Loyola University Maryland

Loyola University Maryland is a Jesuit, Catholic university committed to the educational and spiritual traditions of the Society of Jesus and to the ideals of liberal education and the development of the whole person. Accordingly, the University will inspire students to learn, lead, and serve in a diverse and changing world.

Loyola seeks to prepare students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels for lives of meaningful professional service and leadership. At Loyola, this means the curriculum is rigorous and faculty expectations are high. Students are challenged to understand the ethical dimensions of personal and professional life and to examine their own values, attitudes, and beliefs. In addition to academic coursework, the Jesuit mission is supported through a variety of programs and events sponsored by various University departments.

The education of men and women of compassion and competence, imbued with the desire to seek in all things the greater glory of God, represents the enduring aspiration of Loyola University Maryland. That ideal, first elucidated by St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus and namesake of our university, continues to guide Loyola as it strives to lead students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends forward to the promise of an examined life of intellectual, social, and spiritual discernment.

In pursuing these goals, Loyola asserts a bold vision, which the University will attain by providing undergraduate students with a liberal education that transforms them, that ensures they place the highest value on the intellectual life, and that instills in them an understanding that leadership and service to the world are intimately connected.

Likewise, Loyola will be a recognized leader in graduate education, offering programs which are responsive to the needs of the professional and academic communities it serves, inspiring its graduate students to leadership, and inculcating in them the knowledge that service to the larger world is a defining measure of their professional responsibilities fully understood. In all of this, Loyola will remain ever mindful of the Jesuit precept that the aim of all education ultimately is the ennoblement of the human spirit.

Loyola University Maryland is defined by its mission to actively transform you to learn, lead, and serve in today’s diverse and ever-changing world.

We believe the time-tested Jesuit approach to living and learning is the strongest anchor and your most accurate compass for the future. And Loyola is built to provide each student everything a Jesuit education can and should be: your mind expanded, your values deepened, your community broadened, your spirit lifted, your horizons widened.

At Loyola, you will embrace new perspectives. Shatter your preconceptions. Find your joy. Divine your truths. So that when you graduate, you’ll be ready. Ready to meet the complex demands of today. To anticipate and adapt to the needs of tomorrow. To forge and sustain a successful career that’s true to who you are. To build a life you love—and create the world you imagine.

We invite you to explore our graduate programs and to discover where a Loyola University Maryland degree can take you. Our graduate students are socially responsible leaders within their professions, and in their personal lives. Attend an information session, visit our beautiful campuses, and, when you're ready, apply and take your career to the next level.

There’s a simple reason a comprehensive liberal arts experience has been the Jesuit educational standard for hundreds of years: It works. No other academic program better prepares you to meet the various and complex challenges you will face in your life—today, tomorrow, and 20 years from now. No other educational experience better prepares you to lead a life full of intellectual inquiry, creative output, meaning, and joy. Appreciate the triumphs of the human mind.

Assess problems with a discerning eye. Clearly articulate your ideas. Practice empathy. Manage diversity and difference. Do what’s right, even when what’s right isn’t easy. Our society and our world depend on those who possess these critical capacities more than ever.

Students who experience the Jesuit approach to education Loyola University Maryland graduate with uniquely powerful traits: bright minds, bold hearts, and broad global knowledge. They embrace and thrive—and go on to succeed—in our wondrous, beautiful, interconnected, and complicated world.

Loyola maintains a very strong commitment to assisting students and parents in making a high quality private education affordable. We encourage you to review the information provided in each section of our website and contact us if you have any questions or need additional guidance regarding your options. Our goal is to make planning for your educational expenses as easy as possible.

At the undergraduate level, we sponsor an excellent program of institutionally-funded academic scholarships, need-based grants and athletic grants, in addition to our participation in the major federal and state student aid programs. Parents may also consider additional financing alternatives through the Federal Parent Loan Program (PLUS) and the TMSmonthly payment plan. At the graduate level, individual academic departments offer a limited number of fellowships, scholarships and grants to assist students with their education expenses. Graduate assistantships are available through academic and administrative departments and students may also consider borrowing funds through the Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan Program.