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Loyola College in Maryland
Motto	"Strong Truths Well Lived"
Established	1852
Type	Private, Catholic, Jesuit
Endowment	$143.6 million [1]
President	Rev. Brian F. Linnane, S.J.
Staff	307
Undergraduates	3,501
Postgraduates	2,630
Location	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Campus	Urban
Colors	Green and Grey
Mascot	Greyhound
Website	http://www.loyola.edu

Loyola College in Maryland, formerly Loyola College, is a private, coeducational university in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, affiliated with the Society of Jesus and the Roman Catholic Church. Founded in 1852 by Father John Early and eight other members of the Society of Jesus, Loyola College in Maryland is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. The school prides itself on its Ignatian heritage, commitment to the educational and spiritual traditions of the Jesuit order, and belief in liberal education that develops the whole person. The College's first "campus" was a modest house on Holliday Street in downtown Baltimore. In 1855, Loyola relocated to a larger facility in the City's historic Mount Vernon neighborhood.

The College moved to its present Evergreen campus in north Baltimore in 1922. Evening classes commenced in 1942, and seven years later a graduate division in Education was established. The graduate degree program in Business Management was added in 1968, followed by graduate programs in Speech Pathology in 1971, and Finance in 1973. Today, the College's list of graduate programs has grown to include Psychology, Modern Studies, Pastoral Counseling, Computer Science, and Software Engineering.

Loyola became coeducational in 1971, following its joining with Mount Saint Agnes College, a neighboring women's college that was experiencing financial difficulties and closed following the joining. That same year, the College's Board of Trustees elected its first layman Chair. A decade later, Loyola established a separate business school - The Rev. Joseph A. Sellinger, Jr., School of Business and Management.

The 1994 approval for a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa - an honor for the Arts and Sciences faculty held by only 254 other institutions - complemented the 1988 accreditation of the Sellinger School by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business. A loyal alumni population, strong corporate and civic support, and the dedication and commitment of the laity who assist the Jesuit priests in their work have all helped make Loyola the institution it is today.

Loyola College is the first college in the United States to bear the name of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, and is the ninth oldest among the nation's 28 Jesuit colleges and universities. The Loyola College Trustees in 1977 adopted the name Loyola College in Maryland to differentiate the institution from the three other Loyolas (Chicago, Los Angeles and New Orleans) and to better reflect the regional recruitment strategy that has characterized the school's dramatic growth and development from a local commuter school to a regional and residential university in the last three decades. Today, undergraduate enrollments have more than doubled since 1977, and four of every five undergraduate students comes from outside Maryland. The Trustees have retained the word college in Loyola's name to underscore its primary mission as a liberal arts undergraduate institution, although The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching classification categorizes Loyola as a master's university (see college for a discussion of the distinction between the two terms in American usage).

The college operates a radio station, WLOY on 1620 kHZ AM

Loyola played Syracuse for the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship in 1990, but lost 21-9.

In the 1993-94 season, the men's basketball team, under Skip Prosser, made its only NCAA Tournament appearance, losing to Arizona, 81-55.

• Mark Bowden
• Tom Clancy, author
• Jill P. Carter, politician
• Jim McKay, sports reporter
• Hugh Meade, (1929), U.S. Congressman for Maryland 2nd District, 1947-1949.
• Herbert O'Conor, 51st Governor of Maryland from 1947-1953
• Dennis F. Rasmussen, (1970), Baltimore County Executive, 86-90.
• Zach Thornton, goalie for Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer.
• Edward Hanway, CEO of Cigna Healthcare

• Loyola College in Maryland
• Official Loyola Greyhounds site
• The Greyhound (Student Newspaper)

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Canisius • Fairfield • Iona • Loyola (MD) • Manhattan • Marist • Niagara • Rider • Siena • Saint Peter's

Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities

Boston College • Canisius College • College of the Holy Cross • Creighton University • Fairfield University • Fordham University • Georgetown University • Gonzaga University • John Carroll University • Le Moyne College • Loyola University Chicago • Loyola College in Maryland • Loyola Marymount University • Loyola University New Orleans • Marquette University • Regis University • Rockhurst University • Saint Louis University • Saint Joseph's University • Saint Peter's College • Santa Clara University • Seattle University • Spring Hill College • University of Detroit Mercy • University of San Francisco • University of Scranton • Wheeling Jesuit University • Xavier University