Meet Loyola, by the numbers
‘Best Value’
U.S. News and World Report Ranking 2023
Phi Beta Kappa
One of only 8 percent of U.S. schools with a chapter of the honors society
Princeton Review
Top 50 Green Colleges
Our Students
17,397 enrolled in 2023
Including 12,487 undergraduates
50% of all students are students of color
200+ student clubs and organizations
MORE THAN 30% students study abroad
Home to 84 percent of freshmen, our Lake Shore Campus sits right along Lake Michigan. It makes for a scenic jog if you’re running late to class.
Who says business has to be drab? We’re one of America’s top greenest schools, and one of our newest green buildings is home to the Quinlan School of Business.
As evening falls, you might find yourself at a club meeting, leaving the lab, or watching a concert in one of these buildings. You’ll have to visit to find out which one!
Chicago’s top companies are on the horizon, literally and otherwise, for students at our Water Tower Campus.
If you’re in our nursing or pre-med programs, many of the top researchers in our Center for Translational Research and Education will also be your professors.
You’ll do far more than stare at old buildings during on-site classes and trips led by faculty.
Loyola has over 150 study abroad programs. Our John Felice Rome Center is a gateway to exploring Europe (with plenty of enviable food pics along the way).
Student life isn’t city life 24/7. Our Retreat and Ecology Campus offers a perfect location for outdoor classes or just taking a break from noisy neighbors.
Our Freshmen
2,951 enrolled
from 47 states and 39 foreign countries
3.88 average weighted GPA
27–32 ACT Composite middle 50 percent
99% received grants and/or scholarships
Our Transfers
426 students
43% from four-year and 54% from two-year institutions
96% received financial assistance
93% received grants and/or scholarships
Our Faculty & Programs
600+
full-time faculty members
14:1
student-faculty ratio
80+
Majors
35+
5-yr bachelors/masters programs
The University also offers more than 80 minors, and more than 140 graduate, professional, and graduate-level certificate programs.
- College of Arts and Sciences
- Quinlan School of Business
- School of Communication
- School of Education
- Graduate Studies
- School of Law
- Stritch School of Medicine
- Parkinson School of Health Sciences and Public Health
- Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing
- School of Continuing and Professional Studies
- School of Social Work
- Institute of Environmental Sustainability
- Institute of Pastoral Studies
- Arrupe College of Loyola University Chicago
