LOS ANGELES — Loyola Marymount University today welcomed more than 8,600 students to its Westchester and Playa Vista campuses for the start of 2023-24 academic year.
Members of the Class of 2027 were selected from a record pool of applications – up 8% over last year. They include more than 1,600 first-year students from 38 states and 65 nations, with an impressive average weighted GPA of 4.01. Also new to LMU are more than 400 transfer students from colleges and universities around the globe, including 61 community colleges. LMU’s first-year and transfer students are joined by roughly 750 new graduate students.
The most common birth dates among members of the Class of 2027 are Dec. 20, 2004, and April 18, 2005. Their top home states are California, Washington, Illinois, Texas, and New York. And the most popular names? Sophia and Ryan.
More than 10% of the new Lions are international students, with India, Kuwait, Mexico, Brazil and Canada among the top countries represented. LMU’s student population now represents 48 states, Washington, D.C., and 88 nations.
Across town, LMU Loyola Law School is a week into its new academic year, welcoming a J.D. class of 275 day students to its downtown Los Angeles campus and another 48 evening students participating in a hybrid program. Arriving LLS students also included 45 new candidates for the Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree, 34 for the Tax LL.M., and 10 for the Master of Science in Legal Studies (M.L.S.) program.
LMU Loyola Law school students come from 96 undergraduate institutions, and bring with them knowledge of 56 majors and a variety of work experiences. They are military veterans and musicians, and have served as paralegals, television producers and educators. In college, some were student body presidents, Division I student-athletes, and members of award-winning mock trial teams. They have graduate degrees in the liberal arts, including fine arts, education and global studies, as well as medicine.
LMU Loyola Law School’s entering class has lived, worked, and volunteered around the world, including in China, Japan, South Korea, Scotland, and Spain.
