11.9 percentage points across the 12 reported years on file.
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 | 69.9% | 1,079 | 76.9% | 86.1% | 1,310 |
| 2024-2025 | 75.6% | 945 | 82.8% | 87.0% | 1,270 |
| 2023-2024 | 76.4% | 1,103 | 80.0% | 86.0% | 1,260 |
| 2022-2023 | 83.5% | 1,271 | 79.0% | 85.0% | 1,270 |
| 2021-2022 | 84.2% | 954 | 80.5% | 88.0% | — |
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.
Admit rate has tightened 14.3 percentage points over 5 reporting cycles.
Loyola University Maryland's admit rate fell from 84.2% (2021-2022) to 69.9% (2025-2026) — a 14.3 pp drop. Year-over-year: 84.2 → 83.5 → 76.4 → 75.6 → 69.9. A snapshot of the current year alone would hide this structural shift.
Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.
The schools Loyola University Maryland applicants most commonly also apply to range from 21.1% admit to 78.0% admit — a 56.9 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.
Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 21 percentage points.
Loyola University Maryland's 76.9% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 20.6 pp.
Broadly accessible — admit rate near the national norm.
Loyola University Maryland's 69.9% admit rate is in line with the national 4-year-institution median of 76.6% (per IPEDS, n=1437 institutions). Most U.S. four-year colleges admit between 61.2% and 88.3% of applicants.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
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