Bachelor in Visual and Performing Arts (Bachelor's)

Tuition is Tuition for the 2024-2025 academic year is $38,500 per year..

This programme allows students to focus on visual arts, music, theatre, or broadcast journalism through structured tracks. Students combine courses across disciplines such as vocal performance, costume and makeup design, or journalism and documentary filmmaking. Hands-on training takes place in art studios, digital labs, rehearsal rooms, scene and wardrobe shops, and a television station. An 18-credit minor is available within the programme.

Focus areas include visual arts, music, theatre, broadcast journalism, vocal performance, costume and makeup design.

The programme includes a combination of studio work, performance, technical training, and interdisciplinary coursework. Students complete a total of 120 credits, with 18 credits dedicated to a minor.

Graduates enter roles such as graphic designer, video editor, performer, art instructor, marketing communications specialist, and event coordinator.

Applicants must submit a high school transcript, standardized test scores, and a portfolio or audition depending on the chosen track. A minimum GPA of 2.5 is required for admission.

The programme totals about 120 credit hours. On-campus, full-time, four-year programme. 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.