Loyola Marymount University
PA-7: Affordability and Access

Loyola Marymount University participates in all federal and state financial aid programs and provides significant funding of our own to assist students who qualify for financial aid. LMU also offers a wide range of academic scholarships programs to recognize and reward the scholastic accomplishments of our most distinguished entering freshmen. When eligible, LMU offers students California State Grants, Federal Grants, LMU Grants, LMU Athletic Grant-In-Aid, Tuition Benefits (for staff or faculty / their children), Veteran’s Benefits, Various Scholarships, Federal Perkins Loans, Federal Subsidized and Unsubsidized Stafford Loans, Federal Direct Parent (Plus) Loan, LMU Burns Student Loan, LMU California Student Loan, LMU Shandler Student Loan, LMU Miyawaki Student Loan, Federal Work-Study,, LMU Work, and/or LMU Transfer Work. According to LMU.edu’s QuickFacts, Undergraduate financial aid recipients:85%, Graduate financial aid recipients 88%, Endowed undergraduate scholarships 241, LMU grant and scholarship contribution $98.8 million, http://financialaid.lmu.edu/ http://financialaid.lmu.edu/current/awardguide/ http://www.lmu.edu/Assets/University+Relations+Division/2014-15+Fact+and+Figures+PDF.pdf About 40 community college students from low-income families will participate in a new program to enable them to complete their bachelor’s degrees at Loyola Marymount University, thanks to a $400,000 grant from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. The two-year grant will establish the Cooke Undergraduate Research Scholars Academy at LMU in partnership with El Camino College and West Los Angeles College. The goal of the program is to expand educational opportunities for high-achieving students from ECC and WLAC whose families, schools, and communities need additional resources to help them reach their goals. LMU and its community college partners will provide educational, financial and personal support through an enriched research and educational curriculum along with peer and faculty mentoring.

First to go Program-The program pairs each student with a faculty mentor who was a first generation student. Additionally, participants have a network of LMU staff and alumni, also former first generation college students, who further support them and reinforce a community atmosphere on campus via informal receptions and dinners. First to Go is unique in that it approaches first generation college students as a population with considerable assets and resources. A collaborative effort between Academic and Student Affairs divisions, this program creates a more academically supportive environment for students. http://academics.lmu.edu/arc/programswesupport/firsttogoprogram/ ACCESS Program through College of Science and Engineering is designed for first-year students in the Seaver College of Science and Engineering. By a generous donation from Thomas and Marlene Hynes, this program provides students an opportunity in an all-expense paid, three-week residential program that focuses on academics and critical thinking in the sciences. Participation in the ACCESS program will prepare students for academic excellence through collaborative engagement in scientific scholarship. http://cse.lmu.edu/programs/access/ Welcome to Loyola Marymount University’s Upward Bound Program! Funded in 2007 by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, Upward Bound is a TRIO Program designed to provide educational and personal support services that will increase the high school graduation and college enrollment rates of its participants. Upward Bound serves high school students from low-income families in which neither parent has earned a bachelor’s degree. Services include: academic advising and workshops, tutoring, college visits, assistance with the college and financial aid application process, social activities, and a residential summer school experience on the LMU campus. http://studentaffairs.lmu.edu/interculturalism/upwardbound/

LMU provides many different types of scholarships, particularly 4-year scholarship programs for entering freshmen. These merit-based scholarships are for students with outstanding academic records, rigor of college prep curriculum and class standing. For example, there is the Arrupe Scholarship, LMU Scholarship, Trustee and Presidential Scholarship, Jesuit and Marymount High School Scholarship, and LMU Achievement Awards. The Leadership Scholarship in particular gives special consideration to students who demonstrate exceptional leadership despite significant hardship or disadvantage. http://financialaid.lmu.edu/prospective/scholarships/LMU_Academic_Scholarship_Programs_for_Entering_Freshmen_2011-2012.htm Other LMU 4 (or continuing)–year scholarships that are provided by alumni networks and are given to students of academic achievement and financial need include the African American Alumni Association Scholarship Program and Mexican American Alumni Association Scholarship Program. Various one-time LMU scholarships are provided by outside donors and several of them list financial need as a requirement to get the scholarship. http://www.lmu.edu/giving/whysupport/Goals_and_Priorities/Scholarships/Listing_of_Existing_Scholarships.htm

The federal government has given several major grants to Loyola Marymount University in support of the school’s commitment to recruiting underserved minorities, low-income and first-generation college students interested in pursuing careers in science and teaching. LMU was awarded three highly competitive grants totaling almost $3 million – two by the National Science Foundation and another from the Department of Education – to train young scientists and teachers in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields, as well as the social sciences. “LMU is doing many things to recruit and then ensure the success of underserved minorities and first-generation college students,” said President David W. Burcham. “These successful programs are another place where our rhetoric becomes reality.” The grants go hand-in-hand with LMU’s just-announced $100 million scholarship endowment campaign, as well as other longstanding LMU efforts to recruit and support low-income students, particularly first-generation college attendees, as well as under-represented minorities who go to Los Angeles-area high schools.

LMU Extension is committed to making continuing education affordable. Thanks to the generosity of the University, our benefactors, religious communities and the community, we have scholarship and tuition assistance opportunities available to the general public for selected programs. A scholarship is an award of tuition assistance for specific professional certificate programs. Due to the generosity of University benefactors, LMU Extension is able award several partial merit and need-based scholarships to qualified students annually. Martin Gang Scholarship A merit-based scholarship for qualified applicants enrolling in the African American Ministry, Cultural Orientation Program for International Ministers, and Pastoral Studies in Spanish professional certificate programs. Thomas P. Pike Scholarship A need-based scholarship for qualified applications enrolling in the Alcohol and Drug Counseling professional certificate program. Payne-Chapple Scholarship A need-based scholarship for qualified applicants enrolling in the Advanced Yoga Therapy (level 2) and Clinical Yoga Therapy (level 3) professional certificate programs. Third Party Sponsorship Many companies, professional organizations offer their own tuition assistance for employees enrolling in professional and continuing education programs. Some individuals have insurance policies which will pay for retraining. Sometimes friends and family members may wish to setup a gift account in a student's name to help defray the cost of tuition. To obtain information and/or make arrangements to have your tuition paid by a third party, be sure to contact LMU Extension prior to enrollment. http://academics.lmu.edu/extension/programs/tuitionassistance/

LMUCC is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing high quality care for children 6 weeks to 5 years of age. Recently, LMUCC achieved accreditation for the second time from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), an honor bestowed upon less than 8% of child care centers nationwide. LMUCC exists to support the University's mission by caring for the children of its faculty, staff, students and community and furthering the University's mission of social justice. It is our belief that our society can achieve its optimal potential when we ensure educational equality for all, beginning at infancy. The core tenet of LMUCC and its success lies in relationships. We believe that positive, caring relationships between a child and the significant adults in his or her life are vital to quality care.