Andhra Loyola College

Andhra Loyola College has been a fixture of higher education in Vijayawada since 1953, when the Jesuits established it on what were then the city's outskirts. It is primarily an arts and science college, with its humanities departments — English, economics, history and political science — forming the academic core, and it has long drawn students from across the surrounding Krishna delta districts. The campus is known locally for its green, unhurried character in an otherwise busy commercial city. The college holds an A+ grade from NAAC and a NIRF rank of 65, unusual standing for a traditional affiliated college. It suits students in coastal Andhra Pradesh who want an established, values-driven undergraduate education in the humanities at modest cost, close to home, with the option of postgraduate study in English on the same campus.