Academics

Loyola offers rigorous programs grounded in the liberal arts, focused primarily on developing students as well-rounded scholars and leaders who are distinctly prepared to succeed in every aspect of their lives. Upholding the Jesuit value of academic excellence, our curriculum further challenges students to understand the ethical dimensions of personal and professional life, and to examine their own values, attitudes, and beliefs.


Why the liberal arts?

An education grounded in the liberal arts leads to an intellectual fearlessness, achieved through the development and enhancement of competence, character, and community. What’s more, it provides students the foundation they need for any and every opportunity they will encounter—at Loyola and beyond.

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Academics at Loyola

Our Jesuit education opens the mind and inspires the spirit

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Undergraduate Programs

  • Accounting: BBA
  • Actuarial Science - Mathematics: BS
  • Advertising/Public Relations - Communication: BA
  • African and African American Studies: Minor
  • American Studies: Minor
  • Applied Mathematics - Mathematics: BS
  • Art History - Visual Arts: BA Minor
  • Asian Studies: Minor
  • Biochemistry: BS
  • Biohealth: BS
  • Biological Commercialization - Biohealth: BS
  • Biology: BS Minor
  • Biotech and Biopharma - Biohealth: BS
  • Business Administration: BBA Minor
  • Business Economics: BBA BA Minor
  • Catholic Studies: Minor
  • Chemistry: BS Minor
  • Chinese: Minor
  • Classical Civilization: BA Minor
  • Classics: BA
  • Communication: BA Minor
  • Comparative Culture & Literary Studies: BA Minor
  • Computer Engineering - Engineering: BS
  • Computer Science: BA BS Minor
  • Data Science: BS Minor
  • Dental (Pre-Health): Track
  • Digital Health and Data Analytics - Biohealth: BS
  • Digital Media - Communication: BA
  • Economics: BBA BA Minor
  • Electrical Engineering - Engineering: BS
  • Elementary Education: BA
  • Engineering: BS Minor
  • English: BA Minor
  • Environmental Studies: Minor
  • Film Studies: Minor
  • Finance: BS Minor
  • Forensic Studies: BA Minor
  • French: BA Minor
  • Gender Studies: Minor
  • General Business: Minor
  • General Program - Mathematics: BS
  • General Statistics - Statistics: BS
  • German Studies: Minor
  • Global Studies: BA
  • Health and Human Experience: Minor
  • History: BA Minor
  • Information Systems and Data Analytics - Business Administration: BBA Minor
  • Innovation and Entrepreneurship - Business Administration: Minor
  • International Business - Business Administration: BBA Minor
  • Italian Studies: Minor
  • Journalism - Communication: BA
  • Latin American and Latino Studies: Minor
  • Law (Pre-Law): Track
  • Leadership and Management Consulting - Business Administration: BBA
  • Marketing - Business Administration: BBA Minor
  • Materials Engineering - Engineering: BS
  • Mathematical Statistics - Statistics: BS
  • Mathematics: BS Minor
  • Mechanical Engineering - Engineering: BS
  • Medical (Pre-Health): Track
  • Medieval Studies: Minor
  • Music - Performing Arts: BA Minor
  • Natural Sciences: Minor
  • Nursing: BSN
  • Operations Research - Mathematics: BS
  • Peace and Justice Studies: Minor
  • Performing Arts: BA
  • Philosophy: BA Minor
  • Photography - Visual Arts: BA Minor
  • Physician Assistant (Pre-Health): Track
  • Physics: BS Minor
  • Physics (Biomedical): Minor
  • Physics 3-2 Physics/Engineering With Columbia University: BS
  • Physics Analytic Track: BS
  • Physics Applied Science Track: BS
  • Political Science: BA Minor
  • Pre-Health: See Tracks
  • Pre-Law: Track
  • Pre-Nursing: Track
  • Psychology: BA
  • Pure Mathematics - Mathematics: BS
  • Quantitative Economics - Economics: BA
  • Secondary Education: Minor
  • Sociology: BA Minor
  • Spanish: BA Minor
  • Special Education:  Minor
  • Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences: BA
  • Statistics: BS Minor
  • Studio Arts - Visual Arts: BA Minor
  • Sustainability Management: BBA
  • Theatre - Performing Arts: BA Minor
  • Theology: BA Minor
  • Teacher Education: Combined BA/BS-MAT
  • Urban Education: Minor
  • Visual & Performing Arts: BA
  • Writing: BA Minor

Graduate Programs

A student holding a cello and a professor looking at sheet music
12:1 Student to faculty ratio
Four students having a discussion around a classroom table
20 average class size
A math professor teaching in front of a blackboard
84% of faculty hold a Ph.D. or terminal degree
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80% of students have internships and field experience before graduation

Schools

Meet our Faculty

Mary Beth Akre, MFA

Professor of studio arts Mary Beth Akre, MFA, is also a celebrated landscape artist

Faculty Profile

Beyond the Classroom