Loyola University Maryland offers bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degree programs serving more than 6,100 undergraduate and graduate students. In addition, Loyola has a strong connection with more than 56,000 alumni.
Loyola students become participating members in the campus community; contribute to the intellectual growth of this community while achieving their own intellectual growth and development; develop a social awareness by participating in the co-curricular activities of the University; develop their understanding and appreciation of spiritual values; and benefit from participation in Loyola's recreational and athletic programs.
Affiliation: Private; Catholic affiliated; students from all religious backgrounds are welcome
Enrollment (2010-2011)
Undergraduate – over 3,800
- Women: 60%
- Students of color: 14%
- International: 1%
Graduate – over 2,250
- Part-time: 67%
- Women: 63%
- Students of color: 20%
- International: 2%
Student Geographic Information
- Middle States: 84%
- New England: 10%
- West/South/Midwest: 4%
- International: 2%
Loyola offers areas of study within three different schools: Loyola College of Arts and Sciences, School of Education, and the Sellinger School of Business and Management. Specifically, Loyola offers the following undergraduate degrees:
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
- Art History
- Classical Civilization
- Classics
- Communication
- Comparative Culture and Literary Studies
- Computer Science
- Economics
- Elementary Education
- English
- Fine Arts – Performing Arts
- Fine Arts – Visual Arts
- French
- German
- Global Studies
- History
- Philosophy
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Speech-Language Pathology/Audiology
- Theology
- Writing
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Engineering
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Statistics
Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.)
- Accounting
- Business Administration:
- Business Economics
- Finance
- General Business
- Information Systems
- International Business
- Management
- Marketing
Follow-Up Survey of Recent Graduates
Every year, The Career Center conducts a follow-up study 6 - 9 months after graduation to give a more accurate picture of the graduates’ activities. Over the last five years, 90-95 percent of students were employed or attending graduate/professional school within nine months of graduation.
Accreditations
Loyola is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, and approved by the Maryland State Department of Education.
Accreditations for academic departments include:
- Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)
- The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
- American Association of Pastoral Counselors
- American Chemical Society
- American Psychological Association
- Computer Science Accreditation Commission
- Computer Science Accreditation Commission of ABET (http://www.abet.org)
- Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs
- Education Standards Board of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)