Academics
At Loyola, we encourage our students to learn broadly. Our academic programs are designed to challenge you intellectually, but also to help you explore your talents and find out what inspires you.
You’ll learn from an engaged faculty, who take a person-centered approach to education. They’re not just here to teach you what they know, they’re here to teach you to think critically and creatively and to reach for your own discoveries.
- 11 schools and colleges; 72 undergraduate majors and 71 minors; and 85 master’s, 31 doctoral and 26 graduate-level certificate programs
- Distinguished teaching faculty, 97% with Ph.D. degrees
- 14:1 student/faculty ratio
- Students may attend Loyola’s John Felice Rome Center, The Beijing Center for Chinese Studies, or choose from 60 other programs in 29 countries.
- Loyola offers more than 15 interdisciplinary programs that integrate coursework from various disciplines
- More than 15 combined bachelor’s and master’s degree programs enable students to complete both degrees in about five years.
- Six-year early admission to Loyola’s School of Law (3 + 3 program); Early Assurance Program to Loyola’s Stritch School of Medicine
- An Interdisciplinary Honors Program for academically superior students in all colleges