Student Population at Canisius University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
2,492	1,788	704

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 2,492 students have enrolled in Canisius University with 1,788 undergraduate and 704 graduate students.

By gender, 1,183 male and 1,309 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (6,139 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Master's College and University (larger programs)).

254 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,058 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Canisius University has a total of 2,492 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 1,788 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 704 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 1,183 male and 1,309 female students (the male-female ratio is 47:53) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	2,492	1,788	704
Men	1,183	900	283
Women	1,309	888	421

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 1,704 White, 248 Black, and 83 Asian students out of a total of 2,492 are attending at Canisius University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	7	4	3
Asian	83	33	50
Black	248	103	145
Hispanic	144	65	79
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	-	-	-
White	1,704	803	901
Two or more races	73	32	41
Race Unknown	92	51	41

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	4	2	2
Asian	59	23	36
Black	192	88	104
Hispanic	109	53	56
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	-	-	-
White	1,201	596	605
Two or more races	50	25	25
Race Unknown	68	40	28

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	3	2	1
Asian	24	10	14
Black	56	15	41
Hispanic	35	12	23
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	-	-	-
White	503	207	296
Two or more races	23	7	16
Race Unknown	24	11	13

Student Age Distribution

By age, Canisius has 52 students under 18 years old and 9 students over 65 years old. There are 2,024 students under 25 years old, and 468 students over 25 years old out of 2,492 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 52 students are younger than 18 and 7 students are older than 65. Canisius has 1,729 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 59 students aged 25 and over.

It has 295 graduate students aged under 25 and 409 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	52	27	25
18-19	812	425	387
20-21	752	401	351
22-24	408	183	225
25-29	220	131	89
30-34	93	51	42
35-39	51	24	27
40-49	65	39	26
50-64	30	25	5
Over 65	9	3	6

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	52	27	25
18-19	812	425	387
20-21	725	381	344
22-24	140	34	106
25-29	27	10	17
30-34	12	5	7
35-39	6	0	6
40-49	5	3	2
50-64	2	2	0
Over 65	7	1	6

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Canisius University, 254 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,058 students are enrolled in some online courses.

174 students lived in New York or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 80 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	2,492	254	1,058
Undergraduate	1,788	0	803
Graduate	704	254	255

Online Student Population by Locality
	New York Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	174	70	10
Undergraduate	0	-	0
Graduate	174	70	10

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 1,788 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 73 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 4.08%.71 students have transferred in as full-time status and 2 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	1,652
Transfer-in Full-time	71
Regular Part-time	63
Transfer-in Part-time	2

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