Loyola University Chicago

Michael J. Garanzini, S.J., President

• Total enrollment: More than 15,879 
• 71 undergraduate majors and 71 minors
• 85 master's, 31 doctoral degrees, and 26 graduate-level certificate programs
• 14:1 student/faculty ratio 
• 138,000 alumni; 82,000 in Chicago
• One of only eight percent of all American colleges and universities to have a Phi Beta Kappa honor society chapter
• Undergraduate tuition (full-time entering fall 2009): $29,850

Loyola University Chicago, a private university founded in 1870 as St. Ignatius College, is the nation’s largest Jesuit, Catholic University and the only one located in Chicago.

Loyola University Chicago is comprised of four campuses: Lake Shore (LSC), Water Tower (WTC), Medical Center, and the John Felice Rome Center in Italy; and is home to ten schools and colleges: arts and sciences, business administration, communication, education, graduate studies, law, medicine, nursing, continuing and professional studies, and social work. Loyola also serves as the U.S. host university to the Beijing Center for Chinese Studies in Beijing, China.

Recognizing Loyola’s excellence in education, U.S.News and World Report has ranked Loyola consistently among the "top national universities" in its annual publications, and named the University a "best value" in its 2010 rankings. Loyola is among a select group of universities recognized for community service and engagement by prestigious national organizations like the Carnegie Foundation and the Corporation for National and Community Service.

Lake Shore Campus – 1032 W. Sheridan Road

• Acquired in 1906. State of Illinois issued charter that founded Loyola University Chicago
  in 1909
• Serves as main residential and undergraduate campus; home to more than 3,000 students, and set along the shores of Lake Michigan
• Home to more than 40 buildings, including the 5,200-seat, 45,000 square-foot Joseph J. Gentile Center; the Michael R. and Marilyn Quinlan Life Sciences Education and Research Center, an innovative facility featuring state-of-the-art science labs; Cudahy Library, the main University library; and the Richard J. Klarchek Information Commons, a 72,000 square-foot environmentally friendly annex to Cudahy Library that is Silver Level Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified
• Site of Mundelein Center, a national historic landmark, and the home of a multi-purpose fine arts and theatre programming center
• Location of the College of Arts and Sciences, the largest of the University’s ten schools and
  colleges; the Graduate School, offering master’s and doctoral degree programs in a variety
  of areas; and the Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, the first accredited collegiate nursing
  school in Illinois

 Water Tower Campus – 820 N. Michigan Avenue

• Established in 1946, located just off Michigan Avenue, Chicago’s famed “Magnificent Mile”
• Downtown location offers invaluable access to internships, careers, and networking opportunities with locally and nationally recognized Fortune 500 companies
• Host to a majority of graduate-level classes, along with some undergraduate classes
• Home to the School of Business Administration, Graduate School of Business, School of Education, Corboy Law Center, School of Continuing and Professional Studies, School of Social Work, School of Communication, and Institute of Pastoral Studies
• Houses Office of the President, along with other key University administrative offices
• Site of the Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA), and the University’s historic Lewis Towers
• Location of Loyola’s only downtown residence hall, the Rev. Raymond C. Baumhart, S.J., Residence Hall and Terry Student Center

Medical Center Campus – 2160 S. First Avenue, Maywood, IL

• Opened in 1969
• Home to Loyola University Health System, which includes Loyola University Medical Center and 17 off-site facilities
• 61-acre campus located in west suburban Maywood, Illinois
• Leading academic medical center serves as major referral center for heart disease, cancer, burn, trauma, and neonatal care
• Site of the Stritch School of Medicine and its more than 550 students
• For more information, visit www.luhs.org or contact Loyola University Health System media relations at 708.216.3200

The John Felice Rome Center – Via Massimi 114/A, Rome, Italy

• Established in 1962
• Provides more than 400 students a year with the cultural advantages of studying abroad,
  making it one of the largest centers in Western Europe for international education in the
  arts and sciences
• Students live and study on five-acre campus on Via Massimi in Monte Mario, four miles
  from downtown Rome, Italy
• Alma mater of more than 13,000 alumni worldwide