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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?

1,390 Undergraduate Awards
$40,477 Avg Cost After Aid
76% Acceptance Rate
  • Ithaca has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 9 to 1.
  • The student loan default rate at Ithaca is 3%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
  • The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at Ithaca.
  • For the 2017-2018 academic year, 73% of the faculty were full-time.
  • After graduation, Ithaca bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $52,300 a year. That's about 28% more than their peers at other schools.
  • The average Ithaca student graduates in 4.1 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

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Ithaca College Rankings

We have ranked Ithaca as #125 out of 2,587 colleges and universities in the country in our 2022 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 5% of all schools in the nation. Ithaca also holds the #13 spot on the Best Colleges in New York ranking.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Ithaca has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#42 Best Doctor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#90 Best Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#134 Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Ithaca.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#1 Best Multicultural & Diversity Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#4 Best Rehabilitation Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#5 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#8 Best Communication Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#10 Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#11 Best Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#29 Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#40 Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#55 Best Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#71 Best Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Ithaca has earned from around the web.

Rank Ranking Name Source
#1 Best Multicultural & Diversity Studies Schools College Factual
#23 Best Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Schools College Factual
#23 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools College Factual
#30 Best Healthcare Schools Healthcare Degree Search
#76 Best Education Schools College Factual
#81 Best Health Professions Schools College Factual

Where Is Ithaca College?

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Contact details for Ithaca are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 953 Danby Road, Ithaca, NY 14850-7002
Phone: 607-274-3011

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 required
High School Rank recommended
High School Transcript required
College Prep Program required
Recommendations required
SAT or ACT Scores neither required nor recommended
TOEFL required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Ithaca?

76% Acceptance Rate
59% Of Accepted Are Women
With an acceptance rate of 76%, 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 59% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 76%, and the acceptance rate for women is 75%.

Can I Afford Ithaca College?

$40,477 Net Price
71% Take Out Loans
3.0% Loan Default Rate
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 71% of students took out student loans averaging $5,364 a year. That adds up to $21,456 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Ithaca is 3.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Ithaca College Undergraduate Student Diversity

4,785 Full-Time Undergraduates
58% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 4,957 undergraduate students at Ithaca, with 4,785 being full-time and 172 being part-time.

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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.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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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.

Online Learning at Ithaca College

5,129 Took All Classes Online
5,218 Took At Least One Class Online
42,812.5% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 5,218 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Ithaca has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 103rd most popular in New York for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Ithaca

The following table shows how Ithaca is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major Tuition for In-State Students Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Public Relations & Advertising #33 #33

Online Affordability Rankings of Ithaca Rankings

The following table shows how Ithaca is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are mostly online.

Major Tuition for In-State Students Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Public Relations & Advertising #20 #20
Communication & Journalism #40 #40

Online Growth Rankings of Ithaca

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Ithaca College was 42,812.5%. This is the #7 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Ithaca regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Ithaca ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Ithaca.

Major Growth Rate Rank
Communication & Journalism #1
Public Relations & Advertising #1

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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 148 52 87 287
Public Relations & Advertising 157 0 0 157
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 147 9 0 156
Business Administration & Management 125 15 0 140
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 107 0 0 107
Music 61 26 0 87
Teacher Education Subject Specific 48 10 0 58
Drama & Theater Arts 56 0 0 56
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 32 21 0 53
Writing Studies 38 0 0 38
General Psychology 38 0 0 38
Accounting 17 15 0 32
Communication Sciences 24 8 0 32
Natural Resources Conservation 30 0 0 30
Sociology 29 0 0 29
Journalism 28 0 0 28
General Biology 24 0 0 24
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 24 0 24
Computer Science 23 0 0 23
Political Science & Government 21 0 0 21
General English Literature 20 0 0 20
Public Health 16 0 0 16
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 14 0 0 14
Physics 14 0 0 14
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 14 0 0 14
Health Sciences & Services 13 0 0 13
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 12 0 0 12
Communication & Media Studies 11 0 0 11
Allied Health Professions 11 0 0 11
Economics 11 0 0 11
History 10 0 0 10
Arts & Media Management 10 0 0 10
Fine & Studio Arts 10 0 0 10
Anthropology 9 0 0 9
Health & Medical Administrative Services 8 0 0 8
Multicultural & Diversity Studies 8 0 0 8
General Architecture 6 0 0 6
Audiovisual Communications 6 0 0 6
Special Education 0 6 0 6
Liberal Arts General Studies 6 0 0 6
Mathematics 6 0 0 6
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 6 0 0 6
Chemistry 6 0 0 6
Romance Languages 5 0 0 5
Philosophy 3 0 0 3
Other Philosophy & Religious Studies 2 0 0 2
International Business 0 0 0 0
Germanic Languages 0 0 0 0
Gerontology 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 1,390 186 87 1,663

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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