Ithaca College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Ithaca College

Ithaca College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Ithaca, New York (suburb: small), with a total reported enrollment of 4,242 students of which 4,580 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Ithaca College is categorized as “18” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 69.0%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,312. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $33,926, with published in-state tuition of $53,540 and a Pell grant recipient share of 19.1%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $24,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 75.2%, and the first-year retention rate is 84.7%. Graduates earn a median of $63,548 ten years after enrolling, compared with $46,305 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 256500.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 73.0% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.