Financial Aid at Canisius

Financial Aid Amount Received

$24,880 (84.55% of tuition & fees)

Percent of Financial Aid Received

94% of 2,256 students

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid

2,260 undergraduate students (94% of all students) have received grants, scholarship, and/or federal student loans at Canisius College. The percentage of students received financial aid higher compared to Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years or High Colleges in New York. Compare to similar schools in rankings such as Metropolitan College of New York and CUNY Bernard M Baruch College, the percentage of students received financial aid is very higher (the average of the schools is 67.70%).

The average amount of grants of scholarship aid is $24,880 and the average loan amount is $6,579. The average financial aid amount is 84.55% of tuition & fees (tuition & fees: $29,428).

Undergraduate Financial Aid by Type

	Number Receiving Aid	Percent Receiving Aid	Total Amount of Aid Received	Average Amount of Aid Received
Grant or scholarship aid	2,260	94%	$56,227,823	$24,880
Pell Grants	794	33%	$3,525,412	$4,440
Federal Students Loans	1,628	68%	$10,711,264	$6,579

Undergraduate Student Financial Aid Comparison Chart

First-time Undergraduate Financial Aid by Type

	Number Receiving Aid	Percent Receiving Aid	Total Amount of Aid Received	Average Amount of Aid Received
Any Financial Aid	547	99%	-	-
Grant or scholarship aid	547	99%	$14,938,554	$27,310
Federal Grants	215	39%	$1,162,555	$5,407
Pell Grants	213	39%	$980,602	$4,604
Other Federal Grants	131	24%	$181,953	$1,389
State/Local Grants	260	47%	$920,914	$3,542
Institutional Grants	547	99%	$12,855,085	$23,501
Student Loans	400	72%	$3,398,335	$8,496
Federal Student Loans	394	71%	$2,308,277	$5,859
Other Student Loans	92	17%	$1,090,058	$11,848

First-time (full-time) Undergraduate Students Financial Aid

For the full-time, first-time undergraduate students (in most case freshmen), 547 students have received one or more types of financial aid at Canisius College.

The average amount of federal, state, local or institutional grant aid is $27,310 and the average amount of student loans awarded to full-time first-time undergraduate students is $8,496.

Next table shows the financial data by type of aid at Canisius College.