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Cost
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Overview
Niagara University is a Vincentian Catholic university a few minutes from Niagara Falls, on a ridge above the Niagara River in western New York. Its Vincentian mission — a Catholic order historically focused on service to the poor — shapes campus culture as much as any single academic program does.
Academics
The College of Hospitality, Sport, and Tourism Management is Niagara's signature program, taking direct advantage of the tourism economy generated by the falls next door, and education and business are other longstanding strengths with deep regional placement networks. Class sizes are small, consistent with the university's overall scale.
Campus & student life
The Niagara Falls tourism corridor gives hospitality and tourism students real-world proximity to their field of study, while Toronto is close enough for an easy day trip, giving the campus an international-border feel unusual for an upstate New York school. Service to the poor, central to the Vincentian mission, shows up in campus-wide service programs and a values-oriented undergraduate culture.
Getting in
Niagara reviews applications holistically, and interest in its hospitality and tourism programs or its Vincentian service mission can be a genuine differentiator in an application.
Worth knowing
The hospitality and tourism program's direct link to the Niagara Falls economy is a real, tangible advantage — students get placement and internship opportunities most hospitality programs elsewhere have to manufacture artificially.
Admissions
Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)
Applying
niagara.edu ↗High school coursework
Required16 academic units of secondary school coursework in areas such as English, mathematics, history, foreign language, and the sciences (no per-subject breakdown published)
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