Academics
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 an Air Force ROTC program, an Honors Program in which the students have a different core curriculum, and several year-long, semester, and summer study abroad programs across the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. Admission to LMU is competitive. Students from every U.S. state attend LMU. Some of the recent honors received by LMU are:
- U.S. News & World Report, in its "Best Colleges 2011," ranked Loyola Marymount 3rd out of schools in the West that offer a full range of masters and undergraduate programs, behind only Trinity University and Santa Clara University. In 2011, LMU scored an 87, up 8 points from the 2010 rankings.
- Named among the “25 cutting edge schools with an eye toward the future” Kaplan’s “You Are Here” College Guide, 2008
- Included in “Best 366 Colleges”(top 15 percent of all colleges in the United States), “Best Colleges in the West”, "Happiest Students" and “10 Most Beautiful Campuses” Princeton Review, 2008
- US News ranked Loyola in its 2010 version of "America's Best Graduate Schools" as tied for 41st best part-time program in America, which places it as the 8th best part-time program in California.
- Named a “top producer” of Fulbright scholars, 2006–07 Institute of International Education.
- Named “Hottest for Hispanics” Newsweek/Kaplan’s “How to Get into College” Guide, 2006
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