Loyola University-New Orleans Scholarship Calculator

Enter your LSAT and GPA to see where you stand against Loyola University-New Orleans's admitted class and the grant range it actually publishes.

Loyola University-New Orleans reports a median grant of $26,000 per year for students receiving financial aid, and 75% of its students receive aid, with 1% of aid recipients covering full tuition or more. The median award covers about 47% of annual tuition, so the school still costs roughly $29,024 per year in tuition after aid.

Enter your LSAT and/or GPA to see where you stand against this school's admitted class.

How this school's aid is distributed

Loyola University-New Orleans splits its aid across four tiers. The share of students in each tier is what the school reports to the ABA — it is not a projection.

Half or less: 41% Above half, below full: 36% Full tuition: 1% Above full tuition: 0%

What three years would actually cost you

At Loyola University-New Orleans, three years of tuition, housing and fees cost $258,297 before aid. A grant of $15,000 to $36,000 a year would leave you paying between $150,297 and $213,297 over three years. The lower figure assumes the larger award applies every year, so treat it as a floor rather than a bill.

ComponentPer yearThree years
Tuition$55,024$165,072
Housing (on campus)$29,205$87,615
Mandatory fees$1,870$5,610
Total before aid$86,099$258,297
Median grant (applied to all three years)$26,000$78,000
Net cost—$180,297

The net figure applies this school's median award to every year and every student, so it is a floor rather than a bill — it excludes students who receive nothing, tuition increases, and living costs beyond what this school publishes. See the full cost breakdown →

Is this school worth your score?

Loyola University-New Orleans sits in the 16th percentile of law schools by median LSAT but the 52nd percentile by median grant, so it gives more aid than its selectivity suggests. Among the 164 schools with both figures reported, that is a gap of 36 percentile points.

Selectivity and generosity are two different things. A school can sit high on one and low on the other — and that gap is the part worth knowing before you decide where to apply.

MeasureThis schoolAmong 164 comparable schools
Median LSAT of admitted students15416th percentile
Median grant for students receiving aid$26,00052th percentile
Gap+36 pointsmore aid than its selectivity suggests

The comparison set is the 164 schools that report an annual tuition figure and a median grant. Schools reporting tuition per credit hour are excluded because there is no annual aid figure to line up against. Percentiles are rank positions, not estimates.

Where this school sits against the extremes

The most and least generous schools relative to their own selectivity, for reference:

SchoolLSAT percentileGrant percentileGap
New England Law/Boston12th88th+76
California Western School of Law21th86th+65
Mitchell/Hamline School of Law16th79th+63
The University of Chicago98th20th-78
Brigham Young University87th15th-72
New York University93th30th-63

Conditional scholarships at Loyola University-New Orleans

Loyola University-New Orleans gave conditional scholarships to 158 students in 2024, and 89% kept the award after review — 18 students had it reduced.

Conditional scholarships are awarded on need but have to be re-earned every year. If you drop below the GPA threshold, the award can be cut — this is the school's own reported figure, not an estimate. See the retention data for every school →

Is Loyola University-New Orleans keeping more conditional scholarships?

Between 2022 and 2024, Loyola University-New Orleans has been keeping fewer of them: the share of conditional scholars who kept their award moved from 92.6% to 88.6%, with 158 students entering with a conditional award in 2024. That path was not straight: it stood at 96.4% in 2023.

Entering classEntered with a conditional awardKept it after year oneReduced or eliminated
2022162 students92.6%12 students
2023168 students96.4%6 students
2024158 students88.6%18 students

Is Loyola University-New Orleans getting more competitive?

Applications to Loyola University-New Orleans rose from 813 for the 2015 entering class to 1,241 for 2025, while the class enrolled 220 students — so there were 5.6 applicants per place, against 5.3 in 2015. Between 2023 and 2025 that figure moved from 4.1 to 5.6, and competition for each place has tightened.

Entering classApplicationsOffersEnrolledApplicants per place
20158136201535.3
20211,0546171975.4
20228435622094
20238505502064.1
20241,0185962144.8
20251,2416322205.6

Applicants per place is applications divided by the number who actually enrolled. It moves with how selective the school is, not with how many offers it sends — a school can issue more offers without becoming harder to get into. The summary above judges the direction over the three most recent entering classes, not across the whole span: a single unusual year in the middle of eleven is not a trend.

How Loyola University-New Orleans compares to schools at the same level

These are the schools with the closest median LSAT to Loyola University-New Orleans's. The table sorts by median grant, because that is usually what the comparison turns on once the academic profile is close enough — and the three-year net cost column shows what each of those grants actually leaves you paying.

SchoolMedian grant / yrGrant vs. selectivityThree-year net cost% receiving aidApplicants per placeCompetition, last 3 yearsConditional retention
Loyola University-New Orleans (this school)$26,000+36 pt
more aid than expected
$180,29775%5.6tightening88.6%
California Western School of Law$37,4400 pt$185,31660%9.1tightening36.7%
Mitchell/Hamline School of Law$34,7300 pt$115,254100%4.5tightening—
Ave Maria School of Law$30,0000 pt$165,34573%8level76.7%
Pace University$29,0000 pt$169,74693%7.1tightening58.2%
Liberty University$24,0000 pt$150,348100%4.6level100.0%
Elon University$23,5710 pt$158,286
excludes fees
90%4.9easing100.0%
Charleston School of Law$20,0000 pt$172,30895%9.3tightening—
Willamette University$20,0000 pt$178,52494%6.2level—
Northern Kentucky University$18,0000 pt$70,81258%4.5tightening—
University of Baltimore$15,0000 pt$139,32667%5.4tightening84.3%
The University of Akron$9,0000 pt$87,59794%3.8easing—
University of Arkansas at Little Rock$7,4610 pt$93,94860%4level65.1%

Applicants per place is applications divided by students who enrolled. The competition column compares the most recent three entering classes rather than the full span, because a single year in the middle of that span is not a trend. Conditional retention is the share of students who kept a need-based conditional scholarship after year one review.

What this school's numbers mean

Loyola University-New Orleans is in . It admits 50.9% of applicants, and 75% of its students receive financial aid.

The four tiers above come straight from the school's 509 disclosure. They matter because the same coverage figure can mean very different things — a school where most awards are half-tuition grants and one where most are full-tuition grants offer students something quite different.

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Common questions

How much scholarship does Loyola University-New Orleans give?

Loyola University-New Orleans reports a median grant of $26,000 per year for students receiving financial aid, and 75% of its students receive aid, with 1% of aid recipients covering full tuition or more. The median award covers about 47% of annual tuition, so the school still costs roughly $29,024 per year in tuition after aid.

What LSAT and GPA does Loyola University-New Orleans admit?

Loyola University-New Orleans admitted students with LSAT scores between 151 and 157, with a median of 154. Its 25th-percentile undergraduate GPA is 3.21 and its 75th-percentile GPA is 3.71, with a median of 3.47.

Does Loyola University-New Orleans reduce conditional scholarships?

Loyola University-New Orleans gave conditional scholarships to 158 students in 2024, and 89% kept the award after review — 18 students had it reduced.

What do the position labels mean?

Above the median means your LSAT is above the school's 75th-percentile LSAT, so you sit in the top quarter of its entering class. Competitive means your LSAT falls between the school's median and 75th-percentile LSAT, which is the range where most admitted students sit. Below the median means your LSAT is between the school's 25th and 50th-percentile LSAT, inside the bottom half of its entering class. Below the 25th percentile means your LSAT is under the bottom quarter of the school's admitted class, and its published aid figures describe students who were admitted rather than your case.

Is Loyola University-New Orleans keeping more conditional scholarships than before?

Between 2022 and 2024, Loyola University-New Orleans has been keeping fewer of them: the share of conditional scholars who kept their award moved from 92.6% to 88.6%, with 158 students entering with a conditional award in 2024. That path was not straight: it stood at 96.4% in 2023.

Is Loyola University-New Orleans becoming more competitive?

Applications to Loyola University-New Orleans rose from 813 for the 2015 entering class to 1,241 for 2025, while the class enrolled 220 students — so there were 5.6 applicants per place, against 5.3 in 2015. Between 2023 and 2025 that figure moved from 4.1 to 5.6, and competition for each place has tightened.

Is Loyola University-New Orleans worth its score compared with other law schools?

Loyola University-New Orleans sits in the 16th percentile of law schools by median LSAT but the 52nd percentile by median grant, so it gives more aid than its selectivity suggests. Among the 164 schools with both figures reported, that is a gap of 36 percentile points.

Is this an estimate of my offer?

No, and it cannot be. The ABA Standard 509 disclosures publish each school's overall aid distribution, not a mapping from LSAT scores to award amounts. This page shows you Loyola University-New Orleans's real published figures and where your scores land against its admitted class. A tool that prints a single dollar figure for your score is running a model, and the error is invisible to you.