Canisius University Student Population

How many students at Canisius? 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.

• Enrollment Trends

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 chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

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.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

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 Population
• By Locality

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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.