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Loyola Marymount University, founded in 1911, is the largest Catholic university on the West Coast.
Mission: The encouragement of learning, the education of the whole person, the service of faith and the promotion of justice.
President: Robert B. Lawton, S.J.
Sponsoring Religious Orders: Society of Jesus (Jesuits); Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary
Area: 150 acres
Location: Los Angeles, California

LMU offers more than 80 undergraduate degrees and programs. The Graduate Division offers 29 master's degrees, one doctoral degree and 15 credential programs.
Colleges and Schools: Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts; College of Business Administration; College of Communication and Fine Arts; Frank R. Seaver College of Science and Engineering; Loyola Law School; School of Education; School of Film and Television
20 residence halls, houses and apartments for 3,278 students
19 Division I sports (10 women, 9 men)
Member of the West Coast Conference
132 clubs and organizations
15 national Greek fraternities and sororities
LMU's student media: KXLU 88.9 FM; The Los Angeles Loyolan (award-winning newspaper); The Tower (award-winning yearbook); ROAR Network (award-winning television network)

Undergraduate: 5,746; Graduate: 1,899; Law School: 1,327; Total: 8,972
Undergraduate tuition + fees: $31,804 (2007-08)
Average room + board: $11,290 (2007-08)
Average undergraduate class size: 19
Average graduate class size: 13
Student to faculty ratio: 12-1
Ethnicity of students: American Indian/Alaska Native: 1%; African American: 8%; Asian/Pacific Islander: 13%; Hispanic: 21%; White/Non-Hispanic: 54%; Unknown/Decline to state: 2%
Undergraduate students by geographic origin: California: 75%; Out-of-state: 24%; International: 1%

Faculty awards: Fulbright Scholars: 7; Nobel Prize Winners: 1; Pulitzer Prize Winners: 1
Faculty research grants and contracts: $4.3 Million in 2006
Number of full-time faculty: 416
Number of endowned chairs: 15
Number of endowed undergraduate scholarships: 186
LMU student scholars 2007-08: Fulbright: 2; Rotary: 1; Goldwater: 1; Capital Fellow: 1
Amount contributed to student grants and scholarships by LMU, 2006-07: $32 million
Undergraduate students who received financial aid, 2006-07: 71%
Ethics @ LMU: Six endowed chairs in ethics; all undergraduates take at least one ethics course; LMU offers an interdepartmental minor program in ethics; LMU hosts an annual international business ethics competition

Generates more than $250 million annually in direct economic activity in Southern California
Employs more than 2,240 people
Students volunteer more than 175,000 service hours a year with 350 community organizations.
Alumni have their own service organization, Alumni for Others.
LMU Family of Schools partners with LAUSD to help 7 Westchester schools.
LMU was named a 2007 "Treasure of Los Angeles."
Many programs, including the Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles, the Bioethics Institute, the School of Education and the Dept. of Natural Science, make L.A.'s politics, healthcare, education and environment part of the curriculum.
Loyola Law School is the first ABA-accredited law school in California with a mandatory pro bono requirement.

Named among the "25 cutting edge schools with an eye toward the future" in Kaplan's "You Are Here" College Guide, 2008
Included in "Best 366 Colleges," "Best Colleges in the West" and "10 Most Beautiful Campuses" in Princeton Review, 2008
Ranked 4th in "Best Universities With Master's Program in the West" in U.S. News & World Report, 2008
Part-time M.B.A. program ranked 4th best in the United States in BusinessWeek magazine, 2007
Entrepreneuship prgram named among top 10 in the nation in Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine, 2007
Named a "top producer" of Fulbright awardees, 2006-07 in Institute of International Education
Named "Hottest for Hispanics" in Newsweek/Kaplan's "How to Get into College" Guide, 2006

Started recycling in 1990; first campus-wide collegiate recycling program in California, 1993
One of the first in the state to recycle 100% of green waste.
LMU's solar rooftop systems, on University Hall and Von der Ahe Library, won a federal Green Power Award in 2003.
About half the campus uses reclaimed water for irrigation.
LMU has three LEED-certified (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) buildings.