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The 2011-2012 "At a Glance" fact card is available in Adobe Acrobat format here.

Loyola Marymount University, founded in 1911, is celebrating 100 years of higher education, service of faith and justice and a commitment to contributing to the improvement of Los Angeles and the region.
Mission: The encouragement of learning, the education of the whole person, the service of faith and the promotion of justice.
President: David W. Burcham
Sponsoring Religious Orders: Society of Jesus (Jesuits); Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary
Area: 142 acres
Location: Los Angeles, California

LMU offers 60 major and 57 minor undergraduate degrees and programs.
The Graduate Division offers 38 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
19 student housing facilities for 3,210 students
19 Division I sports (10 women, 9 men)
Member of the West Coast Conference
127 clubs and organizations
16 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: 5,951; Graduate: 1,968; Law School: 1,315; Total: 9,234
Undergraduate tuition + fees: $37,605 (2011-12)
Graduate tuition: $942-$1,228 (2011-12, per unit, per program)
Average room + board: $12,722 (2011-2012)
Average undergraduate class size: 21
Average graduate class size: 15
Student to faculty ratio: 11-1
Ethnicity of students: American Indian/Alaska Native: 0.2%; African American: 5.6%; Asian: 9.6%; Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 0.2%; Hispanic/Latino: 20.7%; Caucasian: 52.4%; Multi-race: 7.5%; International: 3.5%
Undergraduate students by geographic origin: California: 76%; Out-of-state: 24%

Faculty awards: Fulbright Scholars: 15 (past 10 years); Nobel Prize Winners: 2; Pulitzer Prize Winners: 1
Faculty research grants and contracts: $6.4 million in FY2011
Number of full-time faculty: 521
Number of endowed chairs: 25
Number of endowed undergraduate scholarships: 215
Amount contributed to student grants and scholarships by LMU, 2011-12: $83.9 million
Undergraduate students who received financial aid, 2010-11: 83%
Ethics at LMU: Seven endowed chairs in ethics; all undergraduates take at least one ethics course; LMU offers an interdepartmental minor program in ethics

Generates approximately $443 million annually in direct economic activity in Southern California
Employs 1,700 faculty and staff
Students volunteer more than 175,000 service hours a year with 350 community organizations.
LMU Family of Schools partners with LAUSD to help 7 public schools and 4 Catholic schools in the Westchester and Playa Del Rey areas.
LMU was named a "Treasure of Los Angeles" in 2007.
Many programs, including the Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles, the Bioethics Institute, the School of Education and the College of Science and Engineering, 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.

Ranked no. 4 in the "Best regional Universities (West)" U.S. News & World Report, 2012
LMU is the top-ranked California private university in the number and percentage of Hispanic students earning bachelor's degrees and ranked second for students earning master's or doctoral degrees according to The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education (2011).
The School of Film and Television ranks 19th of the 25 top film schools around the world and is the only Jesuit university ranked (The Hollywood Reporter, 2011 Annual Survey).
The Part-time MBA program ranks No. 13 in the nation and No. 5 in the West (Bloomberg Businessweek Magazine, 2011 Survey).
Loyola Law School ranks No. 7 in Best Professors, No. 7 for Best Environment for Minority Students and No. 9 for Best Classroom Experience (Princeton Review, Best 167 Law Schools, 2012).

LMU places 4th in the Grand Champion Division of RecyleMania 2011, an annual recyling competition involving more than 600 colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada.
The Siera Club lists LMU in the top 100 on the 2011 list of "Coolest Schools" for environmental initiatives and practices.
Through Green Power purchases and on-site generation, LMU offset 16% of its 2010 electric use from renewable resources.
The WateReuse Association selected LMU as the 2010 WateReuse Customer of the Year for implementing a treatment station which produces odorless, clean irrigation water used on 75% of campus landscapes.
One of the first campuses in the state to recycle 100% of green waste.
LMU has three LEED-certified buildings, including a gold certification in 2011 for the William H. Hannon Library.