+20%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Ithaca College rose 19% between 2006 and 2009 ($26.8k → $32.1k).
New York · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Ithaca College
Ithaca, New York. 4,350 undergraduate students. 63 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
Earnings, completion, debt, and enrollment anomalies at Ithaca College
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Ithaca College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.5% → 0.0%).
+15%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Ithaca College rose 14% between 2021 and 2024 ($46.8k → $53.5k).
-11%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Ithaca College fell 11% between 2021 and 2024 (4.8k → 4.2k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
Ithaca College earnings, debt, and completion vs. the New York median
Each tile compares this institution to the New York median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$63,548+37% · 6→10y
New York median $48,917$46,305
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry74.1%+5% · '97→'24
New York median 64.2%$19,500+88% · '97→'20
At program completion4,350-22% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS83.4%-3% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time69.9%+5% · '01→'24
latest cohort$50,510+67% · '00→'09
out-of-state $50,510SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How Ithaca College earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings at Ithaca College
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
4.1%Median federal debt $19,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $63,548 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ithaca College enrollment, completion, and debt over time
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
-22%
Ithaca College · undergrad enrollment fell
5,460 → 4,242
+67%
Ithaca College · in-state tuition rose
$19,192 → $32,060
+179%
Ithaca College · out-of-state tuition rose
$19,192 → $53,540
+88%
Ithaca College · median debt rose
$12,754 → $24,000
-100%
Ithaca College · cohort default rate fell
3.2% → 0.0%
+23%
Ithaca College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$51,500 → $63,548
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ithaca College programs ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Computer Science$138,391Accounting and Related Services$88,257Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions$85,098Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions$82,541Business Administration, Management and Operations$77,223Economics$73,994Special Education and Teaching$71,700Communication Disorders Sciences and Services$66,547Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication$66,212Physics$65,098Biology, General$64,294Health and Physical Education/Fitness$60,955Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions$60,848Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas$59,738Journalism$59,535Psychology, General$59,464Radio, Television, and Digital Communication$58,974Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences$58,795History$55,263Music$54,879Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions$54,865Music$47,526Natural Resources Conservation and Research$46,567Public Health$46,243
Showing top 24 of 28 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
28 Ithaca College programs with earnings, grouped by field
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
EDUCATION · CIP 13
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PHYSICAL SCIENCES · CIP 40
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
NATURAL RESOURCES & CONSERVATION · CIP 03
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Ithaca College
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$389,828
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 13
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $29,170
- HS-only baseline · NY
- $40,100
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 09
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Institutions similar to Ithaca College in New York
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Ithaca College graduates earn $X” — not “Ithaca College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Ithaca College caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.