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Canisius College was awarded 23 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health & physical education.
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According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, Canisius is ranked #728 out of 2,152 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Canisius held the #1,092 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Canisius also holds the #71 spot on the Best Colleges in New York ranking.
The acceptance rate at Canisius College is 78%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that Canisius is a good fit for you.
About 29% 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 660. Math scores were between 530 and 660.
At Canisius, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 11 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Canisius College is 44%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 78% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Canisius College enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Canisius the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 64%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Canisius College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,980 undergraduates at Canisius with 1,915 being full-time and 65 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $13,343 | $14,718 | $18,060 | $21,339 | $22,763 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Canisius, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Canisius, approximately 64% of students took out student loans averaging $7,374 a year. That adds up to $29,496 over four years for those students.
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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: | https://www.canisius.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Health & Physical Education | 139 | $26,254 |
| Educational Administration | 65 | NA |
| Accounting | 62 | $53,065 |
| Zoology | 61 | $26,398 |
| Business Administration & Management | 58 | $47,875 |
| Special Education | 44 | NA |
| General Biology | 43 | $29,397 |
| Child Development & Psychology | 42 | $29,333 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 37 | $48,587 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 32 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 1,312 students took at least one online class at Canisius College. This is a decrease from the 1,633 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,312 | 254 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,633 | 266 |
| 2020-2021 | 2,376 | 300 |
| 2018-2019 | 977 | 337 |
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Footnotes
*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.
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