LOYOLA COLLEGE IN MARYLAND D-10

4501 North Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21210-2699
Tel: (410)617-2000; Admissions: (410)617-2000; Fax: (410)323-2768; Web Site: http://www.loyola.edu/

Description: Independent Roman Catholic (Jesuit), comprehensive, coed. Awards bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees and postmaster's certificates. Founded 1852. Setting: 89-acre urban campus with easy access to Washington, DC. Endowment: $118.9 million. Research spending 2002-03: $819,000. Total enrollment: 6,033. Faculty: 514 (284 full-time, 230 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 13:1. 6,611 applied, 71% were admitted. 32% from top 10% of their high school class, 71% from top quarter, 97% from top half. Full-time: 3,350 students, 58% women, 42% men. Part-time: 63 students, 52% women, 48% men. Students come from 38 states and territories, 19 other countries, 80% from out-of-state, 0.03% Native American, 2% Hispanic, 5% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 1% 25 or older, 79% live on campus, 1% transferred in. Retention: 92% of 2003 full-time freshmen returned. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; communications/communication technologies; social sciences and history. Core. Calendar: semesters. Services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, honors program, independent study, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at Johns Hopkins University; College of Notre Dame of Maryland; Goucher College; Towson State University; Morgan State University; Peabody Conservatory of Music of The Johns Hopkins University; Maryland Institute, College of Art. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army, Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements: Options: Common Application, early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: essay, high school transcript, SAT I. Recommended: interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 1/15. Notification: 4/15.

Costs Per Year: Application fee: $30. Comprehensive fee: $35,240 includes full-time tuition ($26,010), mandatory fees ($600), and college room and board ($8630). College room only: $6630. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to student level. Room and board charges vary according to board plan. Part-time tuition: $441 per credit. Part-time mandatory fees: $25 per term.

Collegiate Environment: Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 2,790 college housing spaces available; all were occupied in 2002-03. Freshmen given priority for college housing. On-campus residence required in freshman year. Option: coed housing available. Loyola/Notre Dame Library with 293,639 books, 312,725 microform titles, 2,126 serials, 28,878 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2002-03: $2.7 million. 292 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.