Susquehanna University
BA in Publishing &Editing

Selinsgrove, USA

DEGREE TYPE

DURATION

4 years

LANGUAGES

English

PACE

Full time

APPLICATION DEADLINE

EARLIEST START DATE

STUDY FORMAT

On-Campus

Key Summary

About: Susquehanna University's BA in Publishing and Editing combines editorial practice with liberal-arts study. You’ll study the history of the book, cultural roles of publishing, and digital shifts, working in a high-tech lab and on student publications. Faculty mentor you in small classes. The programme secures top internships, will relaunch a student-run SU Press with the business school.

Career Outcomes: Graduates work in book publishing, magazines, literary agencies, scholarly journals, digital content, publicity, and editorial production. Recent employers include Simon & Schuster, Penguin Random House, HarperCollins. Internships include Penguin Random House and UrbanEdge. Keywords: publishing, editing, digital publishing, editorial production.

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.