CaliforniaColleges.edu

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Screen last updated on: April 13, 2010

QUICK FACTS

Type of school:

university, private (nonprofit)

Year established:

1911, began offering graduate programs in 1920

Coeducational information:

coeducational institution, became coeducational in 1973

Total campus enrollment:

7,640 students

CONTACT INFORMATION

Street address:

Loyola Marymount University
One LMU Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90045

Main telephone numbers:

310-338-2700

Main home page:

www.lmu.edu

Dean of graduate school or other contact for admissions:

Chake Kouyoumjian, MA,
Director of Graduate Studies
graduate@lmu.edu

LOCATION/ENVIRONMENT & TRANSPORTATION

Campus location:

in or near a major city (pop. 300,000 or more)

Founded in 1911, LMU is a premiere Catholic university rooted in the Jesuit and Marymount traditions. We are a medium-sized institution with about 5,500 undergaduate and 2,000 graduate students, as well as, 1,300 law students in our downtown Los Angeles law school campus.

Our 150-acre bluff-top campus was recently named in the "10 Most Beautiful Campuses" by Princeton Review. Located in Westchester - a friendly, residental neighborhood in Los Angeles - we are surrounded by all of the cultural richness of the cosmopolitan Southern California area.

Our students enjoy ocean and mountain vistas, a moderate climate, and crisp breezes characteristic of a coastal location. LMU has easy access to several major freeways and Los Angeles International Airport.

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