Rankings, Statistics, & Comparisons
Stats
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Faculty/Classes
- 82% of faculty hold terminal degrees
- 12:1 student/faculty ratio
- 0 classes taught by teaching assistants
- 55% of classes 20 students or smaller
Retention and Graduation Stats
- 95% of first-year students return for sophomore year
- 83% of students graduate in four years
- 93% of the Class of 2008 were employed or in graduate school within a year
Student Demographics
- 71% of students were in the top 25% of their high school class
- 30% of students ranked in the top 10% of their high school class
- 3.5 average high school GPA
- 83% of students are from outside Maryland
- 84% of all undergraduates live on campus
- 98% of first-year undergraduates live on campus
Financial Aid
- 65% of students receive financial aid
- 100% Students’ demonstrated need met through financial aid, scholarships, etc.
Athletics
- 18 Division I Athletic teams
- 96% of Division I athletes graduate within six years—one of the NCAA's highest student-athlete graduation success rates
- 100% of Division I student-athletes participate in community service
Study Abroad and Community Service
- 12 countries hosting Loyola-sponsored study abroad programs
- 68% of students study abroad
- 60% of undergraduate students participate in community service
Rankings
Loyola has recently been included in the following rankings:
- No. 9 master’s university in the nation by Washington Monthly in 2010
- No. 3 in U.S. News and World Report's rankings of Northern master's universities in 2010
- One of the best 373 colleges in the 2011 Princeton Review guide (in addition, the residence halls ranked #3 in the country, athletic facilities ranked #10, and study abroad program ranked #18)
- No. 3 in business law, No. 5 in marketing, No. 11 in sustainability, and No. 15 in ethics in BusinessWeek magazine’s 2010 undergraduate specialty rankings
- No. 27 in the “International” category of U.S. News & World Report’s 2010 “America’s Best Business Schools” business specialty rankings
- One of U.S. News' “Great Schools, Great Prices”
- One of U.S. News' “Schools to Keep an Eye On”
- A university with “A Strong Commitment to Teaching,” according to U.S. and World Report
- One of BusinessWeek's "Best Undergrad B-Schools" for 2010
- One of Kiplinger's Personal Finance's “Best Values in Private Colleges”
- No. 2 in Princeton Review's “Dorms like Palaces”
- No. 14 “Most Popular Study Abroad Program” in Princeton Review
- No. 10 “Best Athletic Facilities” in Princeton Review