Ithaca College Overview

Located in Ithaca, New York, Ithaca College is a private not-for-profit institution. Ithaca is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

What Is Ithaca College Known For?

• Students at Ithaca may have an easier time interacting with their teachers since the student to faculty ratio at the school is 10 to 1.
• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at Ithaca.
• During a recent academic cycle, 75% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Ithaca with a bachelor's degree make about $63,548 a year. That's 56% more than those who graduate from other schools.
• The average Ithaca student graduates in 4.1 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Ithaca College?

Contact details for Ithaca are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	953 Danby Road, Ithaca, NY 14850-7002
Phone:	607-274-3011
Website:	www.ithaca.edu

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How Do I Get Into Ithaca?

You can apply to Ithaca online at: www.ithaca.edu/admission/apply/

Admission Requirements for Ithaca

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Ithaca?

With an acceptance rate of 75%, Ithaca may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 41% of accepted students are men and 55% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 76%, and the acceptance rate for women is 75%.

Average Test Scores

About 28% of students accepted to Ithaca submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 613 and 700. Math scores were between 590 and 680.

Ithaca received ACT scores from 7% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 27 and 34. Math scores were between 25 and 0. Composite scores were between 28 and 32.

Can I Afford Ithaca College?

The overall average net price of Ithaca is $40,477. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Ithaca, approximately 69% of students took out student loans averaging $5,364 a year. That adds up to $21,456 over four years for those students.

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Ithaca College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 4,957 undergraduate students at Ithaca, with 4,785 being full-time and 172 being part-time.

There are also 397 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,785 full-time undergraduates at Ithaca, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Ithaca College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	196
Black or African American	295
Hispanic or Latino	503
White	3,425
International Students	84
Other Races/Ethnicities	282

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at Ithaca College. At this time, 41 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 58 countries are represented at Ithaca. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Vietnam, and India.

Ithaca College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	121	53	90	264
Business Administration & Management	135	11	0	146
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	124	16	0	140
Public Relations & Advertising	119	0	0	119
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	112	0	0	112
Music	52	12	0	64
Teacher Education Subject Specific	55	7	0	62
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	32	24	0	56
Drama & Theater Arts	55	0	0	55
General Psychology	47	0	0	47
Communication Sciences	22	14	0	36
Accounting	17	13	0	30
Writing Studies	29	0	0	29
Health Sciences & Services	29	0	0	29
Natural Resources Conservation	26	0	0	26
General Biology	23	0	0	23
Sociology	22	0	0	22
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	21	0	21
Journalism	20	0	0	20
General English Literature	18	0	0	18
Political Science & Government	17	0	0	17
Special Education	0	12	0	12
Non-Professional General Legal Studies	11	0	0	11
Fine & Studio Arts	11	0	0	11
Multicultural & Diversity Studies	10	0	0	10
Audiovisual Communications	9	0	0	9
Allied Health Professions	9	0	0	9
History	9	0	0	9
Arts & Media Management	9	0	0	9
General Architecture	8	0	0	8
Public Health	8	0	0	8
Economics	8	0	0	8
Communication & Media Studies	7	0	0	7
Computer Science	7	0	0	7
Anthropology	7	0	0	7
Chemistry	6	0	0	6
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies	5	0	0	5
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	5	0	0	5
Liberal Arts General Studies	4	0	0	4
Mathematics	4	0	0	4
Philosophy	4	0	0	4
Physics	4	0	0	4
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	3	0	0	3
Ethnic Studies	3	0	0	3
Gerontology	3	0	0	3
Romance Languages	2	0	0	2
Religious Studies	2	0	0	2
Engineering Physics	1	0	0	1
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	1	0	0	1
Health & Medical Administrative Services	1	0	0	1
Cultural Studies & Analysis	1	0	0	1
Other Philosophy & Religious Studies	1	0	0	1
International Business	0	0	0	0
Germanic Languages	0	0	0	0
Health & Physical Education	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1,238	183	90	1,511

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Mr Senseless under License

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