Loyola University Maryland Reviews

"Everyone from the faculty to the former students who have already graduated are willing to get involved and help you start the career you want to receive. The workload is manageable, even with a full time job and the area provides a wide variety or activities, living arrangements and transportation options."

"Loyola Psy.D. program is competitive and challenging. The training opportunities are outstanding! The faculty is supportive and friendly. While the class cohort is not diverse, you have an opportunity to work with a diverse group of clients in Baltimore, and the surrounding area."

"- Loyola has an outstanding commitment to diversity and preparing students to teach in diverse schools. They say they're about social justice, and they mean it. - The program is academically rigorous, especially the Methods classes. I knocked off two stars because of the next point-- - BEWARE. The grad school MAT program is being watered down with Required "hybrid online" classes. You must take them online. There is no other version available. They are required core classes. You meet once a month on campus, and the rest is online. The professor does nothing. At first there was just one required hybrid online class; now in fall 2014 there will be one or two more. They cost the same as real classes, you just get less for your money. - The availability of the professors is limited since many of them are adjunct professors -- freeway fliers split between multiple schools. You can get office hours, but the professors visibly wince. - Loyola has a parking problem. You're much better off living on campus. The commuter parking lots are a bus-ride away, so most people try to score parking places around the reservoir. The circling cars look like raptors. I've spent as much as forty minutes trying to find parking, no kidding. The neighborhood's not unsafe during the day, but it's iffy at night. The Baltimore area's a checkerboard: a bad neighborhood can be across the street from a good neighborhood, and you need to know where to avoid. The school will tell you what areas they will not fund off-site housing because of the hazards."

"Best of the best. The pastoral counseling program is a top CACREP accredited program that other programs model theirs on. Fantastic education. 4 quarters of clinical work required. Intern sites say Loyola students are the best prepared of any of their clinical students."

"The program is small and allows for a lot of contact with the professors. Staff and the university are very helpful and supportive. Columbia, Maryland is not a great college town and can be somewhat inaccessible without a car. With a car, Baltimore and Washington DC are very nearby."

"The faculty and staff are very attentive and passionate about their field"

"The academic study in Counseling Psychology is challenging and I enjoy it. I do not want the academics not to be challenging because receiving licensure in the field is very competitive especially in Maryland. Although I am not able to pay for two classes, which I've passed this pass semester, I am diligently pursuing scholarships, loans for the past semester in order to move forward and taken the remaining two classes for licensure. The only con at Loyola lies upon campus diversity...you would hope to see the same kind even if it's not your major."

"Pros - knowledgeable and passionate professors Cons - financial aid"

"Loyola's graduate programs in Psychology (MS and PsyD) offers challenging courses and greatly prepares individuals for the clinical field of psychology."

"The workload in one class: Marriage and Family Theories was wonderful however the second class: Drug and Addictions was overloaded immensely for graduate students. Tuition is out of my budget range and I have to pay the entire balance before moving onto another class. I am basically stuck until the balance is paid in full. The majority of faculty is supportive but the remaining few does not support graduate students that work and attend classes especially for the older student."

"The staff at Loyola is very supportive and their guidance is helpful in allowing students to get where they need to be."

"A good program for students looking to work as masters level clinicians. Expensive."

"Excellent program with supportive professors."

"Loyola is an excellent school. The teachers are highly involved and care about the success of each individual student."

"I love the Kodaly Grad Program at Loyola University! I would definitely recommend it to anyone seeking a music education degree!"

"Great program with insightful teachers who make time to go through everything with you if needed. Facilities are gorgeous but depending on the campus, sometimes the neighborhood is not the best. Definitely one of the best programs in the region."

"Loyola University has a strong reputation in the field of psychology. The graduate program has a clear commitment to developing competent and dedicated professionals for research and practice. Some of its biggest strengths can be attributed to the school's Jesuit tradition, which emphasizes service and a holistic approach to promoting the well-being of others. Another strength is the program's faculty, which is composed of an elite group of educators who possess a broad range of experiences and theoretical orientations. Furthermore, the Baltimore area provides students with a diverse pool of externship sites that help them gain significant work experience and opportunities to network in the professional world. The weaknesses of the program have little to do with the quality of education that students receive. Truthfully, they are most concerned with matters of convenience. For example, the lack of graduate housing and the late afternoon/evening class times can pose difficulties for students who have to commute in rush hour and balance the responsibilities of a full-time job. In addition, tuition costs are high, especially for those who have recently graduated from an undergraduate institution. However, it should be noted that the Financial Aid Office at Loyola is a helpful resource for students."

"My first semester, I was informed that I could apply for financial aid however I was supposed to be in a program approved for federal loans. I talked to several faculty and was informed that I needed to pay for courses last semester. I have been transferred to another program that is listed under approved federal funding. The diversity of the school is lacking especially for older students that are working and have a family with a graduate degree and the school continues to keep a high workload despite the above. It has been difficult but I am managing and the workload is geared to the mass of younger students."

"Loyola strengths are in there professors skill sets and knowledge. They all are experts in there field. There is no finer counseling program to found that incorporates spirituality with counseling. the Cons are the cost of the program and being CACREP accredited as opposed to APA."

"Loyola University of Maryland has a flexible part-time MBA program that is great for the working professional. Faculty and staff are great and alumni are also great resources. Finding a job is easy."