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Fast Facts

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Honors Rankings & Points of Pride

We’re proud to have been named to prestigious lists from U.S. News & World Report, The Princeton Review, and others, as well as highly ranked on college and student life websites such as Niche.com.

#16
Best-Run Colleges (Princeton Review, 2024)

4/5 Stars
Best College in America (Money magazine, 2023)

#11
Best Small Colleges of New York (Niche.com, 2023)

#2
Alumni Network (Princeton Review, 2024)

#5
Best Schools for Internships (Princeton Review, 2023)

96% Outcomes Rate
Recent St. Lawrence graduates were employed or in graduate school within 7-9 months of graduating

#4 
Most Accessible Professors (Princeton Review, 2024)

#6
Best Science Lab Facilities (Princeton Review, 2024)

#16
In the nation for study abroad opportunities (2024 Open Doors Report)

#7
Most Active Student Government (Princeton Review, 2024)

Top 25
Friendliest Students (Princeton Review, 2024)

#9
Schools for Making an Impact (Princeton Review, 2024)

Top 20
Best Greek Life Colleges in New York (Niche.com, 2024)

  • Irving Bacheller, founded modern newspaper syndication
  • Dan Buckley, publisher of Marvel Comics
  • Kirk Douglas, actor
  • (James) Kim Gannon, wrote “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” AND our alma mater
  • Maurice Kenny, Mohawk poet
  • Joseph Lekuton, Kenyan parliament
  • Martha MacCallum Gregory, Fox News anchor and executive editor of "The Story with Martha McCallum"
  • Lorrie Moore, author
  • Viggo Mortensen, actor (best known for portraying Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings trilogy)
  • Derrick Pitts, chief astronomer at Franklin Institute
  • Grace Potter, singer/songwriter
  • Robert Montgomery, transplant surgeon
  • Elinor Tatum, publisher of New York Amsterdam News, the older and largest Black newspaper in New York City
  • Judi Wakhungu, Kenyan ambassador to France
  • Owen D. Young, created the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) and Time’s Man of the Year in 1929

Our University

Founded in 1856

We’re the oldest continuously coeducational institution of higher learning in New York State

20

miles from the Canadian Border, the St. Lawrence River, and the Adirondack Park

Location

Canton, New York

Scarlet & Brown

school colors

35

varsity athletics teams

Saints

Team Mascot

2,000+

students

Our Campus

1,000

acre campus with plenty of green space

80 acres of our campus are designated as “low-mow zones," intended to preserve natural wildlife habitats like bees, wildflowers, and birds.
 

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Residence Halls

Class outside
1:1

Tree-To-Student Ratio

At St. Lawrence, there’s a tree with your name on it (at least for four years). 

94

Buildings

6

Campus Eateries

A student, sitting on a yellow and blue striped hammock set between two large trees, works on a laptop during a sunny day on campus. Several students sit in the grass on the quad in the background.

Official Tree Campus

A student-faculty research project found that St. Lawrence's campus tree population is growing—with special emphasis on planting trees that are native to the North Country. The Arbor Foundation recognized our commitment to maintaining and growing green spaces by naming us a Tree Campus. 

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Greek chapters

170

teams, clubs and organizations

2nd

oldest outing club in the U.S.

180+

pub cookies baked daily

A large teal house with a string of small, yellow, blue, and red flags hanging on the porch. A student sits in a hammock on the front porch.
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Theme Houses

Live within a close-knit community of students with passions ranging from artistic expression and advocacy, to substance-free living, outdoor adventures, music, and more. 

511

seats in Gulick Theater

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Our Programs and Faculty

11:1

Student to Faculty Ratio

16

Average Class Size

47

Majors

41

Minors

178

Full-time faculty members

99%

Of faculty hold highest degree in their field

19%

Faculty members of color

30+

Off-campus study programs in more than 20 countries

Our Students

98%

live on campus

61%

study off campus

82%

volunteer

82%

conduct research

73%

complete an internship

31%

involved with athletic activities

19%

first-generation college students

81%

of students study more than one discipline

Our Town and Region

Canton, N.Y., encompasses the Town of Canton, the villages of Canton and Rensselaer Falls, and the hamlets of Morley and Pyrites.
~11,000

population of Canton

20 miles

from the Adirondack Park, the largest protected area in the contiguous (lower 48) United States

5,344

highest peak in the Adirondacks (Mount Marcy)

30

minutes from Canada

17

miles to the closest waterfall

56

miles to the closest ski resort

77F

average temperature on the first day of the fall semester

79.6

average inches of snow in a year

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Our Alumni Successes

96%

Outcomes Rate

Recent graduates were employed or in graduate school within 7-9 months of graduating.

42%

of alumni pursue a graduate degree with five years

#1

Volunteer-producing University

Peace Corps 2019, 2020

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