	Loyola University Chicago 2016 University Academic Rankings
Loyola University Chicago (often referred to as Loyola or LUC) is a private Catholic university located in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1870 by the Jesuits, today Loyola is one of the largest Catholic universities in the nation and a major contributor to Chicago's economic and cultural capital. Loyola's professional schools have educated generations of local business and civic leaders, and distinguished programs in medicine, nursing, and health sciences are anchored by the nationally-recognized Loyola University Medical Center. Comprising eleven colleges and schools, Loyola offers over 80 undergraduate and 140 graduate/professional programs and enrolls approximately 16,000 students total. Loyola has six campuses located across the Chicago metropolitan area, as well as a campus in Rome and guest programs in Beijing and Ho Chi Minh City. The flagship Lake Shore Campus is located along the shores of Lake Michigan in the Rogers Park and Edgewater neighborhoods of Chicago, eight miles north of the Loop. Loyola's athletic teams, nicknamed the Ramblers, compete in NCAA Division I as members of the Missouri Valley Conference. Loyola won the 1963 NCAA men's basketball championship, and remains the only school from Illinois to do so. The Ramblers are also the two-time (2014, 2015) defending NCAA champions in men's volleyball. Over 150,000 Loyola alumni include executives of major Chicago-based corporations such as McDonald's and Baxter International, as well as dozens of local and national political leaders including the current Illinois Attorney General and Speaker of the House. Loyola alumni have won Emmy, Grammy, Peabody, and Pulitzer awards, as well as Guggenheim and MacArthur fellowships. History Loyola was established as St. Ignatius College on June 30, 1870 by Jesuit priest and educator Fr. Arnold Damen. At that time Chicago was a much smaller but rapidly-growing city just shy of 300,000 people, and as a result the original campus was located much closer to the city center along Roosevelt Road. In 1909 the school was renamed Loyola University, and in 1912 it began the process of moving to the current Lake Shore Campus; today the original building is part of St. Ignatius College Prep, adjacent to the University of Illinois at Chicago. To meet the growing needs of Chicago, Loyola established professional schools in law (1908), medicine (1909), business (1922), and nursing (1935). The Chicago College of Dental Surgery became part of the university in 1923, and was closed 70 years later. A downtown campus was founded in 1914, and with it the School of Sociology. As the predecessor to the Social of Social Work it enrolled Loyola's first female students, though the school would not become fully coeducational until 1966. Loyola Academy, a college prep high school, occupied Dumbach Hall on the Lake Shore Campus until it was relocated to north suburban Wilmette in 1957. The current Water Tower Campus opened in 1949. In 1962, Loyola opened a campus in Rome near the site of the 1960 Summer Olympics. In 1969, Loyola established the School of Education and consolidated medical programs at the Loyola University Medical Center, a hospital and health care complex located in Maywood, an immediate suburb of Chicago. The university legally separated from the Jesuits in 1970, and today is under lay control and governed by a board of trustees. Loyola purchased neighboring Mundelein College in 1991. Major capital campaigns since the turn of the century have greatly enhanced Loyola's academic profile and campuses. In 2005 the Loyola University Museum of Art was established on the Water Tower Campus, and the Rome campus was renamed in honor of Director Emeritus John P. Felice. In 2009, the Cuneo Foundation presented the university with the Cuneo Mansion and Gardens, a 100-acre estate with ... [more on wikipedia]

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Loyola University Chicago Details

Loyola University Chicago Details
detail	value
state	Illinois
conference	Missouri Valley Conference
public	Private
scores	1730/1153/26
level	AboveAverage
rank	[228
overall ROI rank	[206
size	medium
undergrads	10322
grads	5580
price	53322
drop	29
stem	20
research	44
scores valid	True

Common Questions...

What are the academic rankings for Loyola University Chicago?

1. number 228 for Academics.

2. number 206 for ROI (Return on Investment).

What universities are similar to Loyola University Chicago?

1. Saint Louis University

2. Marquette University

3. Rutgers University-Newark

4. Syracuse University

5. University of North Texas

6. College of Charleston

7. University of Northern Iowa

National Academic Rankings

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Loyola University Chicago National Academic Rankings

Loyola University Chicago National Academic Rankings
category	rank	scores	difficulty	smartest	brainpower	faculty	research	salary ROI	overall ROI
Top250	228	194	205	175	193	146	138	155	206
Missouri Valley Conference	1	2	3	2	3	3	5	13	6
Mid West Region	31	49	52	27	40	31	29	75	49
State of Illinois	7	9	10	6	8	8	7	21	12
Top Ten Top250	228	194	205	175	193	146	138	155	206
Top Ten Missouri Valley Conference	1	2	3	2	3	2	5	9	3
Top Ten State of Illinois	7	7	7	6	8	6	6	10	8

