Ithaca at a Glance

Coeducational and nonsectarian, Ithaca is a nationally recognized comprehensive college of 6,400 students.

Location

In the center of the Finger Lakes region of New York State, Ithaca College's campus is 60 miles north of Binghamton and 60 miles south of Syracuse. Ithaca, a city of 47,000, is served by US Airways and Northwest Airlines, and by Greyhound Bus Lines, Short Line, and other bus companies.

History

Founded in 1892 as the Ithaca Conservatory of Music, the College was located in downtown Ithaca until the 1960s, when the present campus was built on South Hill overlooking Cayuga Lake.

Student Body

Undergraduate enrollment is approximately 6,000: 2,650 men and 3,350 women. Another 400 students are enrolled in graduate programs. Over 70 percent of undergraduates reside on campus. Nearly every state in the U.S. and 78 other countries are represented in the student population.

Schools and Enrollments

• School of Humanities and Sciences: 2,200
• School of Business: 700
• Roy H. Park School of Communications: 1,300
• School of Health Sciences and Human Performance: 1,200
• School of Music: 500
• Graduate Studies: 400
• Division of Interdisciplinary and International Studies: 100

More than 13,500 people apply for 1,600 places in the freshman class.

Control and Accreditation

Privately supported and nondenominational, Ithaca is accredited by appropriate professional associations and agencies, including the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Higher Education, 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2680, (267) 284-5000. The Commission on Higher Education is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. secretary of education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.

Internships and Job Placement

Extensive opportunities for internships are available in business, communications, music, athletic training, speech-language pathology, sport management and media, community health education, humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and more. Surveys indicate that 97 percent of Ithaca students find employment and/or go to graduate school within a year of graduation.

Student Body Profile

44 percent men, 56 percent women
48 states, 3 U.S. territories, and 78 other countries represented

Class of 2012 Profile

49 percent ranked in top 15 percent of high school class
60 percent of incoming students from outside New York State

High school rank percentage of freshman class

• Top 5 percent: 16
• 6-15 percent: 33
• 16-25 percent: 24
• 26-35 percent: 12
• Below 35 percent: 15

Mid-50 percent range of SAT scores: 1650-1890

	Percentage of SAT scores
	Critical Reading	Math	Writing
700-800	8	6	9
600-699	35	38	37
500-599	45	47	45
Below 500	12	9	9

Faculty

463 full-time
216 part-time
Student-faculty ratio 12:1
Ninety-two percent of full-time faculty members have a Ph.D. or a terminal degree in their field.

Graduation Rate

77 percent of entering freshmen graduate from Ithaca within five years (as compared to 54 percent at four-year institutions nationally and 64 percent at selective private colleges similar to Ithaca College).

Special Programs

James B. Pendleton Center in Los Angeles. Washington Semester Program. Writing center. Cross-registration with Cornell University and Wells College; ROTC program with Cornell; 3-2 engineering programs with Cornell and others; accelerated programs with Pennsylvania College of Optometry and SUNY College of Optometry. Prelaw and premedical sciences advising. One-year M.B.A. program. Over 15 programs leading to initial New York State teacher certification.