Admissions & selectivity
Ithaca College Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Ithaca College?
Ithaca College’s reported acceptance rate is 69.0%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 69.0%
Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.
Source: Ithaca College Common Data Set 2024-25, C1 · first-time, first-year students.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
Ithaca College admits 69.0% of applicants, a rate that sits just below the median of 71.2% for comparable institutions (same type and size). In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported 11,914 applicants, 8,238 admitted students, and 991 enrolled first-year students.
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled Ithaca College students report?
Only a minority of entering students at Ithaca College submitted standardized test scores, so the available ranges describe a small slice of the class. In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported that enrolled first-year students who submitted SATs landed in the middle 50% between 1230 and 1370.
It also reported that 20% of the entering class submitted SAT scores. ACT submitters, who made up 5% of the entering class, scored in the middle 50% from 27 to 30.
Among enrolled first-year students with a reported class rank, 56% placed in the upper quarter of their high-school class and 86% in the upper half.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Ithaca College. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
20% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 1230
- Median
- 1310
- 75th percentile
- 1370
CDS 2024-25 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
5% of entering students submitted ACT scores
- 25th percentile
- 27
- Median
- 28
- 75th percentile
- 30
CDS 2024-25 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: Ithaca College Common Data Set 2024-25, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at Ithaca College?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 19.1%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 6.9%
- First-year retention
- 84.7%
Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.
About these student measures
The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.
Ithaca College enrolls 4,242 undergraduates. Pell Grant recipients make up 19.1% of the student body, and an estimated 6.9% arrive as transfers or part-time students.
In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported 11,914 first-year applicants, 8,238 admitted, and 991 enrolled. For transfer students, it reported 498 applicants, 262 admitted, and 78 enrolled.
The composition shows a campus where most students enter as first-years, with a smaller transfer population.
At Ithaca College, the first-time full-time cohort persists and graduates at rates that exceed the medians for comparable institutions. First-year retention is 84.7%, against a peer median of 83.4%.
The six-year graduation rate reaches 76.2%, while the peer median sits at 68.8%. Pell recipients in that entering class complete at 71.6%, a gap of 4.6 percentage points below the overall rate. Enrolled students can expect a campus where most who begin a degree finish it.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.
Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.
Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.
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