Which Canisius University major has the lowest debt?

Radio, TV, and Digital Media graduates leave with a median of $20,250 in federal loans, the lowest among 14 Canisius University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Canisius University cost?

Tuition and fees are $34,500 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $17,940 a year.

How many Canisius University programs report graduate pay?

14 bachelor's programs at Canisius University report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Canisius University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Buffalo, NY
1,685 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

14 Canisius University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Economics pays the most in the first year ($55,786), and Environmental Science and Conservation the least ($15,681). The median program pays $32,820.

Tuition and fees$34,500Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$17,940Per year

Graduation rate66%Within 6 years

Admission rate72%Of applicants

All 14 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in New York" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across New York. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in New York
1	EconomicsAbout 28 graduates a year	$55,786	$68,624	$25,500	13th of 36
2	AccountingAbout 28 graduates a year	$53,065	$75,872	$26,997	21st of 45
3	FinanceAbout 53 graduates a year	$48,587	$67,796	$21,875	17th of 27
4	Business AdministrationAbout 13 graduates a year	$47,875	$56,527	$23,500	16th of 73
5	CommunicationsAbout 8 graduates a year	$35,264	$52,088	$23,766	18th of 48
6	JournalismAbout 12 graduates a year	$34,766	Not reported	$25,000	5th of 17
7	Criminal JusticeAbout 16 graduates a year	$33,843	$58,335	$27,000	23rd of 32
8	Political ScienceAbout 21 graduates a year	$31,797	$62,462	$24,015	34th of 47
9	BiologyAbout 40 graduates a year	$29,397	$64,805	$26,254	46th of 65
10	Experimental PsychologyAbout 44 graduates a year	$29,333	$54,352	$25,250	10th of 10
11	ZoologyAbout 30 graduates a year	$26,398	$40,744	$25,000	2nd of 2
12	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 48 graduates a year	$26,254	$57,161	$27,000	11th of 18
13	Radio, TV, and Digital MediaAbout 9 graduates a year	$25,154	$49,063	$20,250	11th of 14
14	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 7 graduates a year	$15,681	Not reported	$26,000	17th of 17

Program names link to the program's own page, and New York ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five New York programs in the field do too.

One more bachelor's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

FinanceAbout 53 graduates a year
Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 48 graduates a year
Experimental PsychologyAbout 44 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 40 graduates a year
ZoologyAbout 30 graduates a year

Common questions

Economics graduates earn a median of $55,786 in their first year, the most of 14 Canisius University bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of New York rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels