During the president’s convocation last week on Tuesday, (January 28th, at 3:30 pm) Dr. Cole showed everyone the status of enrollment for the next school year. Recruitment data suggests that Loyola’s goal of 850 first time undergraduate students for Fall 2025 may be achievable.

Applications have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels (10% above 2024 applications, 21% above 2018 applications, and over 5,500 students are vying for Freshmen and Transfer admission.)

These gains result from strategic investment in the Enrollment Management division and Aggressive revision of the recruitment and outreach program. More information is in the president’s convocation recording, which I will link below, for you to double check my facts and to also use within the story. You can also quote Dr. Cole from the recording, just email him a heads up that you will be quoting him in the story.

We know that last year in Fall of 2024, undergraduate enrollment went down by around 100 students compared to the year before, with an estimated 600 incoming students. 

A delayed roll-out in Federal Student Aid influenced this decline, according to President Xavier Cole, and the Vice president of Enrollment.

Recently, I was exploring the news that the enrollment this spring semester dropped by 200 students. This could be the story if we get a statement or quote from the vice president of enrollment that this is true, so please explore this the most when writing this story.

President Convocation Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/live/Mmz6TwhQBfQ