Location
Located just off North Michigan Avenue at 1 E. Pearson St., on Loyola's Water Tower Campus, the Graduate School of Business is in the heart of Chicago, one of America's most dynamic centers of commerce.
Loyola's Water Tower Campus is located just minutes from Lake Shore Drive and only steps away from the CTA Red Line's Chicago Avenue stop. Numerous CTA bus routes also make stops on campus perimeter streets, including Michigan Avenue, Chicago Avenue and North State. The campus also is within walking distance from Chicago's Loop.
Many students who live in Chicago's outlying suburbs commute to the GSB, either choosing to drive or to use Metra, Pace or the CTA.
The Baumhart Residence Hall and Terry Student Center is a state-of-the-art facility that houses graduate, professional and upper-class undergraduate students just steps from classrooms, libraries and Michigan Avenue. More information about on-campus graduate housing can be found here.
GSB students may also live in apartments near campus in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood. Heading north from the Water Tower Campus are many other popular neighborhoods that offer hundreds of apartment buildings and housing options, including Old Town, Lincoln Park, Wrigleyville, Wicker Park and Roscoe Village.
World-Class Chicago
Chicago is home to one of the largest and most diversified economies in the world. The Chicago metropolitan area is a center of global commerce, with a work force of more than 4 million. The city's infrastructure, distribution channels and access to capital rival any other major metropolitan area in the world.
The benefits of studying in this metropolitan capital will position you for success in any number of industry sectors. For instance, Chicago is among the leaders in the United States in the following areas:
Banking and finance: More than 300 U.S. banks, 40 foreign bank branches, a Federal Reserve Bank and some of the country's largest venture capital firms.
Company headquarters: Home to 107 corporate headquarters (second only to New York), 30 Fortune 500 companies and 19 Financial Times Global 500 companies.
Convention center: Centrally located air hub to the nation and home to McCormick Place, North America's largest convention center; attracting more than 7 million convention attendees per year.
Financial exchanges: Home to the Chicago Board of Trade (the world's largest agricultural futures exchange and the world's oldest derivatives exchange); the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (the largest futures exchange in the U.S. and the second largest in the world); and the Chicago Options Exchange (the world's largest stock options exchange).
High-tech employment: With nearly 350,000 workers, $35 billion in regional high-tech output and more than 7,000 companies, Chicago is the third largest high-tech center in the nation.
International business center: 3,400 foreign-owned firms are in Illinois; 60 consulates and 29 countries with trade offices are represented in Chicago.
