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The College

Iona College is a four-year, coed, comprehensive college in the suburbs of New York City. It is a medium-sized college with an average class size of 15 students. Iona offers more than forty majors. The most popular undergraduate majors are business, mass communication, education, biology, and criminal justice. Iona is a Catholic college, founded by the Congregation of Christian Brothers, where learning ethical decisions and a commitment of service to others are part of the mission.

Ionas overall enrollment is about 4,500 students, of whom 3,000 are traditional undergraduate students. The student body is talented and diverse, with students coming from thirty-five states and fifty-four countries. Thirty-three percent of the students are members of minority groups, and contribute to a college environment that values diversity.

Students are active and involved on campus. More than sixty clubs and activities are available for student participation, including student government, nine fraternities and sororities, intramural sports, community service organizations, an award-winning newspaper, radio and television stations, the yearbook, theater groups, a pipe band, ethnic-affinity groups, various honor societies, music groups, and many other possibilities.

Iona offers twenty-one NCAA Division I sports. Mens sports include baseball, basketball, cross-country, football, rowing, soccer, swimming and diving, track (indoor and outdoor), and water polo. Womens sports include basketball, cross-country, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, track (indoor and outdoor), and water polo.

The Office of Student Development operates two student clubs: the Gael Club, a nightclub; and the Iona coffeehouse in the new LaPenta Student Union. Student Development also organizes many activities for students to participate in each week. The activities include trips to New York City for theater, sports, and museums; movie nights; parties and dances; karaoke nights; wellness workshops; and other activities.

Iona offers five different residence facilities, and 67 percent of freshmen live on campus. The Colleges board plan includes the normal campus dining hall, but also can be used at nine local restaurants.

Location

Ionas campus is located in New Rochelle, New York, one of the oldest cities in the U.S. Founded in 1654, New Rochelle is a city of 70,000 on the shore of the Long Island Sound. It is a suburban community that borders New York City. Public transportation allows students to easily travel to Manhattan via commuter train in less than 30 minutes.

Majors and Degrees

Iona College offers the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, and Bachelor of Business Administration degrees in majors including accounting, biochemistry, biology (general, predental, prephysical therapy, preprofessional, and premedicine), business administration, chemistry, computer science, criminal justice, economics, education (early childhood, childhood, and adolescence), English, environmental science, finance, foreign languages (French, Italian, and Spanish), health professions preparation, history, information systems, interdisciplinary science, international business, international studies, management, marketing, mass communication (advertising, journalism, public relations, and television and video), mathematics, mathematicsapplied, medical technology, philosophy, physical therapy (joint B.S./M.S. program with New York Medical College), physics, political science, psychology, religious studies, social work, sociology, speech communication studies (humanistic communication and speech arts), and speech/language pathology and audiology. Five-year combined bachelors and masters degree programs are offered in computer science, English, history, and psychology.

There are also minors available in accounting, biology, business, chemistry, classical humanities, computer science, criminal justice, economics, English, film studies, finance, fine arts, French, German, gerontology, history, information systems, international business, Italian, management, marketing, mass communication, mathematics, peace and justice studies, philosophy, physics, political science, psychology, religious studies, sociology, Spanish, speech communication, womens studies, and writing. A number of programs offer a business minor in combination with a major or concentration.

Academic Programs

The College offers the B.A., B.S., and B.B.A. degrees to undergraduate students. The B.A. and B.S. degrees require a total of 120 credits for completion; for B.B.A. degrees, a total of 126 credits are required. As a general rule, the core curriculum fills one third of the students credit total; a major fills the second third; and elective courses, a minor, or a second major fill the final third. During the fall and spring semesters, most students take five 3-credit courses. Classes are also offered during an intensive winter session and during two summer sessions.

An honors program is available for top students who want additional enhancement to their academic program. Special courses, seminars, mentoring, advising, and off-campus opportunities are part of the honors students curriculum.

Off-Campus Programs

Iona College encourages students to broaden their educational experience through study and travel abroad. Iona sponsors summer, semester, and intersession programs in Australia, England, France, Ireland, Italy, and Spain. The College also offers a wide range of internships in most majors. In recent years, students have held internships at some of the best-known corporate names in New York City and the surrounding area.

