BA in Publishing &Editing
Susquehanna University
Key Information
Campus location
Selinsgrove, USA
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
4 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
USD 50,500 / per year *
Application deadline
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* tuition 2020-21
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Introduction
Top Tier Career Preparation, Small School Vibe
Do you dream of working at a publishing house, indie magazine, or scholarly journal? Then our publishing and editing major is for you.
You won't find this kind of program at any other liberal arts colleges—or at many far larger colleges either. We offer one of the only publishing majors in the nation.
Publishing is all about connecting. Writers and readers. Art and business. Traditional and new technologies. Gain the knowledge and skills to navigate these interconnections, and reflect on the:
- Cultural role of publishing
- History of the book
- Implications of the shift to digital publishing
Our publishing and editing program is big enough that you'll have access to a high-tech, dedicated lab, and eight department student publications, and small enough that you'll get hands-on, personalized attention from faculty. Our students have even helped produce a professional publication, which saw two pieces nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
Nab Prime Internships & Post-Grad Opportunities
Our track record for internships at top magazines, newspapers, and presses and placements at the three most prestigious summer certificate programs is exceptional. Internships include:
- UrbanEdge Publishing
- Penguin Random House
- Massie & McQuilkin Literary Agents
- Ingram Content Group
Each year we successfully place graduates in the Columbia Publishing Course and NYU's Summer Publishing Institute. All five students from the Class of 2019 who applied to Columbia's program, the most prestigious program in the country, were accepted.
Coming Soon
Susquehanna University will be restarting the SU Press as an entirely student-run operation. The press will provide hands-on experience in publishing and is a collaborative project with the Sigmund Weis School of Business. With this project, our undergrad publishing program will be the only one in the country affiliated with a business school. More details about the SU Press will be coming this fall.
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Program Outcome
Flexible Skills for Any Field
You'll be ready to succeed in publishing and editing when you graduate, and the skills you'll gain translate to many industries including media management, marketing, library and information science, communications, and more.
Our interdisciplinary minors, like museum studies and arts administration, help you gain a better understanding of important topics in today’s world.
Career Opportunities
Recent graduates are employed at:
- Simon & Schuster
- The Ross Yoon Agency
- AfterShock Comics
- Holiday House
- Labyrinth Books
- Leshne Agency
- Penguin Random House (Publicity)
- KAMA, IOS App
- Pearson Education
- Free Spirit Publishing
- Harper Collins (HarperTeen)
- Cengage Learning
- Berkley Books/Penguin Random House
- Penn Foster Education
- Workman Publishing
- The Pottsville Republican-Herald
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Highlights for Children
- Business 2 Community
- MacMillan Learning
- So to Speak: A Feminist Journal of Language and Art
- Ingram Content Group
- Print: A Bookstore (Portland, ME)
- Crayola
- Touchstone Books
- U.S. Pharmacopeia
- The Vanguard Group
- Stanford University
Recent internship placements:
- Dzanc Books
- Citizen's Climate Lobbby
- Her Campus Media
- Penguin Random House
- UrbanEdge Publishing
- Overlook Press
- Massie & McQuilkin Literary Agents
- Help the Rural Child Charity Bookstore, Maubray, South Africa
- NEPA Scene
- Harvey Klinger, Inc.
- Logbuch KG, Bremen, Germany
- Odyssey Online
- Sunbury Press
- Atticus Books
- Judson Press
- Llewellyn Worldwide (publisher)
- San Diego Magazine
- The Star Ledger
- Artvoice: Buffalo's #1 Newsweekly
- Sacramento Book Review
- The Hopkins Review
- Business 2 Community
- The Arabian Sport Horse Magazine
- Susquehanna Life Magazine
- W.W. Norton
- Writ Large Management
- Pretty Pictures Entertainment
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