Return on Investment

The Bonaventure advantage

While those who have lived the “good journey” as St. Bonaventure students understand the value of a St. Bonaventure education, those outside our tight-knit community recognize the value of what we do as well.

• St. Bonaventure University is consistently included in U.S.News & World Report's annual listing of "Best Colleges." We're proud to be included among the best colleges and universities in the North Region.
   
• The Princeton Review has consistently recognized St. Bonaventure as one of the nation's best colleges.
   
• The John Templeton Foundation has called St. Bonaventure one of the nation’s character building colleges.
   
• In the National Survey of Student Engagement, which measures student involvement in key educational practices, our students rate SBU well above the national average in categories such as
  • enriching educational experience
  • supportive campus environment
  • student-faculty interaction
   

We prepare you for life after SBU

Our innovative Career and Professional Readiness Center aims to provide the most comprehensive and progressive career and professional development programs in the region. With programs starting freshman year and continuing through graduation, we strive to ensure that every student is exceptionally well prepared to make a successful transition to graduate school or that first job.

We'll make St. Bonaventure work for you

“In economic times like these, we recognize families are doing everything they can to get the most value from their money. Our financial aid people work tirelessly to do everything they can to make a Bonaventure education possible.”

Sr. Margaret Carney, O.S.F., S.T.D.

President of St. Bonaventure University