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New Rochelle, NY – August 17, 2007 – Iona College has advanced two spots to rank thirty-eighth out of 174 northern institutions in the 2008 edition of U.S. News & World Report America’s Best Colleges guide. This is the college’s highest ranking yet, and the fourth year in a row that Iona has featured in the “top tier” of colleges and universities in the North that offer a full range of undergraduate and master’s level programs.

Among the factors that contributed to Iona’s rise within the top tier are its student/faculty ratio (15/1); the percentage of freshman in the top 25% of their high school class (54%); and the percentage of full-time faculty (72%). To view Iona’s profile on the U.S. News & World Report web site, visit: http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/directory/brief/drglance_2737_brief.php.

Founded in 1940 by the Congregation of Christian Brothers, Iona College is a private, coeducational institution of learning in the tradition of American Catholic higher education. Iona is currently listed in the US News and World Report's annual "America's Best Colleges 2008," BusinessWeek’s listing of the “Best Undergraduate B-Schools,” The Princeton Review's Best Northeastern Colleges 2007 and Best 282 Business Schools 2007. The College offers undergraduate degrees in liberal arts, science, and business administration, as well as master of arts, master of science and master of business administration degrees and numerous post-graduate certificate programs.

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For questions or more information please contact:
Cecilia Donohoe
Public Relations Office
Iona College, 715 North Avenue, New Rochelle, N.Y. 10801
tel: (914) 633-2005 fax: (914) 637-2711
cdonohoe@iona.edu

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