Canisius University
Cost & Tuition
Student Debt
Median total debt: $19,000
Students with federal loans: 53.4%
Students with Pell grants: 26.8%
Career Outcomes
All graduates median earnings:
After 1 year: $37,798
After 5 years: $58,294
Majors(51 programs)
- Health and Physical Education/Fitness.(64 graduates)
- Accounting and Related Services.(64 graduates)
- Research and Experimental Psychology.(62 graduates)
- Zoology/Animal Biology.(53 graduates)
- Finance and Financial Management Services.(52 graduates)
- Biology, General.(45 graduates)
- Economics.(30 graduates)
- Communication and Media Studies.(29 graduates)
- Political Science and Government.(27 graduates)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections.(24 graduates)
- Marketing.(19 graduates)
- Radio, Television, and Digital Communication.(18 graduates)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations.(17 graduates)
- English Language and Literature, General.(14 graduates)
- Journalism.(12 graduates)
- Computer Science.(12 graduates)
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research.(11 graduates)
- Special Education and Teaching.(11 graduates)
- History.(10 graduates)
- Human Services, General.(9 graduates)
- Sociology.(9 graduates)
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies.(8 graduates)
- Chemistry.(8 graduates)
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.(7 graduates)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.(6 graduates)
- Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology.(6 graduates)
- Statistics.(5 graduates)
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations.(5 graduates)
- Philosophy.(4 graduates)
- International Relations and National Security Studies.(4 graduates)
- Urban Studies/Affairs.(4 graduates)
- International Business.(4 graduates)
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.(3 graduates)
- Engineering, General.(2 graduates)
- Music.(2 graduates)
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.(2 graduates)
- Area Studies.(1 graduates)
- Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology.(1 graduates)
- Anthropology.(1 graduates)
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies.
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication.
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.
- Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.
- Religion/Religious Studies.
- Physics.
- Social Sciences, General.
- Visual and Performing Arts, General.
- Fine and Studio Arts.
- Management Information Systems and Services.
Institution Details
Undergraduate Enrollment: 1,768 students
Admission Rate: 81.8%
Retention Rate: 80.0%
Graduation Rate: 70.7%
Student Demographics
White (64.5%)
Hispanic (5.5%)
Black (12.6%)
Asian (3.2%)
Two or More (3.6%)
International (5.8%)
Gender Distribution
Men (50.5%)
Women (49.5%)