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LMU Facts • Loyola Marymount University, founded in 1911, is the largest Catholic university on the West Coast. • President: Robert B. Lawton, S.J. • Sponsoring Religious Orders: Society of Jesus (Jesuits); Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary • Area: 150 acres • Location: Los Angeles, California Student Life • LMU offers more than 80 degrees and programs. The Graduate Division offers 29 master’s degrees, one doctoral degree and 15 credential programs. • Colleges and Schools: Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts; College of Business Administration; College of Comm. and Fine Arts; Frank R. Seaver College of Science and Engineering; Loyola Law School; School of Education; School of Film and Television • 20 residence halls, houses and apartments for 3,278 students • 132 clubs and organizations • 15 Greek fraternities and sororities Enrollment • Undergraduate: 5,746 • Graduate: 1,899 • Law School: 1,327 • Total: 8,972 • Average undergraduate class size: 19 • Average graduate class size: 13 • Student to faculty ratio: 12-1 Scholarship • Faculty awards: Fulbright Scholars: 7; Nobel Prize Winners: 1; Pulitzer Prize Winners: 1
• Faculty research grants and contracts: $4.3 Million in 2006 • Number of full-time faculty: 416 • Number of endowed chairs: 15 • Number of endowed undergraduate scholarships: 186 • LMU student scholars 2007-08: Fulbright: 2; Rotary: 1; Goldwater: 1; Capital Fellow: 1 • Amount contributed to student grants and scholarships by LMU, 2006-07: $32 million • Undergraduate students who received financial aid, 2006-07: 71%
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Alumni • Total undergraduate: 40,133 • Total graduate: 13,165 • Total Loyola Law School: 14,639 • Undergraduate alumni in California: 29,341 (77%) • Graduate alumni in California: 10,007 (80%) • Undergraduate alumni in Los Angeles County: 17,410 (46%) • Graduate alumni in Los Angeles Co.: 6,955 (55%) • Undergraduate alumni who have graduated since 1980: 27,872 (69%) • Undergraduate alumni who have graduated since 1990: 19,703 (49%)
Distinctions • Named among the “25 cutting edge schools with an eye toward the future” in Kaplan’s “You Are Here” College Guide, 2008 • Included in “Best 366 Colleges,” “Best Colleges in the West” and “10 Most Beautiful Campuses” in Princeton Review, 2008 • Ranked 4th in “Best Universities With Master’s Program in the West” in U.S. News & World Report, 2008 • Part-time M.B.A. program ranked 4th best in the United States in Business Week magazine, 2007 • Entrepreneurship program named among top 10 in the nation in Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine, 2007 • Named a “top producer” of Fulbright awardees, 2006-07 in Institute of Inter national Education • Named “Hottest for Hispanics” in Newsweek/Kaplan’s “How to Get into College” Guide, 2006
LMU in L.A. • Generates more than $250 million annually in direct economic activity in Southern California • Employs more than 2,240 people • Students volunteer more than 175,000 service hours a year with 350 community organizations. • Alumni have their own service organization, Alumni for Others.
LMU Family of Schools partners with LAUSD to help 7 Westchester schools. LMU was named a 2007 “Treasure of Los Angeles.” Many programs, including the Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles, the Bioethics Institute, the School of Education and the Dept. of Natural Science, make L.A.’s politics, healthcare, education and environment part of the curriculum. Loyola Law School is the first ABAaccredited law school in California with a mandatory pro bono requirement.
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