Bachelor in Journalism (Bachelor's)

Tuition is Tuition for the 2024-2025 academic year is $38,500 per year for full-time undergraduate students..

This programme emphasizes hands-on journalism training using professional equipment and software. Students learn to write, shoot, and edit news under guidance from working reporters and anchors. The curriculum includes courses in communications law, ethics, documentary video, and sports reporting. Students can pursue a major in Communications with a Journalism track or combine journalism with another major through a minor.

Focus areas include communications law and ethics, documentary video, feature writing and reporting, sports reporting.

The programme offers a Journalism track within the Communications major. Students complete coursework in reporting, production, and ethics, with opportunities for practical experience through internships.

Graduates enter roles in news reporting, video production, and content creation at local and national media organizations.

Applicants must meet general university admission requirements. A high school diploma or equivalent is required. Submission of transcripts and standardized test scores may be needed.

The programme totals about 120 credit hours. on-campus, full-time, typical duration four years. For international students, tuition is above the median for US programmes. The institution admits about 71% of applicants.

Siena’s Franciscan roots shape its emphasis on kindness, community, and responsibility. The college offers undergraduate majors, minors, dual majors, certificates, and graduate programs across liberal arts, business, science, education, nursing, social work, and related fields. Its history program combines research, internships, study abroad, and a required experiential component, with a capstone course focused on original historical research.

Learning is closely connected to professional practice. Accounting students can undertake paid internships from their first year, work on simulated audit projects, study forensic accounting and fraud examination, and use data analytics in coursework. History students conduct original research, work with historical sources, present findings, and participate in community projects. Small classes and faculty attention support mentoring and individualized academic guidance.

The campus is located at 515 Loudon Road in Loudonville, in Upstate New York. International students interested in business can add the international business concentration to any major. It covers international studies, comparative economics, money and banking, international marketing, and other subjects related to global business and cultural awareness. Students selecting the business major choose two concentrations. Study-abroad opportunities also appear within the curriculum, including international accounting study involving travel to London and Amsterdam.