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 graduate application and either pay the $40 application fee online or mail a check for that amount, made 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 14850-7002. 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 (M.B.A.)
Professional Accountancy (M.B.A.)
All applicants are required to take the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT); however anyone graduating (or anticipating graduating) from an AACSB-accredited business school having completed the equivalent of our U/G management minor (now pre-MBA minor), and earning a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or higher at the end of the fall semester senior year, or the equivalent, will not be required to submit GMAT scores.
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 MBA program director for instructions on how to submit a late application.
All admitted students will be considered for MBA scholarships. First consideration for scholarships will be given to those who apply by March 1. The deadline for final admission is May 15 for fall; November 1 for spring.
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.
Applications will be considered on an ongoing basis, with preference given to those who apply by February 15 for fall admission; December 1 for spring.
The GRE exam is not required for admission into the communications program.
If you are an international student, you must submit your TOEFL or IELTS exam scores. If you have attended an English speaking college or university, we may waive this requirement.
The deadline to have your file completed if applying for an assistantship is February 15.
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 is ongoing, with preference given to applications received by February 15.
Application files will be considered on an ongoing basis with priority given to those applications received by March 1 for the fall semester. Applications received after March 1 may be put on a wait list. Spring admission is by special permission only from the ESS graduate chair. GRE scores required.
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.
All applicants (except composition and conducting) should have an audition on the major instrument or voice, or submit a recorded performance on DVD. Contact Mr. Thomas Kline, Music Admissions Program Director, at 607-274-3366 or tkline@ithaca.edu, regarding content of the audition and recording to be submitted. Applicants in composition and conducting do not have a performance audition.
Applications for both admission to the fall semester and assistantships must be completed by January 15 for composition and conducting degrees, and by March 1 for all other degrees. Applications for both admission to the summers-only music education program and assistantships, must be completed by April 1.
M.M. in performance: Applicants are encouraged to audition in person, but may submit a DVD. (CDs and tapes are not acceptable for performance auditions.) 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 scholarly essay on a contemporary issue in music education that demonstrates their ability to craft the English language, using and citing scholarly sources. 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 21; they must accept admission and pay the entrance deposit by May 15. Applicants to the summer program after this date will be accepted on a space available basis until June 15. Any waiting list candidates to be offered admission will be sent decision letters, with a ten day period allowed for return of acceptance and deposit.
For questions, contact Mr. Thomas Kline, Music Admissions Program Director, at 607-274-3366 or tkline@ithaca.edu.
We are pleased to announce a new graduate-level entry program in occupational therapy, beginning in May 2010. Preference given to applications completed by March 1.
For the non-graduate-level entry program in occupational therapy (B.A./M.S.), students may enter as a freshman or as a junior-year transfer student. These students need not complete the application for admission to a graduate program; their application will be processed through the College's Office of Admission.
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.
All applications for admission and assistantships should be submitted to the Division of Graduate and Professional Studies by February 1. Students must enter the program during the fall semester.
