<p>I have 3 main schools in mind all private, hoping to get more scholarships. I live in Ohio.</p>
<p>Loyola University of Chicago
Xavier University in Cincy
Marquette University in Milwaukee</p>
<p>Mainly business/liberal arts/economics undergrad. I like the idea of a smaller private school but still in a urban area.</p>
<p>What do you guys think?</p>
<p>marquette
loyola
xavier</p>
<p>U of Illinois - Urbana is a good school. But it is a huge school so I guess you wouldn't like that.</p>
<p>Out of the schools you picked, I would say Loyola University of Chicago is top.</p>
<p>I agree with Loyola being the best, but comparable to Marquette (but I'd rather live in Chicago than Milwaukee).</p>
<p>Xavier is the closest and I do live in ohio so there are scholarships available there but I figured loyola was the top choice. Although USNEWS rates Xavier as the #3 school in the midwest for Master's degree.</p>
<p>Xavier is your best choice for a small school in an Urban setting. It has 5,000 less students than Loyola, and as you said, scholarships are there.</p>
<p>Well my main question was for business majors. I just like the idea of the small school in urban settings not neccesary. I want to be in an urban setting though for sure.</p>
<p>As a general rule, business majors tend to be strong at Catholic universities (Boston College, Fordham, Georgetown, all the Loyolas, etc.)</p>
<p>Marquette and Xavier are Catholic based aren't they?</p>
<p>All three are I believe.</p>
<p>how about depaul, with these schools its personal preference</p>
<p>Loyola's business school is located at their Water Tower campus. Have you visited? Right on the Magnificent Mile at Water Tower Park. The location is prime real estate...just doesn't get any better in Chicago. All of their W.T. facilities are/have been recently renovated. They're also in the process of building a brand new residence tower at that campus located right across the street from classes. It'll be for upper classmen/grad students. You could live at the Lakeshore campus the first two years, take all your core curriculum classes, and then move over to Water Tower for the business curriculum. Speaking of DePaul, also a solid business school with an amazing main campus in Lincoln Park, and the College of Commerce at their Loop campus has great facilities as well. Don't forget the internship possibilities of these two schools located in downtown Chicago.</p>
<p>All 3 of your schools are Catholic, Jesuit universities. Therefore, along with your business major, expect to have a strong liberal arts core curriculum of some type. There will be math, science, history, theo/philosophy, english, social sciences, arts and languages courses required of all students.</p>
<p>DePaul is a Catholic school too, but not Jesuit.</p>
<p>^^^isn't that true of any university, Catholic or not? My major is accounting, but I've had to take science, literature, english, math, sociology, psychology, history, language and art classes too. My school is not affiliated with religion, just private.</p>