Accounting Major Logan Balsan ’24 Pursues Various Passions at Iona
New Rochelle, N.Y. - Logan Balsan ’24 is a determined accounting major and passionate musician who plays with Iona’s Music Ministry and Pep Band. He is also a Resident Assistant and president of the Italian Culture Club, among other activities on campus.
In other words, he keeps busy!
“Socializing is a lot different in higher education than in high school, especially as a resident on campus. You meet people from different areas of the country, or the world in some cases, and you get to know all about them,” said Balsan, of Franklin Square, N.Y. “It's a bit of a learning curve, but over time, you get the hang of it. Iona's students and peers are nothing but kind, genuine and respectful.”
Managing his various passions is a demanding task, but Balsan makes the most of his time-management skills to ensure he can partake in his interests while exceling inside and outside of the classroom.
He especially enjoys his accounting work and is excited to enter the profession. This January, he will be interning with BDO, a top 10 accounting firm.
“Iona has a great community and plethora of activities, as was obvious when I first toured when applying for higher education,” he said. “Iona has been significant in gearing me for my career ahead, and I can't be more excited for what it will look like.”
Read more about Balsan’s Iona journey here.
ABOUT IONA
Founded in 1940, Iona University is a master's-granting private, Catholic, coeducational institution of learning in the tradition of the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers. Iona's 45-acre New Rochelle campus and 28-acre Bronxville campus are just 20 miles north of Midtown Manhattan. With a total enrollment of nearly 4,000 students and an alumni base of more than 50,000 around the world, Iona is a diverse community of learners and scholars dedicated to academic excellence and the values of justice, peace and service. Iona is highly accredited, offering 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 advanced certificate programs. Iona students enjoy small class sizes, engaged professors and a wide array of academic programs across the School of Arts & Science; LaPenta School of Business; NewYork-Presbyterian Iona School of Health Sciences; and Hynes Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation. Iona is widely recognized in prestigious rankings, including The Princeton Review’s 2025 national list of “The Best 390 Colleges” and The Wall Street Journal/College Pulse’s “2024 Best Colleges in America,” which ranked Iona at #66 in the nation overall and #8 in the nation among Catholic schools. Iona’s LaPenta School of Business is also accredited by AACSB International, a recognition awarded to just six percent of business schools worldwide. In addition, The Princeton Review recognized Iona’s on-campus MBA program as a “Best Business School for 2023.” Iona also offers a fully online MBA program for even greater flexibility. In July 2021, Iona announced the establishment of the NewYork-Presbyterian Iona School of Health Sciences, which is now principally located on Iona’s Bronxville campus in collaboration with NewYork-Presbyterian. Connecting to its Irish heritage, the University also recently announced it is expanding abroad with a new campus in County Mayo, Ireland. A school on the rise, Iona officially changed its status from College to University on July 1, 2022, reflecting the growth of its academic programs and the prestige of an Iona education.