Academic Facilities

During the past few years, every major facility on campus has been renovated. Iona College has two new state-of-the-art facilities, the Robert V. LaPenta Student Union and the Hynes Athletics Center. Future projects include an expansion of the Ryan Library that will enhance its technological infrastructure while increasing study and research space.

The Robert V. LaPenta Student Union is a 41,000 square foot Georgian-brick facility that features a bookstore, commons/lounge areas, a food court, a bistro, a state-of-the-art media center, and offices for student services and campus organizations. Situated centrally on campus, the Robert V. LaPenta Student Union will provide Iona students expanded and enhanced dining and social opportunities and will broaden their perspectives through increased participation in clubs and organizations.

The Hynes Athletics Center includes a multipurpose arena, an Olympic-size swimming pool, a Nautilus center, training facilities, and coaching offices. Featuring a state-of-the-art cardiovascular center, three multipurpose courts, a rowing tank, and an aerobics/dance studio, the Hynes Center will enable Ionas nonathletes to participate in an intramural program that includes many various sports. Classes in Pilates, yoga, salsa dancing, and more are also be offered by qualified instructors at a very reasonable cost.

Another addition to Ionas campus is the new Iona College Arts Center, which provides space for the study of art, dance, and theater and includes the Brother Kenneth Chapman Gallery. Some of the major academic buildings, including John G. Hagan Hall, Myles B. Amend Hall, and Doorley Hall, have been renovated recently to include seminar rooms and computer presentation facilities. Cornelia Hall, home of Ionas science programs, was completely renovated in 2000 and features state-of-the-art equipment for the study of biology and chemistry. Mazzella Field is centrally located on Ionas campus and has an artificial turf surface for football, lacrosse, soccer, and other intercollegiate and intramural sports. The Murphy Science and Technology Center is a modern facility complete with communication and computer labs, classrooms, and a technological library. Overall, the Colleges computer labs have more than 800 computer stations available for student use.

The two campus libraries, Ryan Library and the Helen T. Arrigoni Library/Technology Center, house extensive collections and offer computer access to collections worldwide. The on-site collections, including more than 261,000 volumes, 687 periodical titles, audiovisual materials, and microforms, have been developed to support Ionas curriculum and special interests. Students can access these resources from on and off campus, as well as from the libraries eighty networked public computers and laptops.

In 2001, Iona launched one of the nations first wireless Internet campuses. Students benefit from 24-hour access to the Colleges network, extensive library databases, and the Internet. Iona is committed to providing students an environment constantly adapting to the innovations of our changing world.

Costs

For the 200708 academic year, tuition and fees are $24,724; room and board costs are $10,500.

Financial Aid

Financial aid is critical to a students decision to attend any college, and Iona College is no exception. Iona uses a system of academic scholarships in combination with need-based financial aid to help students enroll. For the 200607 academic year, 89 percent of Iona students received aid, with the average financial aid award near $18,371. To apply for financial aid, students should file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and the Iona College Financial Aid Application forms by February15.

Faculty

Iona College has approximately 170 full-time and 80 part-time faculty members; 92 percent possess the terminal degree in their field. Faculty mrembers conduct research and write books and articles, but their primary responsibility is teaching undergraduate students. All classes are taught by faculty membersthere are no teaching assistants.

The student-faculty ratio is 15:1. Faculty members are readily available to meet for individual conferences. In addition, because of the Colleges proximity to New York City, many faculty members include regular trips to Manhattan as part of their classes and invite guest speakers to lecture about special topics.

Student Government

The Student Government Association (SGA) is a service organization that coordinates, supervises, and promotes student activities. The office of student activities hosts hundreds of on- and off-campus events throughout the year, and students participate in more than sixty student-run organizations.

Admission Requirements

Admission decisions at Iona are based on a wide range of criteria. Most important is an applicants academic record, including the level of curriculum taken and grades earned. Also considered are SAT or ACT scores, grade trends, a writing sample, activities, and recommendations.

For the class entering in September2007, the average grade point average was 3.4 (89 percent), and the middle 50 percent on the SAT ranged from 1050 to 1250. About 6,000 applications were submitted for 850 spaces, and about 60 percent of the applicants were offered admission.

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