Enrollment Trends at Ithaca

The student population at Ithaca College is 4,767 (4,268 undergraduate and 499 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,002 (29.58%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Ithaca is 89.53% which is decreased by 2,055 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 53 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 76 male students for every 100 female students, up from 71 in 2015.
55 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 2,650.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,799 where 4,767 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 6,769 students in 2016 and was lowest at 4,767 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 6,769 to 4,767 students, a net loss of 2,002 (29.6%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Ithaca College since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,769	6,323	2,684	3,639	446	122	324
2016-17	6,678 -91	6,221 -102	2,599 -85	3,622 -17	457 11	145 23	312 -12
2017-18	6,516 -162	6,059 -162	2,562 -37	3,497 -125	457	152 7	305 -7
2018-19	6,517 1	6,101 42	2,618 56	3,483 -14	416 -41	114 -38	302 -3
2019-20	6,266 -251	5,852 -249	2,497 -121	3,355 -128	414 -2	108 -6	306 4
2020-21	5,354 -912	4,957 -895	2,074 -423	2,883 -472	397 -17	122 14	275 -31
2021-22	5,239 -115	4,818 -139	2,157 83	2,661 -222	421 24	114 -8	307 32
2022-23	5,054 -185	4,619 -199	2,074 -83	2,545 -116	435 14	108 -6	327 20
2023-24	4,828 -226	4,368 -251	1,997 -77	2,371 -174	460 25	100 -8	360 33
2024-25	4,767 -61	4,268 -100	1,949 -48	2,319 -52	499 39	113 13	386 26
Average	5,799	5,359	2,321	3,038	440	120	320

Ithaca College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 5,359 where 4,268 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Ithaca College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,323	6,206	2,622	3,584	117	62	55
2016-17	6,221	6,103	2,537	3,566	118	62	56
2017-18	6,059	5,936	2,502	3,434	123	60	63
2018-19	6,101	5,991	2,563	3,428	110	55	55
2019-20	5,852	5,739	2,438	3,301	113	59	54
2020-21	4,957	4,785	1,986	2,799	172	88	84
2021-22	4,818	4,719	2,108	2,611	99	49	50
2022-23	4,619	4,521	2,028	2,493	98	46	52
2023-24	4,368	4,285	1,957	2,328	83	40	43
2024-25	4,268	4,207	1,925	2,282	61	24	37
Average	5,359	5,359	2,267	2,983	5,359	55	55

Ithaca College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 440 where 499 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Ithaca College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	446	371	94	277	75	28	47
2016-17	457	391	115	276	66	30	36
2017-18	457	386	113	273	71	39	32
2018-19	416	354	88	266	62	26	36
2019-20	414	349	79	270	65	29	36
2020-21	397	339	93	246	58	29	29
2021-22	421	368	91	277	53	23	30
2022-23	435	410	91	319	25	17	8
2023-24	460	439	92	347	21	8	13
2024-25	499	395	98	297	104	15	89
Average	440	440	95	285	440	24	36

Ithaca College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 70.51%. The percentage was 70.96% 10 years ago and Ithaca still has a high percentage of white students. 3.63% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.43% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 11.14% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 70.96% to 70.51%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.55% to 3.63%. Black student enrollment decreased from 5.48% to 4.43%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.25% to 11.14%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4850 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.4861 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Ithaca College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	6	240	371	491	1	4,803	202
2016-17	8	254	382	515	0	4,786	198
2017-18	5	261	374	527	3	4,749	209
2018-19	8	262	358	560	4	4,741	220
2019-20	8	260	350	562	3	4,568	211
2020-21	7	215	319	539	2	3,867	189
2021-22	5	205	285	525	4	3,795	199
2022-23	4	197	260	498	5	3,658	207
2023-24	2	178	226	487	6	3,466	229
2024-25	4	173	211	531	6	3,361	223
Average	6	225	314	524	3	4,179	209

Ithaca College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

55 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 1% of total students. The number of online students has increased 2,650.00% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Ithaca College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	6,769	2	281	6,486
2016-17	6,678	3	460	6,215
2017-18	6,516	1	692	5,823
2018-19	6,517	6	768	5,743
2019-20	6,266	3	859	5,404
2020-21	5,354	5,129	89	136
2021-22	5,239	23	1,450	3,766
2022-23	5,054	5	940	4,109
2023-24	4,828	4	769	4,055
2024-25	4,767	55	611	4,101
Average	5,799	523	692	4,584

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Enrollment Trends at Ithaca

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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