Siena University Joins the SAGE Scholars College Consortium
SAGE Scholars is pleased to welcome Siena University to the SAGE Scholars College Consortium. Located in Loudonville, New York, just outside the state capital of Albany, Siena University is a private Franciscan institution founded in 1937. The university serves approximately 3,600 students and offers a broad range of undergraduate and graduate programs through its Schools of Business, Liberal Arts, and Science. Known for its close-knit campus community and personalized education, Siena emphasizes small class sizes, strong faculty mentorship, and a mission rooted in service, leadership, and ethical decision-making.
Siena is widely recognized for its strong academic programs and commitment to preparing students for successful careers. The university offers more than 40 majors and numerous minors and concentrations, with popular programs including business, nursing, psychology, biology, political science, and accounting. Siena’s School of Business holds AACSB accreditation, a distinction earned by only a small percentage of business schools worldwide. Students benefit from hands-on learning opportunities, research experiences, and internships throughout New York’s Capital Region, where connections with government agencies, healthcare systems, and regional employers help students gain valuable real-world experience before graduation.
The university has earned national recognition for student success and career outcomes. Siena has been ranked among the nation’s top colleges by publications including The Wall Street Journal and U.S. News & World Report, and has been recognized as the #1 college in New York for job placement, reflecting the university’s strong focus on internships, mentorship, and career preparation. Siena’s commitment to helping students succeed academically and professionally makes it a natural addition to the SAGE Scholars College Consortium.
Campus life at Siena is vibrant and engaging. The university’s athletic teams, known as the Siena Saints, compete in NCAA Division I athletics as members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Siena sponsors more than 20 varsity teams, and its athletic programs contribute to a strong sense of school spirit and community. Students also participate in a wide variety of clubs, service initiatives, and leadership opportunities that reflect the university’s Franciscan values of compassion, collaboration, and service to others.
By joining the SAGE Scholars College Consortium, Siena University expands the network of institutions dedicated to helping families discover outstanding private college opportunities across the country. With its strong academic offerings, nationally recognized career outcomes, and supportive campus environment in New York’s Capital Region, Siena University provides students with an exceptional place to learn, grow, and prepare for meaningful futures.
Siena University
A Siena education is an education with soul. Located in Loudonville, New York, just 10 minutes from the state capital of Albany, the Siena experience is built for a new generation of leaders eager to create a more just, peaceful, and humane world. It empowers them through a transformative journey of intellectual, spiritual, and personal discovery.
At Siena, education isn't something you get; it's something you get to do. With 43 majors, 80-plus minors and certificates, and prestigious joint-degree programs in liberal arts, science, and business, Saints have over 1,200 unique ways to reach their personal and professional goals. But that's just the beginning.
Our 3,000 Saints engage personally with top scholars in a dynamic, customized learning environment. From internships to research to service, they get real-world experience now, not later. The result: sought-after graduates prepared to succeed in an ever-changing global society.
Hundreds of student life options ranging from Red Cross to rugby join with Siena's 21-sport Division I athletic program to provide students the opportunity to get in the game, whatever their interests may be. Extensive study abroad programs and immersive service-learning allow for discovery and reflection.
Saints are challenged ethically and morally to go beyond asking what and how to better understand why. They push outside their comfort zone to explore different perspectives and new possibilities, and work closely with their professors (12:1 student-faculty ratio), taking advantage of state-of-the-art resources and one-on-one research opportunities in all fields. A Siena education is strengthened through a robust internship program that includes top startup companies, nonprofits, and government organizations that drive this region's growth.
Siena's Franciscan liberal arts tradition is our soul. Saints embrace the excluded and unite in service to the poor and marginalized. They lead by putting others first, thinking creatively, and developing innovative solutions in pursuit of the greater good.
Siena's education for a lifetime opens doors to enduring success and a passion for lifelong learning and doing. And it's what connects Saints to Siena-and each other- forever.
Saints succeed. Siena University ranks #1 in New York State for getting graduates into jobs and in the top 2% of U.S. colleges and universities according to The Wall Street Journal. Are you ready to get off the sidelines? Schedule a visit today.
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