Iona University Recognized in U.S. News & World Report's 2025 Best Colleges List
NEW ROCHELLE & BRONXVILLE, N.Y. – Iona University continues to strengthen its reputation for academic excellence, value and social mobility, having earned a spot in U.S. News & World Report's 2025 “Best Colleges” list.
Announced earlier this week, U.S. News & World Report recognized Iona as one of the nation's best institutions for both its undergraduate business and nursing programs, and highlighted Iona as a “Best Value School” and “Top Performer on Social Mobility.”
“While we do not chase rankings, it is rewarding when they come our way,” said Iona President Seamus Carey, Ph.D. “It affirms the hard work being done across campus and reflects the success our students are experiencing both inside the classrooms and beyond. Thank you to U.S. News & World Report for the recognition.”
Founded in 1940 and rooted in the mission of service inspired by Blessed Edmund Rice and the Christian Brothers, Iona is a Catholic institution in Westchester County, N.Y.
Located just 20 miles from Midtown Manhattan, its three schools—the School of Arts & Science, the LaPenta School of Business, and the NewYork-Presbyterian Iona School of Health Sciences—offer a diverse range of undergraduate and graduate degrees. With small class sizes, engaged faculty, and access to top-tier internship opportunities, Iona equips its students for success both inside and outside the classroom.
For 2025, Iona has also once again been named to prestigious national lists by The Princeton Review, The Wall Street Journal and Forbes as one of the nation’s best colleges.
Additionally, Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) ranks an Iona degree in the top 5 percent nationally for long-term return on investment, reflecting the earning power of an Iona education.
For more information about Iona University, visit www.iona.edu.
U.S. News & World Report recognized Iona as one of the nation's best institutions for both its undergraduate business and nursing programs.
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.