Loyola Marymount University

Loyola Marymount University (LMU) is a comprehensive co-educational private Roman Catholic university in the Jesuit and Marymount traditions located in Los Angeles, California, United States. The University is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities and one of five Marymount institutions of higher education.

Founded in 1911, LMU is a premier Catholic university rooted in the Jesuit and Marymount traditions. Our enrollment includes 5,951 undergraduate, 1,968 graduate and 1,315 law school students. Our 142-acre bluff-top campus is located in West Los Angeles and was recently included in “The Best 371 Colleges.

Rankings

• Businessweek ranked Loyola Marymount as the 13th best part-time MBA program in America. This places Loyola 3rd in the west behind UCLA and UC Berkeley.
• US News ranked Loyola in its 2012 version of "America's Best Graduate Schools" as tied for 50th best part-time program in America, which places it as the 7th best part-time program in California.
• Entrepreneur Magazine and Princeton Review ranked the Loyola Marymount 17th in undergraduate entrepreneurship and 12th in graduate entrepreneurship.

Programs

In addition to being the parent school of Loyola Law School in downtown Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount is the home to six colleges and schools. LMU offers 56 major programs, 57 minor programs, 38 master's degrees, one doctoral degree and 13 credential programs. The average undergraduate class size is 21 students and the student-to-faculty ratio is 11:1.

• Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

The Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts includes twenty-five undergraduate programs of study as well as five graduate programs. It embodies the wider University goals of liberal education, which is the heart of the University's core curriculum for all undergraduates.

• College of Business Administration

The College of Business Administration was started to assist inquisitive minds in learning more about the effective principles and practice of business through foundation building, undergraduate programs, and flexible graduate programs for advancing professionals. It is home to eight undergraduate programs of study as well as an MBA program for graduate studies.

• College of Communication and Fine Arts

The College of Communication and Fine Arts offers majors in Art History, Communication Studies, Dance, Music, Studio Arts, and Theatre Arts as well as a graduate program in Marital and Family Therapy. The current dean of the College of Communication and Fine Arts is Barbara Busse.

• Loyola Law School

Including its day and evening J.D. programs, Loyola has a large and diverse student enrollment. It was the first California law school with a pro bono graduation requirement, under which students perform 40 hours of pro bono work.

• School of Education

The School of Education at Loyola Marymount has four undergraduate programs of study (Elementary Education, Secondary Education, Bilingual Education, and Special Education).

• School of Film and Television

SFTV offers a B.A. in Production (Film & Television), Screenwriting, Animation, and Recording Arts as well as an M.F.A. in Production (Film & Television) and Screenwriting. Overall, LMU has produced six Student Academy Award winners. Alumni have also garnered several Academy Awards and Emmys.

• Frank R. Seaver College of
  Science and Engineering

The Frank R. Seaver College of Science and Engineering sees its purpose to be the education of principled leaders. It contains thirteen undergraduate programs of study as well as six graduate programs. Graduate programs are offered in civil, electrical and mechanical engineering, in environmental science, in computer science, and in engineering management

Campus

LMU sits atop a bluff area 150 acres (61 ha) in the Westchester area of West Los Angeles located in the Del Rey Hills. The original 99 acres (40 ha) were donated to the university by Harry Culver. Xavier Hall, named for St. Francis Xavier, S.J., a companion of St. Ignatius of Loyola, S.J., and St. Robert's Hall, named for St. Robert Bellarmine, S.J., a cardinal and Doctor of the Church, were the first two buildings to be built on the current Westchester Campus. Following their completion in 1929, Xavier Hall housed both the Jesuit Faculty and the students at the time while St. Robert's Hall served as the academic and administrative building.

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