Siena College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large suburb.

Overview

Siena College is a four-year, coeducational, Catholic, liberal arts College located in Loudonville, New York, United States. It was established in 1937 by the Franciscan Friars. The college welcomes more than 3,000 full-time students annually. Siena College offers undergraduate degrees in business, liberal arts, and sciences. It also offers bachelor degrees in diverse areas of study.

Siena College has an active student life. The campus is home to several student clubs and organizations based on the varied interests of its students. Some of these include the Computer Science Club, Financial Marketing Association, and Gaming Club. The college also operates a student-run, nationally acclaimed radio station known as the WVCR FM. "The Promethean" is the college's student newspaper.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Roman Catholic religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in business and management, science, mathematics, therapy and counseling, and liberal arts.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High faculty salary.
• High male/female ratio.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, Liberal Arts.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 3,305 in 2009-2010 (3,119 full-time equivalent).

About 47% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 53% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 96% of the student body. About 2% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Siena College provides on-campus housing for 2,480 of its 3,119 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

The school is in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 107 male students received the aid (men were 44% of those receiving aid) and 134 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 56% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Siena College offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Master.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (5 awarded)

• Visual and Performing Arts

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (350 awarded)

• Accounting
• Finance
• Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (11 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (11 awarded)

• Social Work

LIBERAL ARTS (205 awarded)

• American/United States Studies/Civilization
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• History
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (16 awarded)

• Mathematics

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (9 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (89 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biological and Biomedical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Ecology
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (89 awarded)

• Psychology