Loyola University Recognitions and Offerings
Rankings and Accolades :
- Ranked # 6 in Princeton’s Best College Libraries 2008 among other institutions such as Harvard College, Princeton University, Cornell University and Columbia University.
- 17-year ranking in US News & World Report’s Top 10 Southern region schools
- Ranked in top Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities quartile (AJCU) in standardized test scores for incoming freshmen (ranked 4th out of 28)
- 2007 GCAC/NAIA Women’s Basketball Champions; currently ranked # 16 in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics “Top 25”
- Selected as the four-year site for Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance
- In the March 2008 Reader’s Digest, Loyola received an “A” rating for our safety record and was listed as being one of the safest universities in the country.
- Standard & Poor's recently upgraded Loyola’s rating outlook on Louisiana Public Facilities Authority’s revenue bonds from negative to stable and affirmed its “A+” standard long-term and underlying rating on issued bonds.
- The Corporation for National and Community Service named Loyola to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for its community service activities during the 2006–2007 academic year.
University Offerings:
- 60 programs for undergraduate students in the Colleges of Humanities and Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Business, and Music and Fine Arts 10 master degree programs; Business, Counseling, Criminal Justice, Religious Education, Music, and Nursing
- Study abroad programs in over 40 countries
- Excellent student to faculty ratio of 11 to 1
- 91 percent of full-time faculty holding terminal degrees in their field
