Sellinger School of Business

Loyola has a unique culture of hard working, friendly students and awesome professors who have practice in their respective fields and genuinely care about students. The great faculty and small classes make Loyola stand out among the other business programs I considered.

The advisors aren't always helpful, they can be lazy and not care. I have had a hard time in the past understanding foreign teachers or teachers that don't know how to teach intro level classes that don't know as much as they do.

Small, intimate class settings help with a student's learning experience as well as networking with various classmates/professors. Smaller class sizes also allow for more in depth assignments/activities to practice and strengthen students' business skills and knowledge.

To make the business program stronger, Loyola needs to offer courses and degrees that are current to the specific time period we are in, for example, social media and sports management.

Students must take classes that cover not just our major, but other aspects of business as well. For instance, all business major must take microeconomics, macroeconomics, managerial account, financial accounting, marketing, international business, ethics, law, computer science, math, information systems, and finance. Also, students are encouraged to do community service, get internships, and study abroad.

If our school did not have as many required liberal arts courses, we would have the room to take more electives within the business school.

In the four years that I have been here, the school's atmosphere has completely changed. I am proud to be a part of a school that has shifted its gears and really focused on bettering its reputation. The Sellinger School of Business is amongst the top 50 business schools in the country, yet classes are still very small. This makes our business program unique. Having access to a top notch education and receiving extra attention from great professors because of the small class sizes.

Our business program could be made stronger if they offered additional classes and/or a minor that will prepare students who are interested in pursuing nonprofit work or starting their own business with aims towards social justice

The experiential learning requirement makes Loyola University Maryland stand out from the many other business schools across the nation. My classmates and I are not only prepared in the classroom but also in the real-world experience gained through our internships, service, and overseas experiences.

The only thing that could really boost the business program here at Loyola University is a much higher presence of campus recruiting, especially in the financial sector.

What makes our business program unique is the small classroom environment. All of my teachers knew me by name and knew each of our hobbies and interests. Compared to my friends at larger universities, my teachers helped us to prepare for interviews and gave us recommendations for future employers that I do not think students at larger universities received. Also the Jesuit values instilled in the university also is incorporated into the way our teachers taught us.

My only suggestion would be to have more prominent and prestigious firms recruit on campus. I believe Loyola has made progress, but having more high-profile consulting firms, technology companies, and investment banks recruit on campus would help satisfy many of the concerns of the business school students. I feel that a student with a business degree from Loyola should be worthy of obtaining full time employment at some of the nation's top firms. Many times we do not have that opportunity because those type of companies do not come to recruit on campus at Loyola. However, I have no complaints because I did obtain an internship with a high-profile bank and full-time employment with a prestigious consulting firm through the Loyola's career center.

Loyola's business school requires all business students to complete two out of three requirements: Internship, Study Abroad, or Community Service. By completing these requirements, your resume has specific and interesting points that make you stand out from students from other universities.