Rankings & Accolades

Loyola has again been included in the Princeton Review’s “Best 390 Colleges” list and earned a spot among the “Best Mid-Atlantic” colleges. Loyola has been included in every edition of the publication’s “Best Colleges” list since 1994.

Loyola University Maryland is ranked tied for No. 6 on the “Best Regional Universities North” list in U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 “Best Colleges” ranking. Loyola, which has been ranked in the top 10 for more than a decade, also ranked in the regional list for Undergraduate Teaching, Most Innovative Schools, and Best Value.

A Loyola University Maryland degree is one of the most valuable in the country, according to a study completed by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce. Loyola ranks in the top 2% in the nation for long-term return on investment (ROI), based on the average earning potential of alumni, relatively low average student debt, and a top graduation rate (80%).

Welcome home, Hounds! Loyola’s residence halls are ranked in the top 4% of college dorms nationally by Niche.

Loyola University Maryland earned 4.5 out of five stars and a place on Money’s list of the Best Colleges in America in 2024, a list analyzing graduation rates, cost of attendance, financial aid, and alumni salaries. Loyola is among just 745 schools (of more than 2,400) across the country that qualified for Money’s 2024 list.

Loyola University Maryland was ranked in the top 7% nationally for the salary potential of its graduates by PayScale.com.

Loyola students are accepted to medical and dental schools at a rate that is typically well above the national average. The acceptance rate for Loyola students to medical schools was 70% in 2023 (compared to a 44% acceptance rate nationally); Greyhounds were accepted to dental schools at a rate of 75% in 2023 (the national annual average was 59%). Learn about Loyola’s Pre-Health programs.

Loyola seniors average a near 90% law school acceptance rate, including to Top 25 and Top 50 programs each year. Learn about Loyola's Pre-Law program.

Loyola University Maryland is again included in the Princeton Review’s Guide to Green Colleges (2024), which profiles more than 680 universities across the country in terms of environmental responsibility.

Loyola University Maryland earned a STARS Bronze rating in recognition of its sustainability achievements from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE).

Loyola is also a member of the first international cohort of 68 schools enrolled as Laudato Si’ Universities committed to furthering sustainability efforts.

Learn more about sustainability at Loyola

Loyola University Maryland is again recognized as having one of the top undergraduate engineering programs in the country. Loyola ranked No. 78 among more than 286 schools for undergraduate engineering programs by U.S. News & World Report in their 2025 ratings of nearly 1,500 colleges.

Learn more about Loyola’s ranking in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 “Best Colleges” list

Loyola University Maryland is recognized by U.S. News & World Report for focus on and commitment to excellence in undergraduate teaching by faculty and administrators.

Learn more about Loyola’s ranking in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 “Best Colleges” list

Loyola’s Sellinger School of Business and Management has been named a Best Business School by the Princeton Review—and earned a spot on the Best On-Campus MBA list. In addition to making the list of 243 business schools, Sellinger was one of 67 programs ranked on the list of Best Business Schools in the Northeast.

The Sellinger School has also consistently been ranked by U.S. News & World Report in their Best Graduate Schools list—and recognized nationally for graduate programs in business analytics, management, marketing, and finance. Loyola’s Emerging Leaders MBA was also ranked among the top full-time MBA programs, recognized for its successful job placement and earnings of graduates.

We supply demand—with bigger earning potential. PayScale.com ranks Loyola in the top 7% of more than 1,500 private colleges and universities across the country for salary potential of alumni with bachelor’s degrees. When expanded to include alumni who hold master’s and doctoral degrees, Loyola ranks in the top 10%.

Loyola is consistently named among U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools, with accounting, marketing, finance, and management ranking among top business programs in the country over the past several years. Loyola’s is among the Top 12 Master's in Data Science Degree Programs in the country. Emerging Media is recognized as one of the best programs for career advancement in PR and marketing communications. U.S. News has also recognized Loyola’s graduate programs in Clinical Psychology and Speech-Language Pathology among the top master’s programs in the nation.

99% of Greyhounds are employed, enrolled in professional or graduate school, or completing full-time service within six to nine months of receiving their diplomas. Loyola is recognized as a Best College for Getting a Job by Zippia—and not just any job… Stacker named Loyola among only 100 colleges across the United States whose grads go on to earn the most money.

