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Rankings and Recognition

Loyola’s Jesuit-centered tradition of academic excellence has been built upon the quality of our faculty, students, and programs, and is enhanced by the many academic resources available to our students. Almost all courses are taught by full-time faculty, and 89 percent hold doctoral or equivalent degrees in their area of expertise. Professors have been recognized nationally and internationally by the Pulitzer Committee, the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and by numerous other professional and scholarly associations.

Recent University Success

U.S. News & World Report's special issue "America's Best Colleges" for 2008 ranks Loyola University New Orleans Sixth in the Best Universities-Master's in the Southern Region. For the last 17 years, Loyola has retained its position among the top 10 regional universities in the South. This year, Loyola also ranked seventh in the Great Schools, Great Prices category. Read Press Release here

The Princeton Review features Loyola New Orleans in the new 2007 edition of its annual book, The Best 361 Colleges. Read Press Release here

Loyola also has been named one of "America's 300 Best Buys" in Barron's Best Buys in College Education, and ranks in the top seven percent of the 1,500 colleges and universities ranked by Barron's.

The Joseph A. Butt, S.J., College of Business Administration received the 2001 Louisiana Quality Award, and has ranked 130 of only 148 schools worldwide which made the 2002 U.S. News & World Report list of “Best Business Programs.”