Ithaca College

Ithaca College is a private liberal arts college in Ithaca, New York, founded in 1892 as a music school, the Ithaca Conservatory of Music in downtown Ithaca.

The Modern Era

Ithaca College's modern era began when the school moved from downtown Ithaca to Ithaca's South Hill, south of Cayuga Lake, beginning in 1960.

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Cayuga Lake - 1960

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Ithaca College is best known for its programs in music, communications, physical therapy, business, theatre, and physical education.

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The School of Music, now housed in the James J. Whalen Center for Music (which was erected around the original Ford Hall in 1998), gives over 300 concerts a year, most of which are free and open to the public. The school offers degrees in music performance, education, recording and jazz studies; as well as a unique 4-1/2 year program in which students graduate with 2 bachelor's degrees, one in performance and one in education.

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