Canisius College Business Programs

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.

Where Is Canisius College?

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	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Canisius?

With an acceptance rate of 78%, Canisius may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 41% of accepted students are men and 58% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 75%, and the acceptance rate for women is 80%.

Average Test Scores

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.

Canisius received ACT scores from 6% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 22 and 28.

Can I Afford Canisius College?

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.

Canisius College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,866 undergraduate students at Canisius, with 1,783 being full-time and 83 being part-time.

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.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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

In 2022-2023, 1,312 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.

Canisius College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	13	1	44	58
Accounting	15	0	42	57
Finance	37	0	0	37
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	17	0	0	17
General Economics	17	0	0	17
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	11	0	0	11
Management Science	0	0	9	9
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	5	0	0	5
International Business/Trade/Commerce	5	0	0	5
Other Economics	4	0	0	4
Entrepreneurship	2	0	0	2
Communication Management and Strategic Communications	2	0	0	2
Business Statistics	0	1	0	1
TOTAL	128	2	95	225

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Andre Carrotflower under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.