With just under 4,000 undergraduates from 40+ states, more than 50 countries, and six continents, Loyola University Maryland is big enough to inspire and challenge students, and small enough for opportunities to be accessible to them. Loyola makes it easy for students to embrace new challenges, feel comfortable taking risks, and connect to the experiences and resources they need to develop as a learner, leader, citizen, and professional. Our students feel called and confident in trying new activities, pursuing their talents, sharing their research, and asking bold questions. Surrounded by people from different backgrounds and with diverse interests, students are members of a student body that is sure to enrich their experience.
At Loyola University Maryland, higher education is as much social, physical, and spiritual as it is intellectual. More than 200 student-led clubs and organizations, collegiate and intramural athletics, service opportunities, lectures, concerts, and on-campus events, Greyhounds have a world of opportunity to get involved, pursue a passion—and even discover a new one. Loyola's offices of student engagement and student life offer further opportunities throughout the year for students to get off campus and explore and experience Baltimore and beyond.
As a Jesuit, Catholic university, we foster a community rooted in spirituality that is integrated into daily life through experience, discernment, service, and the promotion of social justice. Loyola students serve on campus, in the local community, and around the globe with myriad programs and partnerships through the Center for Community, Service, and Justice. Regardless of their religious beliefs, we invite all members of our community to grow in faith through daily Mass and prayer, faith-based student organizations, retreats, reflection, and interfaith dialogue.
Student Organizations and Activities
You'll be hard-pressed to find a Loyola student who sits still for too long. Greyhounds are a busy breed. In addition to demanding academics and full course loads, most also have jobs, are involved in multiple clubs and organizations, serve in and engage with the community, explore Baltimore, hold internships or conduct research alongside faculty, champion a cause or charity, attend athletic events and cheer on the Hounds, and have packed social calendars. Your immersion in our diverse campus community will be one of the most transformative aspects of your life at Loyola. You'll meet and befriend people with backgrounds, interests, talents, and dreams that are vastly different from your own. This environment will sometimes be challenging—but it will also be life-changing. You'll see the world in a new light, reconsider your own perspectives, and learn just as much from your peers and professors as you do from your studies.
With a student body nearly 4,000 strong, Greyhounds value being able to "find their niche at Loyola very quickly." Loyola attracts students who "care about their academics and do well in school, but they also try to balance that with extracurriculars and their spiritual life." The vibe on campus is "really welcoming and trustworthy" and fosters a "great sense of community." Some students feel that "the student body may appear homogeneous," with a population where "many of the students are white" and often hail from the East Coast. A plurality also self-identify as Catholics. Beneath that surface, attendees explain that "everyone can fit in well," especially when you "immerse yourself in the opportunities Loyola has to offer." As one Greyhound puts it best, Loyola students "live out the core values of the university and enjoy being a contributing member of the school community."
