College · Ithaca

Ithaca College

University or collegePrivate nonprofitIthaca, NYwww.ithaca.edu ↗

Ithaca College is a private nonprofit university in Ithaca, NY, with about 4,824 students on campus. It admits 69% of applicants, the average family on aid pays $33,926 a year, and 76% of students graduate.

Students on campus

4,824

4,368 undergrad · 460 grad · 4 online only

Admission rate

69%

more selective than 66% of 4-year colleges

Net price a year

$33,926

costs less than 10% of 4-year colleges

Graduation rate

76%

higher than 86% of 4-year colleges

Earnings, 10 yrs later

$63,548

higher than 89% of U.S. colleges

Getting in

How hard is it to get into Ithaca College?

69%of applicants admitted

SAT reading

200800

630–710

SAT math

200800

600–680

ACT composite

136

27–30

The middle 50% of admitted students who sent scores: a quarter scored below the range and a quarter above it. Average SAT: 1312.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $68,699 a year

Before any grants

$53,540

$16,192

Tuition & fees $53,540Room & board $16,192Books & supplies $850

What families on aid pay, by income

Average net price a year after grants and scholarships

$22k

$23k

$29k

$32k

$39k

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k

Families earning under $30,000 pay about $21,901 a year; families over $110,000 pay about $38,785.

Who goes there

The students

Undergraduates by race and ethnicity

4,242 degree-seeking undergrads

White 71%Hispanic 11%Black 4%Asian 3%Two or more 5%International 3%

Women and men

undergraduates

Women 54%Men 46%

10 : 1students per teacher

19%get Pell grants (lower income)

1%undergrads 25 or older

1%study part time

Majors

The biggest programs, and what they pay

Bachelor’s programs with the most graduates, and their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year later where that’s all that’s reported).

Business Administration, Management and Operations135 graduates a year · typical debt $24,353

$75,8104 yrs out

Radio, Television, and Digital Communication124 graduates a year · typical debt $23,375

$58,8044 yrs out

Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions121 graduates a year · typical debt $25,449

$76,7664 yrs out

Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication119 graduates a year · typical debt $23,125

$68,0294 yrs out

Film/Video and Photographic Arts112 graduates a year · typical debt $24,899

$44,8294 yrs out

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas55 graduates a year · typical debt $26,000

$58,9024 yrs out

Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft55 graduates a year · typical debt $26,000

$46,5634 yrs out

Music52 graduates a year · typical debt $27,000

$51,3384 yrs out

Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate

76%

within 6 years · Pell students 72%

Come back for year two

85%

full-time first-year students

Earnings, 10 years later

$63,548

median, students on federal aid

Typical debt

$24,000

about $254 a month over 10 years

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

82%of borrowers had paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 97% of U.S. colleges.

Almost none defaulted within three years of starting repayment (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Earnings by family background

Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income when they enrolled

Lower income (under $30k)$54,463

Middle income ($30–75k)$60,917

Higher income (over $75k)$67,159

The town around it

Living in Ithaca

33% of Ithaca’s 20,968 residents are enrolled in college. Here is what the town is like, from TownTapestry’s Ithaca pages.

$1,558/momedian rent · 4% below the stateHousing in Ithaca → $368,700median home value · 13% below the stateHousing in Ithaca → 16° / 81°January low / July high · 63" of snowClimate in Ithaca →

Other colleges within 30 miles

Cornell University 1.8 mi Tompkins Cortland Community College 11.9 mi State University of New York at Cortland 19.7 mi Elmira College 27.8 mi Arnot Ogden Medical Center 28 mi

Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings are for students who received federal aid.