Sprawling 81 wooded acres in the heart of a residential neighborhood in North Baltimore, Loyola’s Evergreen campus is, quite simply, what you picture when you think of a college campus—and why ours was ranked as one of the most beautiful in Maryland—and in the top 25% for Best College Campuses in America!—by Niche.

Loyola University Maryland’s data science program was named one of the “Best Online Master’s in Data Science Programs for 2024" by Fortune. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, "employment of data scientists is projected to grow 36 percent from 2023 to 2033, much faster than the average for all occupations."

At 2%, Loyola has a drastically lower rate (which is provided by the U.S. Department of Education) than the average for four-year public (9.6%) and private (6.6%) schools in the U.S. We are proud of our graduates, who go on to earn competitive salaries and see growth in their career trajectory and income, allowing them to successfully pay off student debt.

Loyola has received the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the U.S. government’s highest recognition for community service, for nine years and counting.

Loyola received the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification, awarded to just 119 higher education institutions across the country that demonstrate national models for community-engaged learning and ensure reciprocal partnerships with local nonprofit, public, and other organizations, for 2020-26.

Loyola is again recognized as a leader among colleges and universities making promising innovations in technology, curriculum, and other areas by U.S. News & World Report in their 2025 rankings. Loyola ranked No. 13 for “Most Innovative” schools in the North region.

Loyola University Maryland was again honored on the list of U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most Fulbright students for the 2023-24 academic year. Loyola, which has received this recognition twice before, is among the top 6 Top Producing Institutions for Fulbright U.S. Students in the Master’s classification.

Loyola University Maryland has again been recognized for providing exceptional value and academic quality in U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 rankings. Loyola ranked No. 60 for “Best Value” schools in the North region.

Loyola University Maryland ranks among the Best Colleges in Maryland in 2024 by Intelligent.com based on academic quality, graduation rate, cost, return on investment, and student resources.

Loyola University Maryland was named to the 2024 Transfer Honor Roll by Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society. The list recognizes 228 colleges and universities that demonstrate institutional commitment and investment of resources to support transfer students based on 40 metrics related to the support and success of transfer students—including college cost and financial aid, campus life, admission practices, and bachelor’s degree completion.

Go Hounds! Loyola student-athletes boast the fifth-highest Graduation Success Rate (GSR) among 351 Division I schools across the country. The university's GSR has ranked in the top six nationally in all 19 years of the report's existence; Loyola has been in the top 98 or 99 percentile each year. The Greyhounds have had a GSR of 95 percent or higher each year.

Loyola ranks among the best colleges for sports and athletes, earning accolades for Best College Athletics and Best College for Student-Athletes—both in America and in the State of Maryland—by Niche. Loyola also places among Best Value Colleges for Sports by PayScale.com.

Loyola University Maryland is recognized in the top 7% of more than 1,500 U.S. colleges and universities analyzed by PayScale.com in their most recent Best Value Colleges report, which ranks schools for best monetary return for their alumni via low cost of attendance, high earning potential, or a combination of the two.

Loyola University Maryland was recognized as a Top Performer on Social Mobility by U.S. News & World Report for enrolling and graduating underrepresented students who are Pell Grant recipients. In fact, 25% of students in the Class of 2028 are Pell-eligible, and 14% of students at Loyola are Pell Grant recipients—with a graduation rate among those students of 82%.

What’s more, a 2022 study by Georgetown University recently ranked Loyola in the top 2% for ROI among all U.S. colleges and universities for low-income students.

Loyola is recognized nationally as a Best Catholic College by Niche and by College Consensus. Intelligent.com also ranked Loyola as the Best Catholic School in Maryland. While you don’t have to be Catholic to attend Loyola, which welcomes people of all faith backgrounds, Catholic colleges have long been an international standard for academic quality and rigor.

Loyola University Maryland ranks No. 18 out of nearly 600 schools across the United States in Washington Monthly’s 2024 Master’s University Rankings for its contribution to the public good in three broad categories: social mobility, research, and providing opportunities for public service. WM’s list recognizes universities based on "what they are doing for the country." Loyola also received their Best Bang for the Buck Ranking (2024), which recognizes affordability and value.