Iona College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large suburb.

Overview

Iona College, established in 1940, is situated in New Rochelle, New York. The college was founded by the Congregation of Christian Brothers. The campus is situated in an area of 35 acres. The college also has a branch campus in the Rockland County.

It offers undergraduate degrees, master of science, master of arts, master of business administration degrees and several post-graduate certificate programs. The college has the following 2 academic units:

• School of Arts and Sciences
• Hagan School of Business

Iona College presently has more than 40 media organizations and active clubs on campus. It is home to 3 fraternities and 6 sororities including Beta Chi Sorority, Gamma Lambda Rho Sorority, Delta Tau Delta Fraternity, and Zeta Kappa Chi Fraternity. Iona College’s student body is diverse and it includes more than 3,000 undergraduate and over 800 graduate students.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Roman Catholic religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in media, business and management, and therapy and counseling.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High faculty salary.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• Large number of students.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Masters Colleges and Universities I.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 4,375 in 2009-2010 (4,197 full-time equivalent).

About 39% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 61% of the class.

Undergrads are 73% of enrolled students and graduate students are 27%.

Students under 25 years old represent 83% of the student body. About 4% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Iona provides on-campus housing for 1,018 of its 4,197 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 91 male students received the aid (men were 44% of those receiving aid) and 114 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 56% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Iona offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Master.

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Postbaccalaureate Comprehensive.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (461 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business, Management, Marketing & Related Support Services
• E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce
• Finance
• Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (15 awarded)

• Computer Science
• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
• Computer and Information Sciences

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (110 awarded)

• Biology Teacher Education
• Education
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• Foreign Language Teacher Education
• French Language Teacher Education
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Multicultural Education
• Reading Teacher Education
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Social Studies Teacher Education
• Spanish Language Teacher Education

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (16 awarded)

• Social Work

LIBERAL ARTS (86 awarded)

• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• History
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• International Relations and Affairs
• Italian Language and Literature
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (5 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (147 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Journalism
• Mass Communication/Media Studies
• Public Relations/Image Management

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (35 awarded)

• Health/Health Care Administration/Management

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (23 awarded)

• Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (4 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (17 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Environmental Biology
• Physics

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (53 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (116 awarded)

• Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling
• Mental Health Counseling/Counselor
• Psychology