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Niagara University

Niagara University
5795 Lewiston Rd
Niagara University, NY 14109


Fax number: (716) 286-8355
Website: https://www.niagara.edu/
Screen last updated on: January 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 2,709
Full-time undergraduates: 2,660
Part-time undergraduates: 49
Total graduate students: 1,149
Full-time graduate students: 751
Part-time graduate students: 398
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.3% American Indian or Alaskan Native
1.7% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
6.2% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
4.5% Hispanic/Latino
0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
62.9% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
2.0% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
20.5% Nonresident Alien
1.9% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 182 acres
Nearest major city: Buffalo, NY and Toronto, Ontar

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • special housing for disabled students
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 83%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 40%
Percent of students who live off campus: 60%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 81
School has a library on campus: yes

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
NU Players (theatre); Student Nurses Association; Latinos Unidos; NU Esports; American Sign Language

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 1

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseballyes 
Men's baseball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's basketballyes 
Men's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's golfyes 
Men's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's ice hockeyyes 
Men's ice hockey NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's socceryes 
Men's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's swimming and divingyes 
Men's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's tennisyes 
Women's basketballyes 
Women's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's golfyes 
Women's lacrosse NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's lacrosseyes 
Women's socceryes 
Women's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's softballyes 
Women's softball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's swimming and divingyes 
Women's tennisyes 
Women's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's volleyballyes 

Intramural/Recreational sports:
badminton; baseball; basketball; field hockey; football; golf; ice hockey; lacrosse; racquetball; rugby; soccer; softball; tennis; volleyball; swimming and diving; track and field; table tennis; cross-country running

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Buffalo-Niagara International

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 90% within six months of graduation

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