Ithaca College

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Location: Northeast
Setting: Large Town Setting
Type: Private
Size: Large (5,000 to 10,000 Undergrad)
Mascot: Bombers
Nickname: IC
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Ithaca College From Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Ithaca College is a private institution of higher education located on the South Hill of Ithaca, New York. The school was founded by William Egbert in 1892 as a conservatory of music. Known internationally for its communications program, the college also offers a wide blend of liberal arts education. The college is at the center of a sophisticated cultural community, with a stunning backdrop of Cayuga Lake, Cornell University, and hundreds of waterfalls and gorges. The college is perhaps best known for its large list of alumni who play or have played substantial roles in the world of broadcasting. The college has been ranked among the top ten master's universities in the North by U.S. News & World Report every year since 1996. In 2008, the college was ranked 7 in this category. Ithaca College also participates in the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU)'s University and College Accountability Network (U-CAN).

History

Beginnings

Ithaca College was founded as the Ithaca Conservatory of Music in 1892 when a local violin teacher, William Grant Egbert, rented four rooms and arranged for the instruction of eight students. For nearly seven decades the institution flourished in the city of Ithaca, adding to its music curriculum the study of elocution, dance, physical education, speech correction, radio, business, and the liberal arts. In 1931 the conservatory was chartered as a private college.

Modern Era

By 1960, some 2,000 students were in attendance. A modern campus was built on South Hill in the sixties, and students were shuttled between the old and new during the construction. The hillside campus continued to grow in the ensuing 30 years to accommodate more than 6,000 students.

As the campus expanded, the college also began to expand its curriculum. By the 1990s, some 2,000 courses in more than 100 programs of study were available in the college's five schools.

The school attracts a multicultural student body with representatives from almost every state and more than 75 foreign countries, but only 7 percent of its student body is not Caucasian.

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Students & Campus Life
Undergraduate Enrollment: 6,260
On Campus Housing: Available
Full Time Students: 100%
Athletic Programs: Available
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Expenses
Average Tuition: $ 25,194
Students Receiving Aid: 88%
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Admissions
Application Fee: $ 55
Selectivity: Selective
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Students

General
Full-Time vs. Part-Time
Full-Time 100%
Part-Time 0%
Men vs. Women
Women 53%
Men 47%
Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian 89%
Other 4%
Hispanic 3%
Asian 2%
African-American 2%
Geography
In State vs. Out-of-State
Out-of-State 57%
In-State 43%
Top States for Incoming Freshman
New York 43%
New Jersey 10%
Massachusetts 9%
Pennsylvania 8%
Connecticut 4%
Percent of Students International: 3%

Housing

On-Campus Housing Available: Yes
Percent of Students Living On-Campus: 68%
Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: No

Athletics

Member of: NAA, NCAA
Sports Include: Football (Division III Independents)
Basketball (Empire Eight)
Baseball (Division III Independents)
Track (Division III Independents)
Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) Expenses  
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads:
$ 25,194    
Financial Aid Avg. Amount Received % of Students Receiving Aid  
Federal Grants:
$ 3,939 18%  
State and Local Grants:
$ 2,364 28%  
Institutional Grants:
$ 11,802 78%  
Student Loans:
$ 3,312 72%  
Any Aid:
  88%  

Selectivity (Undergraduate Only)

Acceptance Rate: 71% (Selective)
Test Scores  
SAT Scores:  
% of Students Submitting SAT Scores: 98%
Bottom 25th Percentile: Verbal: 540, Math: 540
Top 75th Percentile: Verbal: 640, Math: 640
ACT Scores:  
% of Students Submitting ACT Scores: 23%
Bottom 25th Percentile: Composite: 23, Verbal: 21, Math: 23
Top 75th Percentile: Composite: 27, Verbal: 28, Math: 27

Application Requirements (Undergraduate Only)

Application Fee: $ 55.00
Formal Demonstration of Competencies: Recommended
High School Diploma or Equivalent: Required
High School GPA: Required
High School Rank: Recommended
High School Record: Required
Recommendations: Required
TOEFL: Required
Test Scores: Required

Degree Programs at Ithaca College

Bachelor's Level Majors

Certificate Programs at Ithaca College

Career Education Majors

College Advice

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im going into 11th grade and for my age (16) i'm one of the best pianists around. now, i love my classical music to death but i want to know how studying music in college would benefit me? what's it like? what exactly do you do? did you go to ithaca? also.... i do have some stage fright. please help!
14 months ago
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Don't listen to Glen P. I talked to people at Ithaca College a couple of years ago and they seemed excited about the place. It has a decent reputation academically as well (it isn't MIT or Harvard, which seem to be all that some people on this Board respect - and I'll bet none of them go to those schools). I was a music major for a couple of years in college, although I went to UCLA, not Ithaca. The first year we took a theory/composition class, along with performance classes, then the second year there was more theory/composition and performance, along with music history and, since I was looking at music education, a class in that. For the rest, like with most majors and colleges, I took general education classes (I remember psychology, foreign language, history, and philosophy classes). Stage fright can work for or against you. Many performers will tell you that they still get stage fright regularly, but it causes their adrenaline to kick in and actually helps their performance. If it is overwhelming, of course, you need to work on it. For most people, the more they perform, the less stage fright they get, so just keep plugging away despite the stage fright, and eventually it shouldn't be much of a problem.
I am chosing between Ithaca College in New York and Elizabethtown in Pensylvania. I am planning on studying International Business. Please Help!!
16 months ago
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There are a number of factors to consider. I would suggest looking at the size of the program, the type of companies which recruit graduates from each school, etc. Personally, I would suggest Ithaca between those two, just because I think it is better known and more respected. Hope that helps. Good luck.

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