Graduate and Professional Studies

Advance Your Career

Amplify your professional potential and take on the challenge of higher expectations with the academic rigor, professional experience, and global networks that distinguish our master’s and doctorate programs, undergraduate-to-graduate degrees, and graduate certificate programs.

Our Graduate Programs

Through intensive coursework, close working relationships with industry professionals, and invested faculty and mentors who are leaders in their fields, you will grow your networks, knowledge base, and leadership skills.

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Master’s and Doctorate Degrees

Propel your career in business, education, and health-related fields among fellow academics and aspiring experts.

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Accelerated and Combined Programs

Enroll as an undergraduate in one of our accelerated, dual degree bachelor’s-to-professional degree programs.

Graduate Programs by School

Ithaca College offers competitive graduate programs led by expert faculty. You will thrive in your professional and academic goals with a nationally recognized and highly sought-after graduate degree from IC.

Business

Obtain an MBA in entertainment and media management or an MS in accounting from the School of Business.

Health Sciences and Human Performance

Study exercise and sport sciences, occupational or physical therapy, physician assistant studies, or speech-language pathology.

Humanities and Sciences

Prepare for a teaching career with a master of arts in teaching (MAT) or an MS in childhood education.

Music, Theatre, and Dance

Take your talent to the next level with master of music (MM) degrees in composition, conducting, and performance.

Attending Our Graduate Programs

Our beautiful home in Ithaca, NY, is bursting with opportunities to do research, engage in community service, network, and ready yourself for a fruitful career. Here, you’ll cultivate discoveries, friendships, and goals to shape the rest of your life.

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About Ithaca College

Get a quick overview of Ithaca College, including our five schools and our #1 college town location.

Explore Our Community

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Research and Applied Learning

Employ your coursework in hands-on research, clinical practice, state-of-the-art labs, internships, externships, and more.

Learn About Our Hands-On Learning

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Graduate Student Life

Connect with fellow graduate students, find the hot dining spots on campus (and in Ithaca!), and explore graduate housing options.

Immerse Yourself in Student Life

Change Lives Every Day

98%

Employed

Students employed upon graduation from one of our five M.A.T. or M.S. education programs

Months

To fast-track your future and earn your MBA

96%

Graduation Rate

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News About Our Graduate Students

Our one-of-a-kind learning environment brings out grand discoverers, exciting innovators, distinguished award-winners, and many other impressive contributors to the fabric of Ithaca College and the energy that radiates around campus.

How Teachers Stay Happy—and Keep Teaching

IC research shows impact, growth, balance, and community drive teacher retention—and how IC readies tomorrow's educators.

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It's Always the Ear, Never the Gear

IC’s Speech and Hearing Clinic is music to Tompkins County’s ears.

The Man Behind the Roster

Tariq Ahmad ’04, MS ’12 builds a winner with the San Francisco 49ers.

Contact Ithaca College

Graduate and Professional Studies and Office of Extended Studies
Peggy Ryan Williams Building - 3rd Floor
953 Danby Road • Ithaca, NY 14850

provost@ithaca.edu

607-274-3113