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Siena College

Loudonville, New York·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·Mid East·siena.edu
6-yr Graduation
75%
+5.5pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Total enrollment
3,720
peer median 2,283
Avg net price
$33,733
+$8.2k vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
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About

Siena University, formerly Siena College, is a private Franciscan university in Loudonville, New York, United States. It was founded by the Order of Friars Minor in 1937 and is named after the Franciscan friar Bernardino of Siena. The university enrolls approximately 3,600 students and offers undergraduate and graduate programs through three schools in business, liberal arts, and science. Siena competes in NCAA Division I athletics as a member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.

Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

IPEDS
Applied
9,279
9,279 candidates competed
Admitted
6,404
69.0% acceptance rate
Enrolled
759
11.9% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
75%+5.5pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
4-year graduation
69%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
75%
Full-time retention
83%

Pell equity

6.5pp gap
Pell recipients
70%137 of 196
Non-Pell (all)
76%419 of 548
Subsidized loan, no Pell
77%191 of 249
No Federal Aid
76%228 of 299

Non-Pell students graduate at a 6.5-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

FVT/GE

Of 67 Title IV programs, 18 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 49 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
67
Passing
18
26.9% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

67programs
  • Passing18 · 26.9%
  • No Data49 · 73.1%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
0
Safe
18
No data
49

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

18
Ecology Evolution Systematics and Population Biology
Bachelor Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
+42.7%
$49,016 vs $34,350
Accounting and Related Services
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+42.9%
$95,611 vs $66,899
English Language and Literature General
Bachelor Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
+72.6%
$59,280 vs $34,350
History
Bachelor Degree · History
+74.3%
$59,855 vs $34,350
Social Work
Bachelor Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
+75.0%
$60,100 vs $34,350
Political Science and Government
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
+83.6%
$63,075 vs $34,350
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
+84.1%
$63,227 vs $34,350
Non-Professional Legal Studies
Bachelor Degree · Legal Professions And Studies
+84.8%
$63,487 vs $34,350

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

18
Ecology Evolution Systematics and Population Biology
Bachelor Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
55%
$27,000 debt · $49,016 earn
English Language and Literature General
Bachelor Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
46%
$27,000 debt · $59,280 earn
History
Bachelor Degree · History
45%
$27,000 debt · $59,855 earn
Political Science and Government
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
43%
$27,000 debt · $63,075 earn
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
43%
$27,000 debt · $63,227 earn
Non-Professional Legal Studies
Bachelor Degree · Legal Professions And Studies
43%
$27,000 debt · $63,487 earn
Sociology
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
42%
$26,995 debt · $64,070 earn
Physics
Bachelor Degree · Physical Sciences
40%
$27,000 debt · $66,865 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Middle States Commission on Higher Education

Accredited since 1943Next review Jan 2032

Programmatic accreditations · 3

Action history · 6

  1. Jun 2024Renewal of Accreditation
    Middle States Commission on Higher Education
  2. Apr 2023Renewal of Accreditation
    Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the baccalaureate degree levels
  3. Feb 2022Approved for Distance Education
    Middle States Commission on Higher Education
  4. Apr 2020Grant Substantive Change: Degree
    Middle States Commission on Higher Education
  5. Oct 2019Grant Substantive Change: Degree
    Middle States Commission on Higher Education

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$26,417
$30–48k$28,044
$48–75k$29,118
$75–110k$34,818
$110k+$37,704

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price (private)
$33,733
+$8,160vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs median $25,573
Federal loans
66.0%
In-state tuition
$46,580
Out-of-state
$46,580

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 1,048 students received $6.2M in Pell grants, alongside $24.9M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
1,048
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$6.2M
$6,190,171 total
Direct Loans
$24.9M
4,020 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
’20
1k
’21
1k
’22
1k
’23
1k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$6.5M
1,491 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$7.6M
2,020 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$1.3M
79 loan awards
Parent PLUS$9.4M
425 loan awards
Grad PLUS$65K
5 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 837 borrowers who entered repayment, 8 (0.9%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
0.9%
-1.4pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
837
Defaulted
8
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
2.2%
2017
2.5%
2018
3.2%
2019
0.9%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Siena College

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs78
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

967 total completions
01Business
33835.0%
02Social Sciences
11812.2%
03Psychology
11211.6%
04Health Professions
889.1%
05Communication
737.5%
06Education
717.3%
07Biological Sciences
676.9%
08History
363.7%
09English Language
333.4%
10Multi/Interdisciplinary
313.2%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
3,720
12-mo unduplicated
3,984
Undergraduate
3,664
Graduate
320

Gender split

Men
45%1,811
Women
55%2,173

Race / ethnicity composition

White
72.3%
Hispanic
10.0%
Asian
5.0%
Black
4.3%
Two or more
4.2%
Non-resident
3.3%
Unknown
0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.0%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

