Bachelor in Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies (Bachelor's)

At Ithaca College, tuition fees are 50,070 USD per year.

This major uses an interdisciplinary and intersectional approach to examine race, power, and resistance in the U.S. and diasporic contexts. Students engage with theoretical frameworks and historical analyses of racial and ethnic inequalities. The programme emphasizes how structural racism operates across time and space. It includes experiential learning and allows students to draw from multiple academic departments.

Focus areas include Race, Power, Resistance, Structural racism, Intersectionality, Diaspora studies.

The programme requires a total of 120 credits. Students complete core courses in race and ethnic studies, select from interdisciplinary electives, and fulfill an experiential learning requirement.

Graduates pursue roles in community organizing, policy analysis, education, and advocacy work focused on racial justice and equity.

Applicants must meet Ithaca College's general undergraduate admission requirements. Submission of high school transcripts and standardized test scores is required. International students must provide English proficiency scores.

The programme totals about 120 credit hours. On-campus, full-time, four-year programme. For international students, tuition is well above the median for US programmes. The institution admits about 70% of applicants.

Ithaca College offers more than 140 majors, minors, and other program options, with undergraduates working alongside faculty and peers in more than 70 majors and 70 minors. Studios, stages, clinics, and laboratories give students hands-on experience across the arts, health fields, business, media, and sciences. Graduate students can choose professional degree programs, practical leadership courses, and specialized certificates.

Professional opportunities extend beyond coursework. Students have produced four documentaries aired by Syracuse PBS, and four student ensembles are scheduled to perform at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center. The college's alumni include Bora Yoon ’02, whose path as a composer and soundscape creator began at Ithaca. Career mentors in the Center for Career Exploration and Development help students consider career possibilities and plan for life after college.

The campus is in Ithaca, New York, a setting with natural areas and 150 waterfalls near campus. Students can live in a residential community, join more than 200 organizations, clubs, and service opportunities, and attend lectures, performances, athletic events, and workshops. International students should review the full four-year cost forecast, financial aid process, and scholarship options. Support includes one-on-one financial aid appointments, academic resources, counseling, coaching, and fitness centers.