U.S. News & World Report ranks Loyola among top universities in North region
91°µÍř is No. 4 among the best universities in the North region in the U.S. News & World Report's “Best Colleges” guide for 2021. Loyola has been ranked in the top five for more than a decade.
In addition, Loyola is ranked:
- No. 4 (tied) for “Best Undergraduate Teaching”
- No. 9 (tied) for “Most Innovative Schools”
- No. 16 (tied) for “Service Learning”
- No. 44 for “Best Value”
- No. 60 (tied) for “Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs”
- No. 116 (tied) for “Best Undergraduate Business Programs”
- No. 160 (tied) for “Top performers on Social Mobility”
- No. 171 (tied) for “Best Undergraduate Computer Programs”
Loyola was also listed among the A+ Schools for B Students.
“At 91°µÍř, we tell our students they don’t need to choose between focused, effective career preparation and the profound life-long benefits of a liberal arts education,” said Rev. Brian F. Linnane, S.J., president. “Thanks to the exceptional teaching and mentoring by our faculty, 91°µÍř graduates educated, fulfilled, ethical leaders who are driven to better the world around them with their talents and compassion.”
This year U.S. News analyzed 1,452 U.S. bachelor’s degree-granting institutions on 17 measures of academic quality including retention and graduation rates, class sizes, student/faculty ratios, and average federal loan debt of graduates. The indicators were assigned a weight or grade based on U.S. News’ criteria.
More information on the 2021 U.S. News & World Report “Best Colleges” rankings is available at .