Private nonprofit · New Orleans, LA
Loyola University New Orleans
3,420 full-time students in fall 2024 and college-controlled housing for 1,371: about 40.1 beds for every 100 full-time students. The other 2,049 live somewhere the college doesn't control. That is the outer edge of the private market, before you take out commuters and students living with family.
Enrollment
Of 4,250 students enrolled in fall 2024, 3,007 were undergraduates and 1,243 graduate students. 14% studied exclusively online, students who don't need a bed near campus. Headcount fell by 101 from fall 2023 (−2.3%).
Housing the college controls
IPEDS counts 1,371 beds of institutionally controlled housing for 2024-25. That figure is the school's own capacity, on or off campus, so it includes halls the college leases or manages but not private buildings that simply market to students. Capacity shrank by 4 beds from the year before (1,375 in 2023-24).
What students pay
The typical 2024-25 housing charge for a student sharing a room was $8,960 for the academic year, roughly $996 a month spread over nine months. Food added $5,950. For aid purposes the school budgets $15,600 for food and housing on campus and $15,600 for a student living off campus away from family, the same amount.
Those are the college's own figures. Private by-the-bed rents near campus can sit well above or below them, so check current asking rents before you underwrite a project.
How lenders read a campus like this
At 4,250 students the campus is below the 10,000-student minimum in Fannie Mae's Multifamily Guide for Dedicated Student Housing (Part III, Chapter 1, section 103.01). Freddie Mac has no stated enrollment floor, but its own product summary says most of its student housing loans are at schools with 15,000 or more students. Banks, debt funds and conventional multifamily programs are the likelier lenders here.
To size a specific property, use the student housing loan sizer. It works by the bed and shows which constraint sets the loan.
Among the 14 Louisiana campuses on this site, Loyola University New Orleans ranks number 11 by full-time students beyond college housing. See the Louisiana table.
Other campuses in New Orleans
- Tulane University of Louisiana: 10,485 full-time, 4,221 beds
- University of New Orleans: 4,585 full-time, 1,604 beds
- Xavier University of Louisiana: 3,052 full-time, 2,004 beds
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Total enrollment, fall 2024 | 4,250 |
| Total enrollment, fall 2023 | 4,351 |
| Full-time students | 3,420 |
| Undergraduates (full-time) | 3,007 (2,651) |
| Graduate students | 1,243 |
| Exclusively online | 14% |
| College-controlled housing capacity, 2024-25 | 1,371 |
| Capacity, 2023-24 | 1,375 |
| Beds per 100 full-time students | 40.1 |
| Typical housing charge, academic year | $8,960 |
| Typical food charge, academic year | $5,950 |
| Aid budget, food and housing on campus | $15,600 |
| Aid budget, food and housing off campus | $15,600 |
| All first-time, full-time students required to live in college housing | No |
| Combined food and housing charge (if not split) | not reported |
IPEDS unit ID 159656. Orleans Parish. School website. Figures are as the institution reported them to the National Center for Education Statistics. The live-on question asks whether every first-time, full-time student must live in college housing; a school with exemptions or a later-year requirement can answer no. How this data is built.