Ithaca College
What Ithaca College's own numbers say, from its Common Data Set 2025-26.
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InternationalIthaca College
International applicants face 2.3× tougher odds at Ithaca College.
30% of international applicants are admitted, against 70% overall.
Overall70%
International30%
Source: Ithaca College's Common Data Set 2025-26
Who says yesIthaca College
88% of students admitted to Ithaca College go elsewhere.
Only 12% of admits enroll, so Ithaca College admits far more students than it has seats.
Enroll12%
Go elsewhere88%
Source: Ithaca College's Common Data Set 2025-26
Test scoresIthaca College
At most 27% of Ithaca College's first-years sent an SAT or ACT.
22% sent an SAT and 5% an ACT (some sent both), so most enrolled without a score. SAT middle 50% among those who sent: 1240–1370.
Sent an SAT22%
Sent an ACT5%
Source: Ithaca College's Common Data Set 2025-26
7 more things the data says PRO
- The share of women in the first-year class has fallen from 58% to 51% since 2019-20, about 1.4 points a year.
- Early Decision filled about 7% of the 2025-26 first-year class, less than most similar colleges.
- Applications fell 17% from 2018-19 to 2025-26 (15,278 to 12,735).
- Only 22% of enrolled first-years sent an SAT score, so its SAT range describes a minority of the class.
- After ED, 1,032 of 1,115 seats were left for 12,637 other applicants: about one seat for every 12.
- ED applicants were admitted at 85%, against 70.0% for everyone else: 1.2 times the rate.
- 156 students stayed on the waitlist and 29 were admitted from it (18.6%).
What students say PRO
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- Most admits who named a round applied Early Action (9 of 11); only 2 said Regular Decision.
- Music and performing arts were common among admits: band, choir, orchestra, theatre and show choir, often with a section leader or captain role.
- Admits aiming at film and media had hands-on work, such as producing a school broadcast, making films, or running a radio show or media club.
- Admits in science majors had research, such as machine-learning bioinformatics internships and genomics or cancer-data programs, plus years of volunteering.
- Admits commonly held elected or officer roles, such as class president, honor society secretary, club treasurer or club founder.
- Students report merit scholarships of roughly 29,000 to 38,000 a year are common, which brings net cost close to other offers.
- Students report aid arrives separately from the decision and can be slow, which frustrated some families.
- Students report Ithaca gives weaker aid to international applicants, so those needing near-full aid are cautious.
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