Loyola University Maryland

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

Loyola College in Maryland was created in 1852. It was founded by John Early and the Society of Jesus and was the nation’s first college that bears the name of St. Ignatius of Loyola. The college is pending approval by the Higher Education Commission of Maryland to be renamed Loyola University of Maryland. The college's campus is located in Baltimore, Maryland and is organized into the following academic divisions:

• College of Arts and Sciences
• Sellinger School of Business and Management

The African Students' Union, Alzheimer's Awareness Club, Ballroom Dancing Club, Alpha Phi Omega, Black Students' Association, Commuter Students' Association, Entrepreneur Club, Fashion and Design Club, Ghost Hounders Organization and the Italian Club are some of the student clubs and organizations at Loyola.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Roman Catholic religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in business and management, therapy and counseling, education and teaching, and media.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High faculty salary.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Masters Colleges and Universities I.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 6,080 in 2009-2010 (5,258 full-time equivalent).

About 39% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 61% of the class.

Undergrads are 56% of enrolled students and graduate students are 44%.

Students under 25 years old represent 69% of the student body. About 8% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Loyola provides on-campus housing for 3,291 of its 5,258 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

The school is in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 84 male students received the aid (men were 50% of those receiving aid) and 83 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 50% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Loyola offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Doctorate, Professional Dominant.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (4 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (611 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Commerce
• Finance

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (21 awarded)

• Computer Science

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (354 awarded)

• Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Montessori Teacher Education
• Reading Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching
• Teacher Education/Profess Development, Levels & Methods
• Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education

ENGINEERING (19 awarded)

• Engineering

FINE ARTS (2 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Fine Arts and Art Studies

LIBERAL ARTS (200 awarded)

• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Creative Writing
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• History
• Latin Language and Literature
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (9 awarded)

• Applied Mathematics

MEDIA (92 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (65 awarded)

• Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
• Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (23 awarded)

• Pastoral Studies/Counseling
• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (60 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (194 awarded)

• Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling
• Clinical Psychology
• Counseling Psychology
• Psychology