Siena College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Siena College

Siena College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Loudonville, New York (suburb: large), with a total reported enrollment of 3,409 students of which 3,773 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Siena College is categorized as “20” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 69.0%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,254. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $33,733, with published in-state tuition of $46,580 and a Pell grant recipient share of 24.5%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $26,561, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 75.3%, and the first-year retention rate is 82.7%. Graduates earn a median of $76,079 ten years after enrolling, compared with $56,526 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 147400.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 80.8% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.