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#6 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#40 Best Value Schools
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#4 Regional Universities North
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#1 Best Colleges for Veterans
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#12 Most Innovative Schools
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#158 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#52 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
At schools where doctorate not offered
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#112 Business Programs
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#64 First-Year Experiences
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#23 Service Learning
Loyola University Maryland is ranked #4 in Regional Universities North. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
91
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
15
Graduation and retention rank
6
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
82%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
87%
Social Mobility Rank
158
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
78%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
81%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
78%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
3
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.7
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
39
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
35
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
89.2%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
84%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
45.9%
Classes with 50 or more students
1%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
12:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
10
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
7
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
27
Average alumni giving rate
11.4%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
