New York offers a wide range of Colleges choices for international students thinking of studying there. International students may not know what each state is like and how many Colleges may be located there. Therefore, in order to make your New York research easier, we’ve sorted some key city data below.
On this page below the city data, you’ll also find a list of the Universities and Colleges in Ithaca. Clicking on the Colleges's name will take you to a profile containing contact information, program facts, tuition and fees, affiliation and accreditation, admission requirements, information on student enrollment, and much more. Being able to see all the college options in a city can help you decide whether college or university study in Ithaca is right for you.
ITHACA, NEW YORK QUICK STATSCounty: Tompkins
Incorporated: 1888
Land Area: 5.46 square miles
Population Density: 5448 people per square mile
Population: 29,763
Population change since 2000: 1.60%
Races (City): White Non-Hispanic (71.3%), Black (6.7%), Chinese (5.7%), Hispanic (5.3%), Two or more races (3.4%), Other Asian (3.0%), Asian Indian (1.9%), Other race (1.9%), Korean (1.6%), American Indian (1.0%), Japanese (0.7%) (Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)
Ancestries (City): German (13.6%), Irish (12.4%), Italian (9.7%), English (9.2%), Polish (6.2%), Russian (5.2%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Union, NY (33.4 miles , pop. 56,298)
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Rochester, NY (75.3 miles , pop. 219,773)
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Manhattan, NY (174.6 miles , pop. 1,537,195)
Nearest cities: Forest Home, NY (1.3 miles ), Cayuga Heights, NY (1.3 miles ), South Hill, NY (1.5 miles ), East Ithaca, NY (1.5 miles ), Northeast Ithaca, NY (1.6 miles ), Northwest Ithaca, NY (1.6 miles ), Lansing, NY (1.8 miles ), Enfield, NY (2.5 miles )
Ithaca Compared to State Average: Median household income below state average. Median age significantly below state average. Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average. Renting percentage above state average. Number of rooms per house below state average. Number of college students significantly above state average. Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly above state average.
ITHACA, NEW YORK EDUCATION FACTSHigh school or higher: 89.50%
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 57.90%
Graduate or professional degree: 31.60%
Colleges/Universities in Ithaca:
CORNELL UNIVERSITY-ENDOWED COLLEGES Full-time enrollment: 12,036, Private, not-for-profit, Website: www.cornell.edu, Offers Doctor's degree CORNELL UNIVERSITY-NY STATE STATUTORY COLLEGES FT enrollment: 7,413, Public, Website: www.cornell.edu, Offers Doctor's degree ITHACA COLLEGE FT enrollment: 6,052, Location: 953 DANBY RD, Private, not-for-profit, Website: www.ithaca.edu, Offers Master's degree)
Colleges/Universities with over 2000 Students Nearest to Ithaca:
SUNY COLLEGE AT CORTLAND about 23 miles, CORTLAND, NY, Full-time enrollment: 6,187 CORNING COMMUNITY COLLEGE about 35 miles, CORNING, NY, FT enrollment: 2,797 ONONDAGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE about 40 miles, SYRACUSE, NY, FT enrollment: 5,132 SUNY AT BINGHAMTON about 40 miles, BINGHAMTON, NY, FT enrollment: 11,498 BROOME COMMUNITY COLLEGE about 40 miles, BINGHAMTON, NY, FT enrollment: 4,081 SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY about 45 miles, SYRACUSE, NY, FT enrollment: 15,859 LE MOYNE COLLEGE about 47 miles, SYRACUSE, NY, FT enrollment: 2,517
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