Ithaca College's return picture is shaped by earnings that fall short of both the model's expectation and the peer median. Graduates earn about $19,199 less than the model expects for similar students, a result in the 4th percentile.
The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $3,343. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $22,542.
Within the measured factors, the STEM component subtracts $130. Four years after completion, completers earn a median of $60,436, which lands in the 52nd percentile nationally.
That figure is below the peer median of $68,250 among comparable institutions (same type and size), a gap of $7,814. The return pillar sits in the 27th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Four years after completing a degree at Ithaca College, the median earnings among the 1,522 federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled are $60,436. That median is below the $68,250 median at comparable institutions (same type and size).
Graduates earn about $19,199 less than the model expects for similar students, a result that sits in the 4th percentile nationally. Earnings scenarios, which reflect the university's program mix, point to a typical outcome of $60,436, with a lower-bound scenario of $45,939 and an upper-bound scenario of $79,036.
An estimated 26.2% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix. The earnings picture is mixed: the median sits below the peer benchmark and the model expects more for similar students, while the upside scenario reaches $79,036.
Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates of Ithaca College who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $60,436, in the 52nd percentile. The peer median for comparable institutions (same type and size) is $68,250, leaving the university $7,814 below that figure.
Azimuth ranks the university #1,072 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $19,199 less than the model expects for similar students.
That places the result in the 4th percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $3,343.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $22,542. Within the measured factors, the STEM component subtracts $130.
Earnings scenarios, estimated from the program mix, range from a downside of $45,939 to an upside of $79,036. An estimated 26.2% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.
Earnings at Ithaca College vary widely by field. The earnings scenarios, which reflect the program mix, run from a downside of $45,939 to an upside of $79,036, with the typical scenario at $60,436.
The 21 programs with published earnings data four years after completion show that the field a student chooses matters a great deal. The highest-earning programs illustrate the upper end.
Accounting completers earn a median of $102,626, and Computer Science graduates reach $98,373. The largest program, Radio, Television, and Digital Communication, sits near the institutional median at $58,804, while Film/Video and Photographic Arts graduates earn $44,829.
Graduates of Ithaca College earn about $19,199 less than the model expects for similar students. The median earnings four years after completion are $60,436, which is below the $68,250 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).
On the debt side, borrowers who finish carry a median of $24,000 in federal student loans. That figure is below the peer median of $24,199 by $199, and it corresponds to an estimated payment of $273 a month if repaid over ten years.
Parents who borrow hold a separate median of $53,476 in Parent PLUS loans. The earnings picture here is mixed: graduates earn less than both the model's expectation and the peer median, while the debt load sits close to the peer midpoint.