Iona's beautiful 35-acre campus is located approximately 20 miles north of Manhattan in suburban Westchester County, New York. This ideal proximity to New York City provides Iona students endless career and social opportunities.

In addition to the main campus in New Rochelle, the College features a campus in Rockland County, the Rockland Graduate Center, which opened in August 2003. Strategically positioned between the Tappan Zee and George Washington bridges, the Rockland Graduate Center boasts classrooms equipped with projection systems, two computer labs, a library, a lounge, conference rooms and administrative offices.

Student Body

3,249 undergraduate students
896 graduate students
65 Professional Studies Program students

Student/Faculty Ratio

13 to 1

Academic Programs

Iona offers a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate degrees in the School of Arts and Science and the Hagan School of Business, including undergraduate degree programs for students enrolled in the evening Professional Studies Program.

Tuition

For information on tuition and fees for Iona's undergraduate, graduate,
evening/weekend and professional studies programs, please visit Student Financial Services.

Residence Halls

Over 1,076 Iona students choose to live in one of the College's five housing options. The primary goal of Iona's Residential Life program is to provide a safe, secure and comfortable environment where academic success, as well as the social, emotional, spiritual, physical and cultural development of each resident, is facilitated.

Reputation

Iona has most recently been included in the following prestigious rankings:

• US News and World Report's "Top Tier" in "America's Best Colleges 2010" (#30)
• The Princeton Review's "Best Northeastern Colleges 2010"
• The Princeton Review's "Best 301 Business Schools 2010"
• The Princeton Review's "Best 639 National Colleges 2010"
• BusinessWeek Magazine's "Best 25 Undergraduate Business Schools in Northeast 2009"
• Forbes Magazine, "America's Top 600 Colleges & Universities 2009"

Accreditation

Iona College is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.

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Student Life

Iona students are encouraged to participate in more than 75 active, student-run clubs and organizations, including media groups, fraternities and sororities, academic clubs and cultural organizations. The Office of Student Development hosts hundreds of on and off-campus events throughout the year.

Technology

Iona became the first Metro-New York college with a completely wireless Internet campus in September 2001. In March 2007, 52 dual-boot Apple Macs were installed in Ryan Library. Today there are 310 dual-boot Apple iMacs available for student use. Only a handful of colleges nationwide a have deployed this type of Mac, which can run both Apple and Windows operating systems. There are 37 computing facilities and three libraries housing more than 607 student computers. In addition, there are 70 smart classrooms. Distance learning courses are offered through Blackboard and Wimba. Online registration and bill payment is available.

Capital Campaign

Recent campaigns at Iona include a $2 million Library Challenge to upgrade and modernize older parts of Ryan Library to complement the Visions of Excellence (VOE) $14.7 million campaign to expand and renovate the Library. The funds raised for VOE provided cutting edge technology and enhanced classrooms and meeting space for the library. Iona also received three prestigious grants from The Booth Ferris Foundation, The Kresge Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, respectively, to help meet its VOE fundraising goal.

Prior to VOE, the ground-breaking Vision into Reality campaign raised $82.6 million in funds for new scholarships and buildings. A few projects made possible by this campaign include the Robert V. LaPenta '67, '00H Student Union, the Hynes Athletics Center and an endowment for more than 23 scholarship funds.

Athletics

Iona proudly sponsors 21 NCAA Division I teams in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). A total of 126 Iona student-athletes were named to the 2008-2009 MAAC Academic Honor Roll.

The Iona College men's cross country program continued its "Tradition of Excellence" with its 19th consecutive MAAC Championship in the fall of 2009, the second longest active streak in NCAA Division I. The program is one of two in the country to finish in the Top 10 at the national championship event in each of the last eight years including two national runner up finishes in 2007 and 2008. Also over the span the team has captured six Northeast Regional titles.

The women's cross country team collected its conference record fifth straight MAAC Championship in 2009. In 2006, the team finished 20th at NCAAs, earning its first-ever automatic bid with a second-place finish at the Northeast Regional Championship.

The women's basketball team continued its recent history of success with its third Women's NIT bid in the past four years in March 2010. After collecting a program record 21 wins in 2006-07 and the first postseason bid in school history, the Gaels advanced to the second round of the WNIT in both 2007 and 2008.

The men's basketball team has continued its return to prominence in the MAAC and the New York Metropolitan Area in 2009-10. After being predicted to finish ninth, Iona finished third in the league standings and its 21 wins were the most among schools within 30 miles of Madison Square Garden.

Visit the Gaels home page for more information.

Volunteer Opportunities

The Center for Campus Ministries offers hundreds of volunteer opportunities throughout the year. The Iona in Mission program provides students the unique experience to spend anywhere from a weekend to a semester volunteering in another culture either in the U.S. or abroad.

Study Abroad

Iona students can choose to study abroad in Australia, France, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain. Juniors in the Honors Program and other qualified Iona students can apply for the Br. Patrick Doyle Oxford Fellowship, a one year study abroad opportunity at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford University, England.

Tradition of Success

Iona alumni include leading executives at top Fortune 500 companies, surgeons, film directors, published writers, major league baseball players, Broadway musicians, and thousands of successful professionals. In fact, the current president and co-chief operating officer of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the current president and chief executive officer of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (NASDAQ) are both Iona College alums.