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Specialties
We are one of 28 Jesuit, Catholic colleges in the United States.
9 out of 10 students who apply to medical or health schools are accepted.
9 out of 10 students who apply to law school are accepted.
CPA exam results rank our accounting program #2 in New York State. The pass rate was 78 percent among Canisius graduates.
U.S. News ranks us as the eighth best value in the North region based upon superior academic quality and net cost of attendance.
More than 3,600 companies are registered with our career center.
Students annually intern with high-profile employers such as M&T Bank, the Buffalo Sabres, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, New Era Cap, Rich Products and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Within one year of graduation, more than 90% of Canisius students are working or in graduate school.
History
Established in 1870.
Canisius College is the largest private university in Western New York, one of 28 Jesuit, Catholic colleges in the nation, and is consistently ranked among the top regional colleges in the Northeast. Founded in 1870 by German Jesuits, Canisius College is named for St. Peter Canisius, a renowned Dutch educator and one of the original members of the Society of Jesus. What began in a single building in downtown Buffalo now consists of 56 buildings located on 72 acres in a residential neighborhood in North-Central Buffalo.