Loyola University Chicago Student Population

How many students at Loyola University Chicago? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 17,384 students have enrolled in Loyola University Chicago with 12,538 undergraduate and 4,846 graduate students.

By gender, 5,417 male and 11,967 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (10,607 students on average - private (not-for-profit) Research University (high research activity)).

1,393 students are enrolled exclusively, and 3,165 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

Student Population by Gender

Loyola University Chicago has a total of 17,384 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 12,538 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 4,846 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 5,417 male and 11,967 female students (the male-female ratio is 31:69) are attending the school.

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Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 8,208 White, 1,409 Black, and 2,016 Asian students out of a total of 17,384 are attending at Loyola University Chicago. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Loyola University Chicago is quite diverse with a diversity index of 71.2% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Loyola University Chicago has 712 students under 18 years old and 43 students over 65 years old. There are 13,424 students under 25 years old, and 3,960 students over 25 years old out of 17,384 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 712 students are younger than 18 and 7 students are older than 65. Loyola University Chicago has 12,004 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 534 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,420 graduate students aged under 25 and 3,426 students aged 25 and over.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Loyola University Chicago, 1,393 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,165 students are enrolled in some online courses.

865 students who live in Illinois or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 528 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

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• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 12,538 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 459 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 3.66%.410 students have transferred in as full-time status and 49 students transferred in as part-time status.