MISSION

The College Mission

Loyola College in Maryland is a Catholic comprehensive university, in the educational and spiritual traditions of the Society of Jesus and the Religious Sisters of Mercy, dedicated to the ideals of liberal education and the tradition of cura personalis.

The Educational Mission

Loyola College in Maryland will challenge students to learn, lead and serve in a diverse and changing world.

HISTORY

Loyola College in Maryland was established by priests and brothers of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in 1852. It was the first Jesuit college in the U.S. to bear the name of St. Ignatius Loyola and ninth according to date-of-origin among today's Jesuit collegiate institutions in the country. The second oldest chartered college in Baltimore, Loyola merged in 1971 with Mount St. Agnes College, an undergraduate institution operated by the Sisters of Mercy, and has been fully coeducational in all programs since. It is comprised of the College of Arts and Sciences and the Sellinger School of Business and Management, and offers undergraduate, graduate and professional development programs. The College is governed by a 28-member Board of Trustees.

ACCREDITATION AND MEMBERSHIPS

• Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
• American Association of Pastoral Counselors
• American Chemical Society
• Association Montessori Internationale
• American Psychological Association (APA accreditation for the Psy.D. program)
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
• Approved by the Maryland State Department of Education and the New York Board of Regents
• Association for the Accreditation of Collegiate Schools of Business-International
• The Computer Science Accreditation Board
• Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs
• National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education
• Educational Standards Board of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
• International Association for Management Education (AACSB accreditation for all programs offered by The Sellinger School of Business and Management with additional accreditation for its Accounting Department)
• Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
• Phi Beta Kappa
• United States Catholic Conference

ENROLLMENT

Loyola enrolls 3,307 full time undergraduates and 2,886 graduate students. Undergraduate and graduate students combined represent 45 states and 25 foreign countries. The full-time undergraduate population is 55 percent female and 45 percent male,and 77 percent of the undergraduates reside on campus.

FACULTY / ADMINISTRATION/STAFF

Full-time faculty-236*
Full-time faculty holding terminal degrees-93 percent*
Ratio of full-time faculty to full-time undergraduates-1:14*
Full-time faculty members holding tenure-68.2 percent*
Full-time executive/administrative, managerial and other professionals-223
Full-time secretarial/clerical, skilled crafts, service/maintenance staff-315
*figures from 1999-2000

DEGREE AND CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS

Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Business Administration
Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Engineering Science
Master of Business Administration (MBA, Executive MBA, MBA Fellows)
Master of Science in Finance
Master of Arts in Education
Master of Education in Administration and Supervision
Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction
Master of Education in Educational Technology
Master of Education in Montessori Education (AMI approved)
Master of Education in Reading
Master of Education in School Counseling
Master of Education in Special Education
Master of Arts in Liberal Studies
Master of Arts in Spiritual and Pastoral Care
Master of Science in Clinical Psychology
Master of Science in Counseling Psychology
Master of Science in Computer Science
Master of Science in Software Engineering
Master of Science in Pastoral Counseling
Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology
Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology (Psy.D.)
Doctor of Philosophy in Pastoral Counseling (Ph.D.)
Certificate of Advanced Study in Education (CASE)
Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in Speech-Language Pathology
Certificate of Advanced Study in Pastoral Counseling
Certificate of Advanced Study in Clinical Psychology
Certificate of Advanced Study in Counseling Psychology
Maryland State Department of Education Teacher Certification in Biology, Chemistry,
     Earth Science, English, Elementary Education, Mathematics, Physics, Social
     Studies, and Special Education (Early Childhood, Elementary/Middle and Secondary)

ATHLETICS

Loyola competes in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference of the NCAA Division I, fielding teams in eight men's and eight women's sports. Athletic facilities include the 3,000-seat Reitz Arena, the 3,000-seat John M. Curley, Jr., Field, and the Fitness and Aquatic Center, where the Swimming and Diving Teams compete before a 500-seat spectator area.

The construction of a new Intercollegiate Athletic Complex promises to strengthen Loyola's ascent in intercollegiate athletics. The complex, located near Cold Spring Lane and I-83, will include a four-level, 6,000-square foot grandstand overlooking a natural grass field with a synthetic base, allowing for maximum durability and flexibility for a variety of athletic activities. The complex also will house a two practice fields and a NCAA-regulation running track. An historic, $80 million Capital Campaign is currently underway at the College, $20 million of which will support the construction of the new Intercollegiate Athletic Complex.

ALUMNI

As of 2006, there are nearly 50,000 living alumni of Loyola College in Maryland, including 2,187 alumnae of the former Mount St. Agnes College, which joined with Loyola in 1971. Fifty-nine percent of Loyola's alumni reside in the State of Maryland, while 41 percent reside outside Maryland, with the largest concentrations residing in the northeastern United States as well as California and Virginia.

LOCATIONS

• Baltimore, MD
• Columbia, MD
• Timonium, MD
• Alcalá, Spain
• Auckland, New Zealand
• Bangkok, Thailand
• Beijing, China
• Cork, Ireland
• Leuven, Belgium
• Melbourne, Australia
• Newcastle, England
• Rome, Italy

Graduate classes are offered in cohort formats on an occasional basis in Maryland's Anne Arundel, Howard and Harford counties.