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Loyola Marymount University

Loyola Marymount University
The university seal
Latin: Universitas Loyolaae Mariamontis
Former names
Los Angeles College (1911)
St. Vincent's College (1917)
Loyola College of Los Angeles (1918)
Loyola University of Los Angeles (1930–1973)
also Marymount Junior College (1932–1948)
Marymount College (1948–1973)
Motto Ad majorem Dei gloriam (Latin)
Tua Luce Dirige (Latin)
Motto in English
For the greater glory of God
Direct us by thy light
Type Private Nonprofit
Coeducational
Established 1911 (1865)
(merger)
Religious affiliation
Roman Catholic (Jesuit, Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange)
Endowment $440 million (2016)
President Timothy Law Snyder
Provost Joseph B. Hellige
Academic staff
534
Students 9,392 (Fall 2015)
Undergraduates 6,259 (Fall 2015)
Postgraduates 3,133 (Fall 2015)
Location Westchester, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Campus Urban – 150 acres (60.7 ha)
Fight song "Fight on Loyola"
Colors Crimson and Blue
         
Athletics NCAA Division IWCC, PCSC
Sports 22 varsity teams
(10 men's and 12 women's)
Nickname Lions
Mascot Iggy the Lion
Affiliations AJCU
ACCU
NAICU
Website www.lmu.edu
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University rankings
National
Forbes 150
Regional
U.S. News & World Report 3
Master's University class
Washington Monthly 94

Loyola Marymount University (LMU) is a private, co-educational university in the Jesuit and Marymount traditions located in the Westchester community of Westside Los Angeles, California. The university is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities and one of five Marymount institutions of higher education.

Loyola Marymount University traces its history through Loyola University, founded in 1911 as the successor to St. Vincent's College which was founded in 1865, and Marymount College, founded in 1933 with its roots in Marymount School which was founded in 1923. Loyola Marymount, which sits atop the bluffs overlooking Marina Del Rey and Playa Del Rey is the parent school to Loyola Law School located in downtown Los Angeles.

As of 2010, Loyola Marymount is one of the largest Roman Catholic universities on the West Coast with just over 9,000 undergraduate, graduate and law school students.

The names "" and "" have long been associated with Catholic higher education in countries around the globe. Saint Ignatius Loyola, founder of The Society of Jesus, sanctioned the foundation of his order's first school in 1548. The Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary have conducted educational institutions since their establishment in France in 1849 by Father Jean Gailhac. These two traditions of education have come together in Los Angeles as Loyola Marymount University.


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