Graduate Programs at Canisius College

Graduate School Overview

Canisius College (referred to as Canisius) is a Private, 4 years school located in Buffalo, NY. Canisius College is a completely online college that all programs/degrees are offered via distance education. It is classified as a Master's College and University (larger programs) school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Master's degree.

The school is accredited by Middle States Commission on Higher Education (1/1/1921 - Current).

Canisius Directory Information
School Name	Canisius College (Canisius)
Address	2001 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14208-1098
Phone	716-888-2200
Web	https://www.canisius.edu
Online Application	https://admissions.canisius.edu/apply
Financial Info	https://www.canisius.edu/scholarships-tuition-aid/scholarships-financial-aid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Canisius College is $16,230 in average. The school has 764 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 2,630 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 111 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, and Post-Master Certificate. Among them, 16 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$16,230
Student Population	764
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, and Post-Master Certificate
Number of Programs	111 graduate programs (16 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	12 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Canisius College is $16,230 in average for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $859.

Canisius College offers the alternative tuition plans.

Canisius College offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, remedial services, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	16 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army) Study abroad Weekend/evening college Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Remedial services Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Canisius College is $16,230. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 2.27% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$14,760	$720
2019-2020	$14,760	$720
2020-2021	$15,120	$750
2021-2022	$15,120	$750
2022-2023	$15,480	$750

The graduate school tuition & fees of Canisius is inexpensive compared to private graduate schools in New York. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,603 and the New York graduate tuition is $23,151 (public) / $25,457 (private).

The next table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Canisius College	$16,230
All Graduate Schools	$16,007	$19,603
Public	$11,484	$20,787
Private	$19,674
New York Graduate Schools	$21,016	$25,414
Public	$12,252	$23,151
Private	$25,457

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $859 at Canisius College. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 2.26% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$820
2019-2020	$820
2020-2021	$840
2021-2022	$840
2022-2023	$859

Graduate Programs at Canisius

Canisius College offers 54 graduate programs for Master's and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 446 students have completed their study at Canisius College.

Offered Degrees at Canisius College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	36	10	396
Post Bachelor's Degree	1	0	1
Post Master's Degree	17	6	49
Total	54	16	446

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Canisius College by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision program with 23 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Business Administration and Management program with 87 completers.

Post-graduate Certificate
Master's

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Canisius College
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision	✔	23	-
Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision	✔	21	-
Superintendency and Educational System Administration	✔	16	-
Superintendency and Educational System Administration	✔	15	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✔	5	-

Popular Master's Programs at Canisius College
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business Administration and Management	✕	87	$62,600
Business Administration and Management	✕	85	$62,600
Accounting	✕	50	$52,600
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	✔	47	-
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	✔	42	-

Canisius College offers 54 programs through Master's and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 446 students have completed their graduate studies.

396 students have earned/completed Master's program.
1 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.
49 students have earned/completed Post-Master's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✔ (5 completers)	154 completers	-
Education	✕	3	-
Bilingual and Multilingual Education	✔	0	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	0	-
Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision	✕	0	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✕	19	-
Superintendency and Educational System Administration	✕	0	-
Educational Administration and Supervision (other)	✔	18	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	7	-
Education/Teaching of the Gifted and Talented	✕	0	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Multiple Disabilities	✕	4	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Secondary Special Education Programs	✕	0	-
Special Education and Teaching (other)	✕	16	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	14	$37,700
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	16	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	20	-
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	✕	3	-
Business Teacher Education	✕	2	-
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	✕	14	-
Reading Teacher Education	✔	12	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✔	6	$48,700
Work and Family Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	2 completers	-
Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management	✔	2	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	16 completers	-
Animal Behavior and Ethology	✔	16	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Financial Mathematics	✕	6	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	-
Nutrition Sciences	✔	0	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	53 completers	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✕	11	$47,200
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	✔	42	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services (other)	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	24 completers	-
Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist	✔	2	-
Physician Assistant	✕	0	-
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	✕	21	-
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	✕	1	-
Business [+]	✕	138 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	87	$62,600
Accounting	✕	41	$52,600
International Business/Trade/Commerce	✕	0	-
Management Science	✕	10	-
	Total	396

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Management Science	✕	1	-
	Total	1

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✔ (4 completers)	47 completers	-
Bilingual and Multilingual Education	✔	1	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	0	-
Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision	✔	21	-
Superintendency and Educational System Administration	✕	15	-
Educational Administration and Supervision (other)	✕	0	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	0	-
Education/Teaching of the Gifted and Talented	✕	1	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs	✕	0	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	5	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	0	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	0	-
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	✕	0	-
Business Teacher Education	✕	0	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✔	4	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	-
Nutrition Sciences	✔	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔	2 completers	-
Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist	✔	0	-
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	✕	2	-
	Total	49

Graduate Student Population at Canisius

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 764 students enrolled into Canisius College graduate schools where it has total 2,630 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 409 full-time and 355 part-time graduate students. By gender, 323 male and 441 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	764	323	441
Full-time	409	176	233
Part-tme	355	147	208

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 559 White (73.17%), 62 Black/African American (8.12%), 40 Hispanic (5.24%), 17 Asian (2.23%), and 86 students with other races. 39 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	764	323	441
American Indian/Native American	5	2	3
Asian	17	8	9
Black/African American	62	21	41
Hispanic	40	14	26
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0	1
White	559	236	323
Two More	21	8	13
Un-Known	20	11	9
Non-resident Alien	39	23	16

Canisius College offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 266 graduate students (34.82% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 353 graduate students (46.20% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	764
Enrolled Online Exclusively	266
Enrolled Some Online Courses	353
Not in Online Courses	145

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Canisius College. 318 students are aged 20 to 24 (41.62% of total students), 30 students are aged above 50 (3.93%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Canisius College.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	764	323	441
Age 20-21	18	6	12
Age 22-24	300	130	170
Age 25-29	201	84	117
Age 30-34	103	51	52
Age 35-39	56	29	27
Age 40-49	56	15	41
Age 50-64	30	8	22

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