Canisius College, founded in 1870, is located in the City of Buffalo on a 32 acre campus.  Canisius is a private Roman Catholic institution with a liberal arts focus and currently enrolls approximately 3,500 undergraduates and 1,400 graduate students. 

Alfred State College is a public institutions located in Alfred, NY.  With 3,200 students, the school offers associate and baccalaureate degrees.

Niagara University is a private, Catholic, co-educational university run by the Vincentian Fathers.  Located in a suburban setting in the town of Lewiston, NY, this school of liberal arts also offers pre-professional and technical disciplines with over 50 majors to choose from within its four main colleges:

St. Bonaventure is a private Catholic university, established in 1858 by the first Franciscan Brothers to live in the United States.  St Bonaventure is very well known for its business and education schools, and has a journalism program that produced 5 Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists.

Daemen College is a private, non-sectarian, four-year liberal arts college founded in 1947.  It has a current enrollment of approximately 2,100 students and offers more than thirty undergraduate programs and six graduate programs.

D'Youville College is a private, coeducational college founded in the Roman Catholic tradition in 1908.  D'Youville has a current enrollment of approximately 3,000 students and offers undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees.

Medaille College is a private liberal arts college which was founded in 1875 and has grown to a current enrollment of 2.759 students.  Medaille has a curriculum rooted in a Liberal Arts & Sciences foundation intended to provide students with an interdisciplinary approach to learning.

Hilbert College was founded in 1957 and is located in Hamburg, NY.  It is a four-year co-educational, liberal arts college in the Franciscan tradition with a current enrollment of about 1,100 students.  Hilbert College offers 13 bachelor-level programs. 

University at Buffalo is a public research university which was founded in 1846 and has since grown to an estimated 30,000 total students, making it the largest of the four comprehensive university centers within the SUNY system.  UB is currently offering 84 bachelor's, 184 master's, and 78 doctoral degrees.

Buffalo State College, founded in 1871, has steadily grown to more than 12,000 students and 140 undergraduate programs and 60 graduate programs in liberal arts and science, technology, and education.

Villa Maria College, founded in 1961, is a private two-year college located in Cheektowaga NY.  Villa Maria offers associate degrees in business, education, and various art programs including Fine Arts and Music.

Trocaire College is a coeducational junior college which specializes in health care training.  Founded in 1958 by the Sisters of Mercy, Trocaire has since grown to approximately 900 students who are seeking one of the 18 Associate's degrees or 11 certificate programs that are offered. 

Niagara Community College, founded in 1962, is located in Sanborn NY.  NCCC offers over 60 high-quality degrees in fast-growing fields such as medicine, computer science, and education.

Erie Community College is two-year college and is part of the 64-campus SUNY system.  It offers more than 90 associate degrees as well as numerous certificate programs, non-credit courses, and training programs.

Founded in 1854, this proprietary college offers two and four-year programs in 21 degree programs.  Bryant & Stratton also offers special certification and licensing courses for those already in the workplace who are seeking to meet the requirements of associations and regulatory agencies.