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Siena’s 29 majors and 43 minors (check them out here) equal 1,200 combinations of programs, and each path offers a blend of challenging academics and career preparation. Within six months after graduation, virtually all graduates have landed a job or are in graduate or professional school. 

#2. Quality, Affordability
Siena seeks to ensure this extraordinary experience is accessible to all who seek it. To provide a quality education that is affordable, Siena's annual tuition and fees ($25,350) and room and board ($9,930) are on average $7,000 less than our top 10 private competitors. In addition, more than four of five students receive financial assistance.

#3. Great Location
Our park-like campus in Loudonville, N.Y., is two miles north of Albany, the state capital, and is less than a three hour drive from New York City, Boston, Syracuse, and Montreal. The region is widely recognized as a premier location for high-tech companies, the arts, recreation and entertainment. The Albany area is one of /uploadedImages/Home/Prospective_Students/all-colleges-web.pngthe largest “college towns” in the U.S., with 21 colleges and universities totaling 65,000 students.

#4. Involved Professors
Faculty members help students customize their education and serve as research and life mentors. Nine of every ten professors at Siena hold the highest degrees possible in their fields and they are completely focused on the education of our undergraduate students.

#5. Career Preparation
Every year, more than 400 students work as interns at nearly 300 different organizations, making connections for their successful future careers. A quarter of Siena students study abroad and intern in cities and villages across the globe – in India, Honduras, the Czech Republic, Kenya, Ireland, Italy, Costa Rica, Greece, Britain, Tibet, Denmark – Siena students are everywhere!

#6. You’ll Graduate in Four Years
Siena’s four-year graduation rate is 74 percent, placing us in the top 100 of undergraduate colleges and universities nationally.  
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#7. Great Reputation
Siena, ranked alongside the nation's most prestigious liberal arts colleges by US News and World Report, is consistently placed among the top half. Further, a Siena degree has been nationally recognized as one of the best returns on your investment by Business Week.

#8. Franciscan, Catholic Tradition
These traditions are the backbone of the transformational experience that occurs at Siena. Education does not exist merely for learning, but for doing good works.

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