Overview
Class of 2020 Environmental Engineering students in ENGR 361L.
Loyola’s BS in Engineering program offers students a chance to study engineering at a nationally respected Jesuit university in the world-class city of Chicago.
We are honored to be currently ranked #37 (out of 286) by our peers in the 2025 U.S. News and World Report list of Best Undergraduate Engineering programs (No Doctorate). The first time we were eligible (2021) to participate in the U.S. News survey, our initial ranking in the list of Best Undergraduate Engineering programs (No Doctorate) was #39 (out of 239). New Engineering programs cannot participate until they receive ABET accreditation, which we received in Fall, 2020.
Loyola Engineering is also the first program in the U.S. to fully integrate engineering and social justice in its curriculum, and was initially #6 (out of 429) in ASEE's (American Society for Engineering Education) 2020 Institutions by Percentage Bachelor's Degrees Awarded to Women. Fifty-two percent of our Class of 2020 graduates were women. We were not eligible to participate in the ASEE survey until we received ABET accreditation. We continue to be ranked in the Top 10 nationally in Institutions by Percentage Bachelor's Degrees Awarded to Women because we consistently graduate just over 50% women.
A hallmark of our program is our emphasis on active learning. Rather than delivering a full lecture in each course, each professor provides a mini-lecture to go over fine points of the homework. The class then breaks into small groups of 3-4 students, and conducts group activities (problem-based, collaborative, or service learning). To facilitate active learning, there are never more than 24 students in any Engineering course section. You can learn more about our active learning methodology, which facilitates student engagement and engineering retention, here.
Loyola’s BS in Engineering program offers students a chance to study engineering at a nationally respected Jesuit university in the world-class city of Chicago.
We are honored to be currently ranked #37 (out of 286) by our peers in the 2025 U.S. News and World Report list of Best Undergraduate Engineering programs (No Doctorate). The first time we were eligible (2021) to participate in the U.S. News survey, our initial ranking in the list of Best Undergraduate Engineering programs (No Doctorate) was #39 (out of 239). New Engineering programs cannot participate until they receive ABET accreditation, which we received in Fall, 2020.
Loyola Engineering is also the first program in the U.S. to fully integrate engineering and social justice in its curriculum, and was initially #6 (out of 429) in ASEE's (American Society for Engineering Education) 2020 Institutions by Percentage Bachelor's Degrees Awarded to Women. Fifty-two percent of our Class of 2020 graduates were women. We were not eligible to participate in the ASEE survey until we received ABET accreditation. We continue to be ranked in the Top 10 nationally in Institutions by Percentage Bachelor's Degrees Awarded to Women because we consistently graduate just over 50% women.
A hallmark of our program is our emphasis on active learning. Rather than delivering a full lecture in each course, each professor provides a mini-lecture to go over fine points of the homework. The class then breaks into small groups of 3-4 students, and conducts group activities (problem-based, collaborative, or service learning). To facilitate active learning, there are never more than 24 students in any Engineering course section. You can learn more about our active learning methodology, which facilitates student engagement and engineering retention, here.