College · Private nonprofit · New Rochelle, NY · Suburb
Iona University
New Rochelle, NY
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
Admit rate87%
6-yr median pay$51k
Net price / yr$29k
Undergrad size2,951
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $29k/yr for a shot at a $51k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 87% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1217 · ACT 26.
If you get in
2,951 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $60k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $29k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$241k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$117k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$124k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.3x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $47.3k
- Room & board
- $18.8k
- Books & supplies
- $1,000
How students pay for it.
Pell grants28%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans44%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$26k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $8k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention78%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr56%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$51k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$74k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 2,951
- Location
- New Rochelle, NY
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · medium · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Identity
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White48%
- Hispanic32%
- Black9%
- Unknown3%
- International3%
- Two or more races3%
- Asian2%
First-gen students31%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time1%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$62k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 39
What you can study.