College · Private nonprofit · Buffalo, NY · City
Canisius University
Buffalo, NY
Religious affiliation
Admit rate72%
6-yr median pay$46k
Net price / yr$18k
Undergrad size1,685
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $18k/yr for a shot at a $46k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 72% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average ACT 28.
If you get in
1,685 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $44k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $18k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$177k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$72k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$106k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.6x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $34.5k
- Room & board
- $13.6k
- Books & supplies
- $1,200
How students pay for it.
Pell grants32%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans53%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$24k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $7k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention77%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr66%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$46k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$61k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out23%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 1,685
- Location
- Buffalo, NY
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
- Also known as
- Canisius
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White64%
- Black14%
- International6%
- Hispanic6%
- Asian4%
- Two or more races4%
- Unknown3%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students23%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time2%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$65k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 50
What you can study.