St. Lawrence University

St. Lawrence University is a private institution that was founded in 1856. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 2,145 (fall 2022), its setting is rural, and the campus size is 1,100 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. St. Lawrence University's ranking in the 2024 edition of Best Colleges is National Liberal Arts Colleges, #59. Its tuition and fees are $63,870.

New York's oldest coed university resides in the village of Canton. Though the university is nondenominational today, leaders of the Universalist Church founded it. St. Lawrence runs one of the oldest first-year programs in the country, where freshman take a speaking, writing and research-intensive course with their dormmates during their first semester. St. Lawrence has a small but active Greek life, consisting of two fraternities and four sororities. In addition, there are opportunities to live in one of 14 Theme Houses, which are coeducational living communities chosen by students with similar interests. Students interested in extracurricular activities can choose from more than 100 student groups. The St. Lawrence Saints are members of the Liberty League in the NCAA Division III, and the school also has Division I hockey teams that compete in the ECAC Hockey conference. The university fields 32 varsity sports and more than 25 club and intramural teams, with 96 percent of the student body participating in athletic activities.

St. Lawrence is considered a "walking campus," as most areas of the university are off-limits to motorized vehicles. The campus is close to the Adirondack Mountains, which offers students the opportunity to leave campus on personal and school-sponsored trips.The Java Barn, a student-run music venue on campus, hosts free concerts, open-mic events and festivals for the student body.  Notable alumni of the university include Jeffery H. Boyd, chairman of Priceline.com; U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine; and actor Viggo Mortensen.