Graduate Programs
Admission Information
General Requirements
General admission to a degree program is granted to applicants who have a good undergraduate scholastic record (a 3.0 average on the 4.0 system is generally considered sufficient) and have received a four-year baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or technical school.
To apply for admission, you need to complete the online application and either pay the $40 application fee online or submit a check for that amount, payable to Ithaca College. You will also need to have two letters of recommendation submitted by persons who can evaluate your academic ability. In addition, you should have your undergraduate institution send an official transcript to Ithaca College, Division of Graduate and Professional Studies, 953 Danby Road, Ithaca, NY 14850. If you are applying for an assistantship, have two additional letters of recommendation sent by people who are able to evaluate your previous work performance.
Program-Specific Requirements and Deadlines
Business Administration
All applicants are required to take the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT).
Application files will be considered on an ongoing basis and processed in the order they are received until June 1. After June 1, candidates should contact the M.B.A. program director for instructions on how to submit a late application.
All admitted students will be considered for M.B.A. scholarships. First consideration for scholarships will be given to those who apply by April 15.
Communications
A statement of purpose is required for admission. The statement will be requested within the online application; you do not need to supply it separately. Your statement should describe your educational or professional experience related to communications as well as your goals in pursuing graduate study in this field at Ithaca College.
Application files will be considered on an ongoing basis, with preference given to those who apply by July 5.
The deadline to have your file completed for an assistantship is March 1.
Education
Applicants to the M.A.T. program in adolescence education and the M.S. program in childhood education are required to submit a short essay as part of their online application; the topic for the essay is included in the online application form. Finalists for admission are also required to participate in a campus interview with the faculty. Candidates are expected to submit scores on the state-required Liberal Arts and Sciences Test (LAST) prior to the start of the program and -- for advising purposes -- are encouraged to do so as part of the admissions process.
Applications for both admission and assistantships are due by May 15, with preference given to those who apply by March 1.
Exercise and Sport Sciences
GRE scores are required. The deadline to have your file complete for an assistantship is March 1.
Application for admission will be considered on an ongoing basis.
Applications for assistantships are accepted throughout the year, but preference is given to those received by March 1 for the fall semester.
Health Promotion and Physical Education
A statement of purpose is required for admission. The statement will be requested within the online application; you do not need to supply it separately. GRE scores are not required.
Applications for both admission and assistantships will be considered on an ongoing basis, with preference given to those completed by March 1.
Music
All applicants (except composition) should have an audition on the major instrument or voice or submit a taped performance. Contact the graduate chair in music regarding the content of the audition or tape recording to be submitted. Composers do not have a performance audition.
Applications for both admission to the fall semester and assistantships must be completed by March 1. Applications for both admission to summers-only music education study and assistantships must be completed by April 1.
M.M. in performance: Applicants who submit tapes may also be required to audition in person to demonstrate their recital potential. Applicants in percussion performance must audition on campus.
M.M. in composition: Applicants are required to submit representative scores and, whenever possible, recordings. Based on a review of the scores and recordings, applicants will be invited to campus for a personal interview.
M.M. in conducting: To aid us in the assessment of conducting competence, applicants are required to submit an initial screening DVD of a rehearsal or performance they conducted recently. Based on the DVD review, successful candidates will be invited to campus for a conducting audition and interview.
M.S. and M.M. in music education: Applicants must hold an initial or provisional teaching certificate, normally earned through an undergraduate music education degree. All candidates must submit a 500- to 700-word essay on a contemporary issue in music education, demonstrating their English-language skills and using scholarly sources where appropriate. The essay will be requested within the online application; you do not need to supply it separately.
Summer-only applicants: Only the M.S. and M.M. degrees in music education are available in the summer. All candidates will be notified of an acceptance decision by April 15; they must accept admission and pay the entrance deposit by May 1.
Occupational Therapy
You may enter this degree program only as a freshman or as a junior-year transfer student. This is not an entry-level graduate program. Students entering the graduate program in occupational therapy need not complete the application for admission to a graduate program; their admission will be processed through the Office of Admission.
Physical Therapy
You may enter the doctorate program only as a freshman or as a junior-year transfer student. This is not an entry-level graduate program. Students entering the graduate program in physical therapy need not complete the application for admission to a graduate program; their admission will be processed through the Office of Admission.
Transitional D.P.T.: This program is open only to Ithaca College graduates holding an M.S. in physical therapy. While the program is designed for students who are currently enrolled in the clinical science/physical therapy program (i.e., students graduating with their M.S. in physical therapy between 2005 and 2011), applicants from the earlier years of the M.S. program (1994-2004) may apply and be admitted on a case-by-case basis.
The deadline to have your file completed is June 1.
Speech-Language Pathology/Teaching Students with Speech and Language Disabilities
GRE scores are required.
Applications for both admission and assistantships are accepted on an ongoing basis, with strong preference given to those files that are completed by February 1.
Sport Management
GRE or GMAT scores are required for admission, as is a statement of purpose. The statement will be requested within the online application; you do not need to supply it separately.
Applications for both admission and assistantships will be considered on an ongoing basis, with preference given to those files that are completed by March 1.