Iona College

Date: Dec 31 1969
Major: Other (This Major's Salary over time)
My advice to all high school students, applying to Iona Collegge, or considering enrolling at Iona College, is to attend Iona's job fairs - walk around - their internship fair and full-time job fair - then you will get first-hand knowledge about the companies that Iona partners with. As another poster wrote, the Fortune 50 and Fortune 500 companies that attend the fair are few and far between.

I stayed at Iona because I needed to commute - I had to stay close to home for personal reasons - but if I had my choice, I never would have attended Iona. Iona's ratings are so low - and I guess that's why the Big-Fortune 500 company's don't sign up to recruit Iona students. There are a few - if you're an Accountant major, and a few Finance corporations, but you are really on your own.

Iona sure won't be "Moving the Financial, Pharma, Healthcare World" What World will Iona be moving. How can Iona graduates "Move the World, when Iona Administrators really don't care about Iona students once they graduate. Iona is a sports college- they care about Basketball, and that's great, if that's your interest. I love Sports, but when I spend over $30,000 a year to attend a private college - just commuting, not living on-campus, you expect results.

Before you enroll, attend the Job fairs - talk to the Corporate Representative, get a list of the jobs they are hiring for, get statistical information of hiring, where? salaries, etc. I know you want to have a fun college life, but at the end of the day, you need to get a job - a job you like and a job that will help you pay back your big Iona College loans. So, as an Iona Alum, I'm advising you, to visit all the main offices on campus - spend a day, ask questions - observe, ask for data, call Alums, facebook alums, ask if they got a good job after graduating.

The people are nice, and that's important, but that won't pay your bills.

When you graduate from Iona, all Iona wants is more money. You get letters asking for donations to fundraisers. Iona should be more concerned with getting their Alums jobs, if their slogan is Iona students will "Move The World". Those words mean nothing, if Iona Administrators don't strategically implement some changes. Iona sure isn't run like a successful business. I read, somewhere, recently that Iona accepts over 90 percent of applicants. I think the actual percent was close to 93 percent. That's not competitive - that's just wanting your money.