EADA
Athletes
388
188 M · 200 W
Women athletes
51.5%
Athletic aid
$7.6M
Total student aid
Budget
$19.9M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$3.4M
$4.2M
Recruiting expense
$114K
$139K
Head-coach salaries
$104K
$53K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 13

Lacrosse
52 M · 29 W
$2.3M
Soccer
36 M · 25 W
$1.9M
Cross Country
28 M · 21 W
$676K
Track and Field (Indoor)
25 M · 22 W
$57K
Track and Field (Outdoor)
25 M · 22 W
$57K
Baseball
38 M · —
$1.2M

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
3.04
11 offenses · 3,623 students

3-year trend

4.682 yrs ago3.561 yr ago3.04Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
41
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
13
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
4

Criminal offenses by type

Fondling
5
Rape
3
Motor vehicle theft
2
Burglary
1

By location

11total
  • On campus11

Includes 9 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

0
Domestic violence
2
Dating violence
1
Stalking
3 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs016
Liquor0138

Residence-hall fires

  • MacClosky Square1 fire
    Machinery/IndustrialDamage $0-$99

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

IPEDS
Student-to-faculty
12.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
237

Siena College vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Siena College selected for federal comparison reporting.

IPEDS
GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectSiena College
75%—3,720$33,733Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Asbury University
65%63.4%2,100$21,401Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Assumption College for Sisters
——30—Community College
Augustana College
73%62.7%2,570$22,736Baccalaureate
Augustana University
73%67.7%2,390$23,894Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Bentley University
87%45.1%5,333$37,930Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Bucknell University
86%28.9%3,969$40,766Baccalaureate
Calvin University
74%70.9%3,681$22,992Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Carthage College
64%87.1%2,844$26,565Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Concordia College at Moorhead
61%62.6%1,935$24,902Baccalaureate
Curry College
51%87.7%1,994$29,207Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Elizabethtown College
76%77.9%2,283$26,598Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Emmanuel College
68%75.7%1,983$26,706Baccalaureate
Gordon College
69%69.2%1,595$24,883Baccalaureate
Heidelberg University
52%85.8%1,091$20,556Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion
66%88.9%2,204$22,866Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Ithaca College
76%69.0%4,767$33,926Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Lake Erie College
38%70.4%1,108$20,961Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Loyola University Maryland
79%75.5%4,897$30,574Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Meredith College
70%74.2%1,465$22,488Baccalaureate
Morehouse College
59%44.0%2,847$39,013Baccalaureate
Muskingum University
56%81.8%1,751$19,532Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
North Central College
64%77.3%3,003$21,044Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Northwestern College
66%80.4%1,705$25,907Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Providence College
86%50.9%4,666$48,523Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Saint Michael's College
73%84.5%1,323$25,239Baccalaureate
Saint Norbert College
72%85.7%2,032$26,172Baccalaureate
St Bonaventure University
67%81.6%2,752$27,074Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Taylor University
74%73.5%2,548$24,865Baccalaureate
University of Scranton
80%81.2%4,724$32,568Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Wilson College
48%92.1%1,907$21,741Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Peer group median70%75.5%2,283$25,573

Institutions like Siena College

Explore the federal data for institutions in Siena College's comparison group.

IPEDS

Siena College Institutional Research office

The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

Office
Office of Institutional Research
Reports to Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Email
nphelan [at] siena.edu
Phone
(518) 782-6987
Address
114 Trustco Bank Center

Providing guidance regarding evidence-based decision making and continuous improvement to the administration, trustees, faculty, and other internal and external constituencies of Siena University through a variety of analytic activities, data-gathering tasks, and research projects.

Visit IR office page
Team
4 members
  • Nick Phelan
    Director of Institutional Research
  • Amy F. Savage
    Associate VPAA & Institutional Effectiveness
  • Sheila S. Spurr
    Senior Research Analyst
  • Lisa Yu
    Associate Director Institutional Effectiveness

Common Data Set

Siena College's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.

Source publications

Reports & documents (2)

Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.

Notable alumni of Siena College (12)

A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.

  • Michael Botticelli
    Government
  • Anthony Brindisi
    Government
  • George Deukmejian
    Government
  • Michael C. Finnegan
    Government
  • Wayne LaPierre
    Government
  • Jack Quinn
    Government
  • Gerald B. H. Solomon
    Government
  • John Lannan
    Sports
  • Chris Gibson
    Government
  • Tim Christman
    Sports
  • William J. Kennedy
    Arts and literature
  • Wendy Moniz
    Arts and literature

Frequently asked questions about Siena College

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Siena College.

What is the graduation rate at Siena College?

Siena College reports a 6-year graduation rate of 75% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Siena College?

Siena College reports a total enrollment of 3,720 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Siena College?

The average net price at Siena College is $33,733 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Siena College?

Siena College's yield rate is 11.9%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Siena College located?

Siena College is located in Loudonville, New York 12211-1462.

Who runs Institutional Research at Siena College?

Siena College's IR work is done by the Office of Institutional Research, which reports to Office of Institutional Effectiveness.

About the data on this page

Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
U.S. Department of Education
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
U.S. Department of Education
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

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