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×Canton, New York
Private 4 Year
ACT
26/30
SAT
1205/1365
Estimated Cost
$68,296
Financial Aid
$55,242
Students
1,000 - 4,999
St. Lawrence University is a private liberal arts college in the village of Canton in St. Lawrence County, New York. It has roughly 2400 undergraduate and 100 graduate students, about equally split between male and female.
Though St. Lawrence today is non-denominational, it was founded in 1856 by leaders of the Universalist Church, who were seeking to establish a seminary west of New England and were enthusiastically courted by the citizens of Canton. The church almost did not place the school in Canton, however, as they felt students might be exposed to too much "excitement" within the village limits in 1856. The denomination, which has since merged with the Unitarian faith, was part of the liberal wing of Protestantism, championing such ideas as critical thinking and gender equality—attributes that surfaced in the new Theological School of St. Lawrence University, which was progressive in its teaching philosophy and coeducational from the beginning.
Prepler rankings are based on rigorous and in-depth analysis of key statistics from the U.S. Department of Education.
2024 Best Colleges in America
#342 of 6828
2024 Best Colleges in New york
#31 of 453
2024 Best Private Colleges in New york
#25 of 339
The most popular major at St Lawrence University is Social Sciences followed by Business Management, Biomedical, Psychology and Mathematics.
Graduation rate of college is a strong indicator of success of the college’s students in attaining their educational goals. Prepler defines graduation rate as the percentage of first-time, full-time students who graduated from St Lawrence University within four or six years.