Which Ithaca College major has the lowest debt?

Political Science graduates leave with a median of $19,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 18 Ithaca College bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Ithaca College cost?

Tuition and fees are $53,540 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $33,926 a year.

How many Ithaca College programs report graduate pay?

18 bachelor's programs at Ithaca College report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Ithaca College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit college
Ithaca, NY
4,242 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

18 Ithaca College bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Computer Science pays the most in the first year ($70,239), and Rehabilitation and Therapy the least ($7,071). The median program pays $28,599.

Tuition and fees$53,540Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$33,926Per year

Graduation rate76%Within 6 years

Admission rate69%Of applicants

All 18 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in New York" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across New York. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in New York
1	Computer ScienceAbout 7 graduates a year	$70,239	$138,391	$21,000	12th of 20
2	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 55 graduates a year	$48,249	$59,738	$26,500	5th of 22
3	Business AdministrationAbout 135 graduates a year	$46,306	$77,223	$25,000	20th of 73
4	Public Relations and AdvertisingAbout 119 graduates a year	$39,446	$66,212	$23,250	6th of 12
5	JournalismAbout 20 graduates a year	$34,453	$59,535	$25,000	6th of 17
6	Physiology and PathologyAbout 32 graduates a year	$32,794	$58,795	$23,149	1st of 4
7	Public HealthAbout 8 graduates a year	$32,112	$46,243	$22,095	13th of 13
8	Radio, TV, and Digital MediaAbout 124 graduates a year	$30,355	$58,974	$23,921	6th of 14
9	Political ScienceAbout 17 graduates a year	$28,846	Not reported	$19,500	41st of 47
10	BiologyAbout 23 graduates a year	$28,351	$64,294	$26,000	48th of 65
11	PsychologyAbout 47 graduates a year	$27,814	$59,464	$23,250	56th of 65
12	Writing and RhetoricAbout 29 graduates a year	$26,443	$38,514	$25,000	6th of 12
13	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 26 graduates a year	$26,032	$46,567	$26,000	15th of 17
14	SociologyAbout 22 graduates a year	$24,026	Not reported	$25,000	35th of 38
15	Film and PhotographyAbout 112 graduates a year	$23,782	$44,112	$25,000	10th of 18
16	MusicAbout 52 graduates a year	$23,119	$47,526	$27,000	6th of 15
17	TheatreAbout 55 graduates a year	$18,243	$38,424	$26,000	18th of 31
18	Rehabilitation and TherapyAbout 121 graduates a year	$7,071	$60,848	$25,959	7th of 7

Program names link to the program's own page, and New York ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five New York programs in the field do too.

5 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Lowest median debt

Political Science$19,500
Computer Science$21,000
Public Health$22,095
Physiology and Pathology$23,149
Public Relations and Advertising$23,250

Largest programs

Business AdministrationAbout 135 graduates a year
Radio, TV, and Digital MediaAbout 124 graduates a year
Rehabilitation and TherapyAbout 121 graduates a year
Public Relations and AdvertisingAbout 119 graduates a year
Film and PhotographyAbout 112 graduates a year

Common questions

Computer Science graduates earn a median of $70,239 in their first year, the most of 18 Ithaca College bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of New York rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels