Academics
Learn Outside the Lines.
At Iona, build a strong educational foundation with the freedom to shape it around your interests, passions and career goals.
Innovative thinking and a commitment to service underscore our academically rigorous programs across every discipline. You’ll be encouraged to think critically and independently. You’ll gain knowledge to better yourself and better the world.
Here, learning that begins in the classroom doesn’t stay there for long. Take your newly acquired skills anywhere — an internship helping to oversee a $30 million dollar budget, assisting New Rochelle to identify business growth opportunities, or even using your computer science abilities to help improve outcomes for Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (MWBEs), to name a few.
No matter what you study, we promise you’ll be challenged and supported. You’ll step outside your comfort zone, but you’ll never be alone. You’ll be part of a tight-knit community, but your Iona experience will be uniquely yours.
What it Means to Learn Outside the Lines
A Transformational Education
At Iona, professors bring their professional experiences into the classroom to help students challenge themselves and discover new opportunities. From deep conversations about academics to life advice, students know that faculty are here to support them and find success.
Largest Freshman Class in Nearly a Decade Coming to Iona University
Iona prepares to welcome one of its largest and most selective classes – again!
At Iona, new student enrollment is up 16 percent year over year and 42 percent since 2019.
The incoming class is one of Iona’s strongest, most selective and most diverse group of students, representing 26 states and 11 countries.
AI@Iona
Iona recognizes that artificial intelligence has already changed the ways in which we work, communicate and create, and that it will continue to have profound effects across every industry.
As an institution grounded in teaching and learning, we are meeting this historical development as an opportunity to deepen and extend our core mission.
From applying AI tools and concepts in the classroom to offering students AI-based curriculum, Iona is evolving and applying use these groundbreaking tools for scholarship, exploration and innovation.
The Wall Street Journal’s 2024 Best Colleges in America
Iona University Ranked #4 in the Northeast
Iona University, tied with Yale University, is the #4 Most Recommended Northeastern School by Students. MIT, Williams College and Princeton University round out the top five list.
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Iona University Ranked #66 in the Nation
A new ranking of the 2024 Best Colleges in America highlights Iona University at #66 nationwide based on student outcomes and graduate salaries as well as #1 in New York for student experience. Iona is also ranked in the top 10 Best Catholic Colleges in the country.
Service-Learning
Iona students come from a variety of backgrounds and move on to find success across a wide array of careers.
However, Iona students tend to share a common trait: the desire and willingness to give back.
Learn more about how service-learning is integrated into the academic curriculum of Iona University and how Iona students, while forging their own paths, help to create a better world and a hopeful future.
There's a real sense of community here. Everyone wants to see each other succeed, from professors to classmates. It's more than just a school – it's a family.
-Grace Mutze ’25, marketing major
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Schools & Institutes
Iona University is known for our academic programs in business, healthcare, education, the arts and entrepreneurship, to name a few. Learn more about the schools and institutes that allow our students to flourish and learn outside the lines.
