Engaged Students

Loyola University New Orleans combines the academic excellence of its faculty and programs, an ideal size that fosters individual student success in a positive learning experience, and the Jesuit commitment to educating the whole person to provide students with a value-centered, liberal arts education. Based on a strong core curriculum, the Loyola experience provides for the intellectual, emotional, and spiritual growth of the individual…

• Loyola offers students many exciting educational and cultural opportunities to travel and study abroad. Recent options have included summer programs in Belgium, England, France, China, India, Ireland, Spain, and Mexico, among others. Loyola’s Center for International Education also coordinates semester programs in a variety of destinations throughout the world. Students receive academic credit for their participation and gain many significant experiences they can apply to their education at Loyola, graduate work, or employment.

• Loyola offers students various internship opportunities with both local and national companies and organizations. By participating in an internship, students are able to gain relevant career-related experiences that reinforce what they have learned in the classroom and make them more marketable after graduation.

• At Loyola, there are opportunities for students in many academic disciplines to become involved in research conducted by faculty. Students are also able to conduct their own research with faculty supervision and present their findings at national conferences. Often, students are able to continue their research as they progress to graduate school.

• Loyola University Community Action Program (LUCAP) directs volunteers in service-oriented activities within the community and the university, while promoting involvement in the area of social justice. Students involved in LUCAP volunteer with organizations focused on environmental action, hunger relief, the death penalty moratorium movement, assisting local elderly citizens, and have taken an active role in rebuilding the New Orleans community. The program aids in promoting social and spiritual growth through involvement in service activities.

• The Office of Service Learning at Loyola coordinates opportunities for students to combine community service with classroom instruction. The projects focus on critical, reflective thinking, as well as civic and personal responsibility. Students volunteer in many capacities and at many sites, including shelters for battered women, schools, homeless shelters, hospitals, elderly care facilities, literacy centers, programs that serve the needs of the physically and/or mentally challenged, and programs that address the special needs of inner-city youth. Faculty and students collaborate to select a specific site and activities that correlate to the course content. The faculty member grants the students academic credit based on the learning achieved through service, not for completing the hours. Service learning not only benefits the student, but also the greater New Orleans community.

Great Teaching

Loyola’s outstanding faculty make sure students are names rather than numbers...

• Loyola prides itself on the positive learning environment its ideal size affords students. Loyola’s beneficial student to faculty ratio of eleven to one allows for meaningful faculty communication and mentoring with students. Loyola’s diverse and experienced faculty are available to give students the personal attention they need to achieve success.

• Faculty advisers are selected for students according to their academic interests and are available for consultation throughout the academic year, especially during orientation and registration periods.

• Students benefit from the diverse services of the Career Development Center, Academic Resource Center, the Mathematics Center, the Monroe Library, the Ross Foreign Language Center, and the Writing Across the Curriculum program. Students can receive additional instruction and tutoring in multiple disciplines, enhance their writing and critical thinking skills, and explore potential career opportunities.

• The common curriculum offers a broad range of courses for students to explore multiple disciplines and all students are required to take common curriculum courses, regardless of their declared major. The common curriculum consists of introductory courses such as composition, literature, history, philosophy, mathematics, science, and religious studies. The advanced common curriculum courses are designed to ensure a rewarding and well-rounded education.

Loyola offers degrees in the following majors: Accounting, Business with a minor in Music Industry Studies, Economics, Finance, International Business, Management, Marketing, Biology, Biology Pre-Med, Biology/Pre-Engineering, Chemistry, Chemistry Forensic Science, Chemistry Pre-Med, Classical Studies, Communications (Advertising, Journalism, Public Relations), Criminal Justice, English (Literature, Writing, Film and Digital Media) French, Graphic Design, History, History/Pre-Law, Mathematics, Music (Jazz Studies, Music Industry Studies-performance or non-performance track, Music Education, Music History, Music Industry Studies (performance or non-performance), Music Therapy, Performance-instrumental or voice, Theory/Composition) Philosophy, Physics, Physics/Liberal Arts, Physics/Pre-Engineering, Physics/Pre-Health, Political Science, , Psychology, Psychology Pre-Med, Religious Studies (Christianity or World Religions), Sociology, Spanish, Theatre Arts with an minor in Business Administration and Visual Arts.

Vibrant Community

The exciting city of New Orleans provides a variety of social, cultural, and recreational activities for Loyola students...

• Loyola’s scenic uptown campus is set in the heart of one of the most prestigious neighborhoods in New Orleans. Students enjoy the numerous venues of New Orleans jazz as well as cuisine from the finest restaurants. The university is located directly across from the Audubon Zoo and Park, the city’s premier recreation center. With its unique cuisine, numerous museums and historical sites, and flourishing arts community, New Orleans provides a cultural experience few cities can match.

• There is also plenty to do on campus. Loyola students participate in more than 120 student organizations and activities. Organizations include the environmental action club, the economics club, College Democrats and Republicans, the outdoor recreation club, and many more. Besides social interaction and relaxation, students gain many useful skills, such as time management, leadership, problem solving, and critical thinking abilities through extracurricular activities. In addition, the student-run University Programming Board (UPB) sponsors films, concerts, Third Friday Parties, and many ethnic and cultural experiences on campus throughout the academic year.

• Loyola is also home to an active Greek system, including five national fraternities, six national sororities, and three governing boards.

• Loyola houses students in four residence halls. Approximately 65 percent of Loyola freshmen come from outside of Louisiana, and all freshmen and sophomores from outside the metropolitan New Orleans area are required to live on campus. Honors students have the opportunity to live on a designated floor in the residence halls.

Successful Outcomes

Loyola’s Career Development Center works with individual students to assess career options and graduate school opportunities...

• The Career Development Center assists students in assessing career opportunities, exploring career resources, and developing skills for the job search. Publications housed in the center include information on a wide range of career choices, graduate school directories, scholarship and financial aid directories, and field-specific directories of employment. In addition, the center hosts recruiters and on-campus job fairs.

• Loyola graduates have gone on to law schools such as Georgetown School of Law, the University of Notre Dame, and William and Mary School of Law; medical schools such as Columbia University, Duke University, and Stanford University; and a variety of graduate programs at universities such as Rice University and the University of Edinburgh.