For nearly seven decades the institution flourished 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.

[5] In October 2020 the college announced that 130 of its 547 faculty positions would be cut to reduce the school's budget by $30 million because of declining enrollment.

[10] Students further questioned her transparency when she announced plans to cut 116 full-time faculty members, some of whom had worked at the school for decades, after receiving a $172,769 payment.

[11] Collado eventually announced in July 2021 that she will step down in January to become president and CEO of College Track.

[12] Collado succeeded Thomas Rochon, who was named eighth president of Ithaca College on April 11, 2008.

[14] During the fall 2015 semester, multiple protests focusing on campus climate and Rochon's leadership were led by students and faculty.

However, due to a series of highly publicized hazing incidents in the 1980s, including one that was responsible for the death of a student, the college administration reevaluated their Greek life policy and only professional music fraternities were allowed to remain affiliated with the school.

[52] As of 2024[update], professional coed music fraternity Mu Phi Epsilon is the only remaining recognized Greek organization on campus.

[54] However, there are various Greek letter organizations at Ithaca College that are unaffiliated with the school, and therefore not subject to the same housing privileges or rules that contribute to the safety of their members such as non-hazing and non-drinking policies.

[52] Additionally, while not particularly common, Ithaca College students may rush for Greek houses affiliated with nearby Ivy institution Cornell University, subject to the rules of each individual fraternity or sorority.

The School of Music also offers multiple opportunities to perform opera works, such as the school's Opera Workshop, which offers a variety of focused training in such areas as audition technique, interpretation, and scene study through multiple performance opportunities.[58].

The most common explanation is that the school's baseball uniforms—white with navy blue pinstripes and an interlocking "IC" on the left chest—bear a striking resemblance to the distinctive home uniforms of the New York Yankees, who are known as the Bronx Bombers.

It is an occasional source of umbrage from Ithaca's prominent pacifist community, but the athletics department has consistently stated it has no interest in changing the name.

In June 2011, President Rochon announced that the school would discontinue the search due to opposition in the alumni community.

Bomber football teams made a record seven appearances in the Division III national championship game, the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl, which has since been surpassed by Mount Union in 2003.

The Bombers play the SUNY Cortland Red Dragons for the Cortaca Jug, which was added in 1959 to an already competitive rivalry.

The Men's and Women's Crew programs are housed in the Robert B. Tallman Rowing Center, a $2.6 million boathouse dedicated in 2012.

Fourteen traditional team activities are offered throughout the year and include basketball, flag football, kickball, soccer, softball, ultimate, ski racing, and volleyball.

[77] The college composts its dining hall waste,[78] runs a "Take It or Leave It" Green move-out program, and offers a sustainable living option.

[83] In the spring of 2007, then-President Peggy R. Williams signed the American College & University President's Climate Commitment (ACUPCC), pledging Ithaca College to the task of developing a strategy and long-range plan to achieve "carbon neutrality" at some point in the future.

Including offsets from a solar farm, the college's overall energy usage is 45 percent carbon neutral.

Ithaca College has over 70,000 alumni,[88] with clubs in Boston, Chicago, Connecticut, Los Angeles, Metro New York, National Capital, North and South Carolina, Philadelphia, Rochester (NY), San Diego, and Southern Florida.

[89] Alumni events are hosted in cooperation with city-specific clubs and through a program called "IC on the Road".