- The Inkwell
- New York
- Iona University
New Rochelle, NYSuburb: largeZIP 10801Founded 1940
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1940
- Motto
- Certa bonum certamen
- Carnegie class
- Master's: larger programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1968
- Website
- www.iona.edu
New YorkReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Iona University
Iona University is a private nonprofit university in New Rochelle, New York, with 2,951 undergraduates. It admits 87% of applicants, graduates 59% within six years and costs $26,250 a year after aid.
59%graduate
Admission rate87%
Retention77%
4-year graduation53%
Pell Grant share32%
Federal loans47%
$26,250net price / year
87%admission rate
1217average SAT
59%graduate in 6 years
$76,994median earnings, 10 yrs
$23,250median debt
#254 of 1,704 for earnings#1,303 of 1,739 for lowest net price#703 of 1,738 for graduation rate#1,079 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $59,826tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $48,680
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $48,680
- Average net price
- $26,250national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$23,396
$30,001–48,000$23,189
$48,001–75,000$23,624
$75,001–110,000$27,039
$110,001+$30,557
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 87%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1217
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 570–650
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 540–650
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 24–29
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college87%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college77%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college59%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college32%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 59%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 53%
- First-year retention
- 77%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 60%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $54,244
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $76,994middle 50%: $53,508–$103,015
- Median debt at graduation
- $23,250
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$103,015
Median, Iona University$76,994
Lower quarter$53,508
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 2,951
- Part-time
- 0.6%
- Women / men
- 55% / 45%
- Average age at entry
- 19.4
- First-generation students
- 31%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 32%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 16 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 54%
- Average faculty salary
- $9,406 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $11,774
- Endowment, end of year
- $230,907,000
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White48%
Hispanic32%
Black9.1%
Asian2.2%
Two or more races2.6%
U.S. nonresident2.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%
Unknown2.9%
18 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management36%
Psychology13%
Health professions10%
Communication & journalism8.6%
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting6.1%
Social sciences4.8%
Education4.7%
History3.1%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 191931. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q6063486.