unitid 189705 · Buffalo, NY · private nonprofit 4-year · city (large)
Canisius University
- enrollment 2023
- 2,859
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
72%
47th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
1,685
70th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
32%
undergrads on Pell grants
47th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
66%
finish within 150% time
66th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$44,322
44th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$17,940
after aid, aided students
27th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$60,681
after entry, Title IV students
71st pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$24,250
48th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $12,781 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
family income mix not reported
- Median family income
- $65,323
- First-generation students
- 23%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $34,500
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.5× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 61 | $65,585 | — |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | 53 | $67,796 | $21,875 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 48 | $57,161 | $27,000 |
| Research and Experimental Psychology. | 44 | $54,352 | $25,250 |
| Biology, General. | 40 | $64,805 | $26,254 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 37 | $96,181 | — |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 34 | $81,899 | — |
| Zoology/Animal Biology. | 30 | $40,744 | $25,000 |
| Economics. | 28 | $68,624 | $25,500 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 28 | $75,872 | $26,997 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 26 | — | — |
| Special Education and Teaching. | 23 | $53,082 | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.