Enrollment up as New Orleans Loyola University closes budget deficit- Wilborn P. Nobles III, The Times-Picayune

Loyola University officials on Monday (Oct. 1) marked an 11.5 percent increase in enrollment this fall. The school also noted student retention is up -- about 85 percent of students will return to the Uptown Jesuit campus this year. The campus saw a 10 percent jump in its full-time undergraduate population, up from 2,455 total last year to 2,698 this fall, according to a news release. The campus also enrolled 299 additional part-time undergraduates to start the fall semester. Including graduate students, Loyola has 4,302 total students in 2018, up from 3,858 last year, the release said. The university is attracting more first-time students -- it had 768 more first time, full-time students and 21 more first time, part-time students compared with fall last year. https://www.nola.com/education/index.ssf/2018/10/loyola_enrollment_rises_as_uni.html