Canisius University
Canisius University admitted 72% of applicants. Its average net price after aid was $18,178 a year. Within six years, 61% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 72%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Not required
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $45,546 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $18,178 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $11,897 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $35,880 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 61%
- Students who return for a second year
- 73%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $63,820 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $22,248
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,685
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 35%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 11 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness and kinesiology
- 21%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 19%
- Business, management and marketing
- 18%
- Psychology
- 9%
- Communication and journalism
- 7%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Bowie State University MD · 72% admitted
- Purdue University Northwest IN · 72% admitted
- Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College IN · 72% admitted
- SUNY Maritime College NY · 72% admitted
- University of Maryland-Baltimore County MD · 72% admitted
- Viterbo University WI · 72% admitted
More colleges in New York
- New York University NY · 9.2% admitted
- University at Buffalo NY · 74% admitted
- Stony Brook University NY · 49% admitted
- CUNY Hunter College NY · 54% admitted
- CUNY Bernard M Baruch College NY · 48% admitted
- Cornell University NY · 8.8% admitted
- Syracuse University NY · 46% admitted
- Binghamton University NY · 39% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.