Loyola University New Orleans - Admission Criteria

• Academic ranking criteria for this college is listed below. Academic criteria are ranked in order of importance from 1 (Most important) through 5 (Least important) or N (Not relevant).

  Rank	Criterion
  1	Secondary School Record
  3	Class Rank
  4	School's Recommendation
  2	Standardized Test Scores
  5	Essay

• The following non-academic criteria are indicated as E (Emphasized), I (Important), C Considered, or N (Not relevant).

  Rank	Criterion
  I	Character and Personality
  E	Extracurricular participation
  E	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  C	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 3.5.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Accumulative Percent
  Top tenth	22%
  Top quarter	54%
  Top half	82%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below use the new scoring system.
• The following scores do not include International students.
• The following scores do not include Nontraditional/Part-time students.
• The following scores do not include Special program students.
• 48% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 58% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: Higher requirement based on SAT I concordance table.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 90%, SAT math scores over 500 88%, ACT scores over 18 99%, SAT verbal scores over 600 47%, SAT math scores over 600 35%, ACT scores over 24 67%, SAT verbal scores over 700 10%, SAT math scores over 700 3%, ACT scores over 30 9%

• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the ACT:

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	14%	9%	8%
  24-29	43%	53%	44%
  18-23	37%	33%	45%
  12-17	6%	5%	3%