St. Bonaventure University
School info
4.1
Overall Quality
Reputation
4.2
Food
3.1
Clubs
4.1
Facilities
4.3
Internet
3.4
Location
3.3
Opportunities
4.2
Safety
4.3
Social
4.3
Happiness
4.5
Basic Information
Location
- Saint Bonaventure, NY
Institution Overview
- Public/Private: Private university
- Established: 1858; 166 years ago (1858)
- Founder: Nicholas Devereux, John Timon, Franciscan Order
Academic information
Degree Courses
- More than 50
Key Area
- Franciscan studies
- attention
- learning and memory
- environmental studies
- biology (cellular and molecular biology)
- psychology (including animal behavior
- health
- learning and memory)
Student and Staff Numbers
- Students: 2,618 students
- Undergraduates: 1,858
- Postgraduates: 756
- Administrative Staff: ~500
Notable Alumni
- Dan Barry
- Deborah A. Henretta
- Bob Lanier
- Neil Cavuto
- Edward H. Bastian
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Good reviews
Overall 5
This school is in a great area. Totally safe! The nature around the campus is very different than what I was used to, but I loved it.
Overall 5
Everything about this school is amazing and I wouldn't change a thing!
Overall 4.9
This school is awesome about inclusiveness and education. They are super family and community oriented.
Overall 4.8
I love this school! The professors are great and everybody is so accepting. Campus is beautiful and everyone who works here goes out of their way to make sure the students have a great experience
Overall 4.8
I absolutely love everything about St. Bonaventure. The faculty and staff are amazing and I actually look forward to going to class. Campus is so supportive and accepting of everybody. This was the best decision I ever made!
Overall 4.8
Bonas is the best. Time of my life. Friends Ill have forever, caring professors, fun parties and basketball games!
Overall 4.8
Attending St. Bonaventure is the best decision I have yet made in life. It is a wonderful campus, culture, and larger general community. From social life (the campus community is so tightly knight and friendly... and love to have a good time) to the classes, profs, and sports, it's a great experience. You will always cherish your years at SBU.
Overall 4.7
Bonas was my best decision. The relationships I formed with my professors and peers will have a lifelong effect. Bonas was the best home away from home. I had two summer research internships which propelled me to grad school-- I would not have had these (and many other) opportunities if it were not for my amazing mentors at Bonas. Go Bonnies!
Overall 4.7
Great place, made great friends, love my classes.....
Overall 4.7
We recently visited and this school moved up quite a bit on the list. For a small school the campus has so much to offer in a beautiful setting. We really liked the little town of Allegany which is walking distance and my dad was in heaven that St. Bonaventure has its own golf course right across from campus. We has a great time.
Bad reviews
Overall 0.9
It's really not as great as people claim it to be. You get kind of lonely sometimes and not everyone is nice or welcoming to you. Food isn't terrific, either.
Overall 1.3
Absolutely Hated it! Transferred after my second semester. As did my roommate!
Overall 1.4
If youre looking for a school that takes academia seriously this is not the place. the cafeteria claims 5 star dining but often serves undercooked chicken. There have been live bats in the dining hall. All dining and custodial staff are rude. It is not handicap accessible. The heat never works in the dorms. The professors are good tho
Overall 1.4
School is a joke. Way to small. Feels like high school. Almost everyone has some undeserved ego. The "parties" and partying are nothing compared to SUNY schools or other schools. Weather is unpredictable besides the fact eventually it will snow and bad. Just all around bad experience. Education is decent but overshadowed by everything else
Overall 1.6
All I can say is don't waste much time here. It is not worth the money as the food is horrible, there is nothing to really do outside of class, and you learn literally nothing. I barely cracked a book the entire four years and got decent grades because the classes where not challenging at all. Take your money elsewhere.
Overall 1.8
The dining hall is terrible. Most of the staff is incredibly rude and visibly annoyed when they serve you. The menu is overcomplicated, and they even ruin college staples such as pizza and chicken nuggets. Most of the time these foods are undercooked or left to sit out for over an hour. I got food poisoning from the pizza last week. 2/10 rating.