What's New
Best Value
U.S. News & World Report's 2008 edition of America's Best Colleges again ranks Loyola University Chicago among the top national universities, and also names Loyola a "best value." According to USN&WR: Best value "relates a school's academic quality, as indicated by its U.S. News ranking, to the net cost of attendance for a student who receives the average level of need-based financial aid. Only schools ranked in, or near, the top half of their categories are included, because we work on the premise that the most significant values are among colleges that are above average academically."
Loyola continues to enhance living and learning opportunities for students with new academic programs and the latest campus facilities.
Academic Highlights
- Discover the new School of Communication, opening in Fall 2008, which will offer undergraduate programs in advertising and public relations, communication studies, and journalism. Additionally, the School will join with the College of Arts and Sciences to support an interdisciplinary major in international film and media studies. Located at Loyola's Water Tower Campus, just steps from Chicago's Magnificent Mile, the School of Communication offers students unparalleled access to the city's abundant opportunities in the fields of journalism, communication, media/public relations, and advertising.
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Enroll in the biophysics major, an interdisciplinary program offered by the Departments of Physics and Biology. This major concentrates on the areas of molecular structures, biophysical techniques, and biophysical mechanisms.
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Check out the environmental action and leadership minor, which includes coursework in the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. The minor is ideal for students interested in augmenting their major field of study with environmental coursework and enhancing their credentials with hands-on experience.
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Consider the musical theatre minor, which combines coursework in music, theatre, and dance for performing arts majors.
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Find out about changes to our human resource management and women's studies and gender studies programs.
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Review Loyola's more than 70 undergraduate majors. Students can combine majors or add minors to diversify their skills.
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Enroll in Loyola Seminar courses, which introduce Loyola students to active and collaborative learning in a supportive environment. These one-semester, one credit-hour courses meet weekly for 50 minutes; additional activities outside scheduled class time focus on community development and the integration of curricular and co-curricular learning.
Living and Learning Facilities
- Take advantage of The Clare at Water Tower, a high-rise continuing care community scheduled to open at the Water Tower Campus in early 2009. The Clare will provide numerous opportunities for life-long learning, and will also house several of Loyola's academic programs.
- Study in the new Information Commons, a four-story lakeside research facility that opened in early 2008. Information Commons provides: large individual and group study space for students; state-of-the-art technology with more than 250 computers; wireless Internet connections; and a lakefront café.
- Participate in Loyola's enriched fine arts programs, which include a new facility and merged academic departments for greater synergy. The renovated Ralph Arnold Fine Arts Annex, located at 1131 W. Sheridan Road, just west of the El tracks, opened for Spring Semester 2007 and features classrooms and studios for sculpture, ceramics, jewelry, and dance, as well as presentation studios, display areas, and faculty offices. The new Department of Fine and Performing Arts now supports programs in theatre, music, fine arts, dance, and musical theatre.
- Live in the new graduate and upper-class Baumhart Hall and Terry Student Center, which opened in Fall 2006 at the Water Tower Campus. This 25-story upper-class residence hall features a state-of-the-art fitness center, study lounge, food court, outdoor terrace, wireless access, café, and more.
- Find out about Loyola's future plans to expand the Lake Shore Campus. New additions will include state-of-the-art teaching and performance spaces, superior athletic facilities, and more green space for student recreation and outdoor activities. Watch a video to learn more about the future Lake Shore Campus.
