Admissions & selectivity
Loyola Marymount University Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Loyola Marymount University?
Loyola Marymount University’s reported acceptance rate is 45.1%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 45.1%
Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.
Source: Loyola Marymount University Common Data Set 2024-25, C1 · first-time, first-year students.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
Loyola Marymount University admits 45.1% of applicants, a rate well below the median of 71.2% for comparable institutions (same type and size). In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported 23,089 applicants and 10,409 admitted students.
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled Loyola Marymount University students report?
In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported a middle-half SAT range of 1280 to 1400 among enrolled first-year students who submitted scores. The median SAT was 1350, drawn from the 18% of the entering class who provided SAT results.
For the ACT, the middle half of submitters scored between 28 and 32, with a median of 30. Those figures represent the 8% of enrollees who sent ACT scores.
The reported average high-school GPA was 3.97. Among first-year students who reported a class rank, 30% placed in the highest tenth of their high-school class and 67% placed in the highest quarter.
Applicants can use that SAT range as a benchmark for the scores of recent students who chose to submit them. The ACT figures serve the same purpose for ACT submitters.
Because most enrollees did not submit scores, the ranges reflect only a portion of the entering class.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Loyola Marymount University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
18% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 1280
- Median
- 1350
- 75th percentile
- 1400
CDS 2024-25 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
8% of entering students submitted ACT scores
- 25th percentile
- 28
- Median
- 30
- 75th percentile
- 32
CDS 2024-25 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: Loyola Marymount University Common Data Set 2024-25, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at Loyola Marymount University?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 13.2%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 22.5%
- First-year retention
- 88.6%
Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.
About these student measures
The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.
Loyola Marymount University is a private nonprofit university in Los Angeles, California, enrolling 7,094 undergraduates. An estimated 22.5% of those students arrived as transfers or part-time students, and 13.2% receive Pell Grants.
In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported 23,089 first-year applicants and 10,409 admitted. For transfer students, it reported 3,283 applicants, 1,572 admitted, and 444 enrolled.
The first-time full-time cohort at Loyola Marymount University returns for a second year at a rate of 88.6%, surpassing the peer median of 83.4% for comparable institutions. Its six-year graduation rate stands at 78.9%, a level that is also higher than the peer median of 68.8%.
The six-year completion rate for Pell Grant recipients is 73.3%, falling below the overall graduation rate by 5.6 percentage points. Students who enroll should expect strong persistence and graduation outcomes overall, though the completion gap for Pell recipients remains a real difference worth weighing carefully.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.
Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.
Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.
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