If you know as much as possible about the institution's criteria for admission, you can make a better judgment about your eligibility and boost your chances of getting accepted. Here are the most relevant information you should know about admission at Canisius University.

In 2024, the school accepted 3,388 new students. Canisius University has an official test-optional admission policy but takes into consideration standardized test scores in cases when they are submitted by the student. Looking at entrance difficulty level for all or most incoming freshmen, based on data self-reported by the institution this school is moderately difficult to get into.

Test Scores

Out of the number of applicants who submitted test scores, the percentage of first-time, first-year degree-seeking students who submitted SAT scores was 15% and ACT scores 1%. 31% of the enrolled students submitted SAT composite scores between between 1,200 and 1,399, 48% between 1,000 and 1,199, 11% between 800 and 999, and 10% of the students between 600 and 799. The percent of first-year students who submitted ACT Composite scores in the range between 30-36 was 15, 48 between 24-29, 33 in the range between 18-23, and 4 between 12-17.

The average ACT score for all the enrolled students in 2024 was 25 while the average GPA was 3.3. That means that you need a GPA that's above average in order to get into Canisius University; the same goes for your ACT score.

The new students had an average SAT Critical Reading score of 592 and an average SAT Math score of 592.

Grants, loans, scholarships, work-study programs: these are all different types of financial support available to students. Check out some recent data to get the information about need-based and non-need-based monetary aid available at Canisius University.

The most recent records show that 316 freshmen received some sort of financial help. Students of this school received an average of $28,041 in financial help.

Need-based

Need-based aid is financial aid that a student can receive if they are determened to have financial need and meet other eligibility criteria.

There were 1,170 students who obtained need-based financial aid of any kind. Need-based college-administered scholarship and grant aid at Canisius University is available to international students. The total number of students (including freshmen) who were determined to have financial need was estimated to be 1,176. The amount of federal need-based scholarships/grants awarded to the students at this institution added up to $3,630,478, and state $1,934,215. The students of Canisius University received the -institutional need-based aid in the amount of $17,832,608, and external in the amount of $282,040.