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Canisius College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Buffalo, New York. Buffalo is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

$28,026 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
81% Acceptance Rate

Where Is Canisius College?

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Contact details for Canisius are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 2001 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14208-1098
Phone: 716-888-2200
Website: www.canisius.edu

How Do I Get Into Canisius?

You can apply to Canisius online at: https://www.canisius.edu/apply-to-canisius

Admission Requirements for Canisius

Submission Required?
High School GPA Required
High School Rank Recommended
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Required
Recommendations Recommended
SAT or ACT Scores Considered but not required
TOEFL Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Canisius?

81% Acceptance Rate
59% Of Accepted Are Women
30% Submit SAT Scores
The acceptance rate at Canisius College is 81%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 41% of accepted students are men and 59% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 79%, and the acceptance rate for women is 83%.

Average Test Scores

About 30% of students accepted to Canisius submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 620. Math scores were between 530 and 630.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Canisius College  ( 520 to 620 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Canisius College  ( 530 to 630 )
200
800
Canisius received ACT scores from 6% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 24 and 31.

ACT Composite Scores for Canisius College  ( 24 to 31 )
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36

Can I Afford Canisius College?

$28,026 Net Price
65% Take Out Loans
1.3% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of Canisius is $28,026. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Canisius, approximately 65% of students took out student loans averaging $7,836 a year. That adds up to $31,344 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Canisius is 1.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Canisius College Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,783 Full-Time Undergraduates
51% Women
23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 1,866 undergraduate students at Canisius, with 1,783 being full-time and 83 being part-time.

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There are also 764 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,783 full-time undergraduates at Canisius, 49% are male and 51% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Canisius College students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 58
Black or African American 180
Hispanic or Latino 123
White 1,216
International Students 87
Other Races/Ethnicities 119

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at Canisius College. At this time, 27 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 36 countries are represented at Canisius. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, Saudi Arabia, and Nigeria.

Online Learning at Canisius College

266 Took All Classes Online
1,633 Took At Least One Class Online
-9.3% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2020-2021, 1,633 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Canisius has changed over the last few years.

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Online Growth Rankings of Canisius

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Canisius College was -9.3%. This is the #1,435 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Canisius regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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