School of Education
Mission and Vision
Our Vision
At the School of Education of Loyola University Chicago, future education leaders will have a transformational experience, one that prepares them to address social inequalities in both their local and global communities through the power of education and research.
Our Mission
The School of Education at Loyola University Chicago, a Jesuit Catholic urban university, supports the Jesuit ideal of knowledge in the service of humanity. We endeavor to advance equity in education in service of social justice, engaged with Chicago, the nation, and the world. In pursuit of our vision, the School of Education participates in the discovery, development, demonstration, and dissemination of professional knowledge and practice within a context of ethics, service to others, and social justice.
Our mission is social justice, but our responsibility is social action through education and research. We fulfill our responsibility by preparing professionals to serve as teachers, administrators, counselors, psychologists, and policymakers who work across the human developmental continuum, and by conducting research on issues of professional practice in schools, families, and communities. In our immersive learning environment, students gain both second-to-none foundational knowledge and a strategic system-wide vision working alongside some of the top scholars and teachers in the nation. Through our rigorous curriculum, students learn to be comfortable with the uncomfortable, supported by our passionate and dedicated faculty, staff, and administrators. And they leave with lasting relationships with each other and an extensive alumni network of leaders in education across Illinois, the U.S., and the world.
School of Education
- Catholic Principal Preparation Program (MEd)
- Catholic School Leadership (MEd)
- Clinical Mental Health Counseling (EdS)
- Community Counseling (MEd)
- Curriculum and Pedagogy in Higher Education Certificate
- Curriculum, Culture, and Communities (EdD)
- Curriculum, Culture, and Communities (MEd)
- Director of Special Education Endorsement
- Educational Leadership-Principal Preparation (MEd)
- Educational Leadership-Principal Preparation (EdD)
- Educational Leadership-Superintendent Preparation (EdD)
- Elementary Education (MEd)
- Elementary Education with Dance (MED)
- Elementary Education with Theater (MED)
- Higher Education (EdD)
- Higher Education (MEd)
- Instructional Coaching Certificate
- International Higher Education (MEd)
- Language, Culture, and Curriculum (MEd)
- Leading Inclusive Catholic Schools Certificate
- Measurement and Quantitative Methodology Certificate
- Organizational Evaluation Certificate
- Principal Endorsement
- School and Community Counseling (MEd)
- School Counseling (MEd)
- School Discipline Reform Certificate
- School Psychology (EdD)
- School Psychology (MEd/EdS)
- Secondary Education (MEd)
- Superintendent Endorsement
Graduate Programs
Graduate & Professional Standards and Regulations
Students in graduate and professional programs can find their Academic Policies in Graduate and Professional Academic Standards and Regulations under their school. Any additional University Policies supercede school policies.