America’s first Franciscan University, St. Bonaventure University was founded in 1858 and occupies an attractive 500-acre residential campus in Western New York’s Southern Tier, 70 miles south of Buffalo and 90 miles east of Erie, Pennsylvania.

The university enrolls approximately 2,000 undergraduate and 700 graduate students in its schools of Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, Health Professions, and the Jandoli School of Communication. We are accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and our individual schools and academic programs carry prestigious accreditations of their own. See Accreditations.

We have been in the top 10 of U.S. News & World Report's list of Best Regional Values in the North for more than a decade and boast Top 20 rankings for Best Undergraduate Teaching in the North and Best Regional Universities in the North. We're also included in The Princeton Review's list of Best 387 Colleges in the Nation.

St. Bonaventure is a proud member of the competitive Atlantic 10 Conference and supports 19 men's and women's Division I teams.

Our commitment to create a campus community where everyone feels welcome and respected is deeply rooted in our Franciscan mission and values of compassion, wisdom and integrity.