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92.23	Saint Louis University	Missouri	Atlantic 10 Conference	Private	AboveAverage	169	165
92.10	Marquette University	Wisconsin	Big East Conference	Private	AboveAverage	197	121
91.45	Rutgers University-Newark	New Jersey	New Jersey Athletic Conference	Public	Average	371	392
91.19	Syracuse University	New York	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	AboveAverage	172	216
88.98	University of North Texas	Texas	Conference USA	Public	AboveAverage	192	165
86.59	College of Charleston	South Carolina	Colonial Athletic Association	Public	AboveAverage	219	233
86.55	University of Northern Iowa	Iowa	Missouri Valley Conference	Public	AboveAverage	252	248
86.26	University of Vermont	Vermont	America East	Public	AboveAverage	136	191
85.62	Pace University-New York	New York	Northeast 10 Conference	Private	Average	476	465
85.57	University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras	Puerto Rico	Independent Southeast Region	Public	AboveAverage	176	232
85.51	University of Dayton	Ohio	Pioneer Football League / Atla...	Private	AboveAverage	278	138
85.32	SUNY at Albany	New York	Colonial Athletic Association ...	Public	Average	188	218
85.31	University of North Carolina Wilmington	North Carolina	Colonial Athletic Association	Public	AboveAverage	221	228
85.17	Salisbury University	Maryland	Empire Eight / Capital Athleti...	Public	AboveAverage	243	358
84.86	Western Washington University	Washington	Great Northwest Athletic Conference	Public	AboveAverage	297	338
84.65	SUNY College at Oswego	New York	State University of New York A...	Public	AboveAverage	361	450
84.42	University of San Francisco	California	West Coast Conference	Private	AboveAverage	226	241
84.26	DePaul University	Illinois	Big East Conference	Private	AboveAverage	193	150
84.08	CUNY Hunter College	New York	City University of New York At...	Public	AboveAverage	193	228
83.99	Clemson University	South Carolina	Atlantic Coast Conference	Public	AboveAverage	98	51
83.97	University of St Thomas	Minnesota	Minnesota Intercollegiate Ath Conf	Private	AboveAverage	238	156
83.63	University of Delaware	Delaware	Colonial Athletic Association	Public	AboveAverage	107	138
83.56	University of Kansas	Kansas	Big Twelve Conference	Public	AboveAverage	172	130
83.44	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	Nebraska	Big Ten Conference	Public	AboveAverage	119	98
83.28	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	Oklahoma	Big Twelve Conference	Public	AboveAverage	137	54
83.15	University of Arkansas	Arkansas	Southeastern Conference	Public	AboveAverage	171	119
83.10	University of Kentucky	Kentucky	Southeastern Conference	Public	AboveAverage	159	130
83.09	East Carolina University	North Carolina	American Athletic Conference	Public	Average	312	325
83.09	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	Massachusetts	Mid - American Conference / At...	Public	AboveAverage	88	144
83.08	George Mason University	Virginia	Atlantic 10 Conference	Public	AboveAverage	156	143
82.95	Mercer University	Georgia	Southern Conference	Private	AboveAverage	237	242
82.92	Ohio University	Ohio	Mid American Conference	Public	Average	215	174
82.91	Virginia Commonwealth University	Virginia	Atlantic 10 Conference	Public	AboveAverage	178	207
82.77	University of South Carolina-Columbia	South Carolina	Southeastern Conference	Public	AboveAverage	93	130
82.69	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	Louisiana	Southeastern Conference	Public	AboveAverage	148	88
82.63	Creighton University	Nebraska	Big East Conference	Private	AboveAverage	273	190
82.59	University of Colorado Boulder	Colorado	Pacific 12 Conference	Public	AboveAverage	79	59
82.49	University of Missouri-Columbia	Missouri	Southeastern Conference	Public	AboveAverage	121	98
82.38	Iowa State University	Iowa	Big Twelve Conference	Public	AboveAverage	129	71
82.09	Florida State University	Florida	Atlantic Coast Conference	Public	AboveAverage	76	104
81.31	University of Central Florida	Florida	American Athletic Conference	Public	AboveAverage	103	141
80.00	The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga	Tennessee	Southern Conference	Public	Average	434	464
79.92	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	Wisconsin	Wisconsin Intercollegiate Ath Conf	Public	Average	350	253
79.92	University of Missouri-Kansas City	Missouri	Western Athletic Conference	Public	AboveAverage	197	155
79.68	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse	Wisconsin	Wisconsin Intercollegiate Ath Conf	Public	Average	302	258
79.63	South Dakota State University	South Dakota	Missouri Valley Conference / T...	Public	Average	354	263
79.55	University of Colorado Colorado Springs	Colorado	Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference	Public	Average	451	347
79.30	University of North Dakota	North Dakota	Big Sky Conference	Public	Average	363	266
79.22	The University of Montana	Montana	Big Sky Conference	Public	Average	372	232
79.15	University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point	Wisconsin	Wisconsin Intercollegiate Ath Conf	Public	Average	466	414

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match	university	state	conference	public	level	rank	overall ROI
99.00	SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry	New York	No Conference Affiliation	Public	AboveAverage	229	244
96.86	University of San Francisco	California	West Coast Conference	Private	AboveAverage	226	241
96.14	College of Charleston	South Carolina	Colonial Athletic Association	Public	AboveAverage	219	233
95.94	Appalachian State University	North Carolina	Sun Belt Conference	Public	AboveAverage	230	228
95.14	Colonial Athletic Association (Low)	-	Colonial Athletic Association	-Conf-	AboveAverage	-	214
91.78	Mississippi State University	Mississippi	Southeastern Conference	Public	AboveAverage	197	130
91.66	University of Puget Sound	Washington	Northwest Conference	Private	Good	227	223
91.13	Pepperdine University	California	West Coast Conference	Private	Good	212	231
90.77	Milwaukee School of Engineering	Wisconsin	Northern Athletics Collegiate ...	Private	Good	184	102
89.90	Bentley University	Massachusetts	Northeast 10 Conference	Private	Good	232	199
89.73	Union University	Tennessee	Gulf South Conference	Private	Good	225	213
89.54	University of Mississippi	Mississippi	Southeastern Conference	Public	Average	232	197
89.11	Furman University	South Carolina	Southern Conference	Private	Good	232	192
86.96	Lewis & Clark College	Oregon	Northwest Conference	Private	Excellent	179	221
85.82	Dickinson College	Pennsylvania	Centennial Conference	Private	Excellent	187	201
84.56	Liberty University	Virginia	Big South Conference	Private	Average	230	248

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