Ithaca College

[[File:Boardman_House,_Ithaca_NY.jpg|thumb|right|[[Boardman House (Ithaca, New York)|Boardman House]], the original site of Ithaca Conservatory of Music]]

[[File:Boardman_House,_Ithaca_NY.jpg|thumb|right|[[Boardman House (Ithaca, New York)|Boardman House]], the original site of Ithaca Conservatory of Music]]

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, New York |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''. The college was originally in the [[Boardman House (Ithaca, New York)|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.{{NRISref|2009a}}[[File:Job Hall, Ithaca College campus.jpg|thumb|Job Hall]]

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, New York |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''. The college was originally in the [[Boardman House (Ithaca, New York)|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.{{NRISref|2009a}}[[File:Job Hall, Ithaca College campus.jpg|thumb|Job Hall]]

By 1960, the college had some 2,000 students. A campus was built on [[South Hill, New York|South Hill]] in the 1960s, and students were shuttled between the old and new locations during the construction. The student body includes representatives from most U.S. states and 78 countries.{{cite web |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/ir/ |title=Institutional Research |access-date=2009-01-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090222231823/http://www.ithaca.edu/ir/ |archive-date=2009-02-22 |url-status=live}}

By 1960, the college had some 2,000 students. A campus was built on [[South Hill, New York|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.{{cite web |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/ir/ |title=Institutional Research |access-date=2009-01-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090222231823/http://www.ithaca.edu/ir/ |archive-date=2009-02-22 |url-status=live}}

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.{{Cite web |date=2025-08-28 |title=$1.5M Ithaca College Settlement Ends Lawsuit Over COVID-19 Tuition Refunds |url=https://www.classaction.org/news/1.5m-ithaca-college-settlement-ends-lawsuit-over-covid-19-tuition-refunds |access-date=2026-01-13 |website=www.classaction.org |language=en}} As part of the settlement, the college agreed to pay the claimants a total of $1.5 million.

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.{{Cite web |date=2025-08-28 |title=$1.5M Ithaca College Settlement Ends Lawsuit Over COVID-19 Tuition Refunds |url=https://www.classaction.org/news/1.5m-ithaca-college-settlement-ends-lawsuit-over-covid-19-tuition-refunds |access-date=2026-01-13 |website=www.classaction.org |language=en}} As part of the settlement, the college agreed to pay the claimants a total of $1.5 million.