The story
Ithaca College was founded as the Ithaca Conservatory of Music in 1892 by local violin teacher William Grant Egbert. For nearly seven decades the institution grew in the city of Ithaca, adding to its music curriculum the study of elocution, dance, physical education, speech correction, radio, business, and the liberal arts. In 1931 the conservatory was chartered as a private college under its current name, Ithaca College. Music remained a cornerstone of the institution. In 1934, composer Sergei Rachmaninoff joined the Board of Trustees. The college was originally in the Boardman House; that building later became the Ithaca College Museum of Art, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
By 1960, the college had some 2,000 students. A campus was built on South Hill in the 1960s, and students were shuttled between the old and new locations during the construction. As of 2009, the student body included representatives from most U.S. states and 78 countries.
In August 2025, it was reported that the college agreed to settle a class action made by a group of former students regarding tuition refunds during the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of the settlement, the college agreed to pay the claimants a total of $1.5 million.
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