What educational facilities are located in Niagara County and surrounding areas?
Western New York is home to 15 four-year schools, graduating more than 20,000 from a base of more than 100,000 annually. The largest public university in the state, the University at Buffalo, offers more than 300 graduate and undergraduate degree programs. The region also boasts first-class private colleges such as Niagara University and Canisius College. The quantity and quality of post-secondary educational institutions gives employers a market from which to draw a wide variety of employees. Thousands of graduates every year seek employment in the region with degrees in such fields as engineering, computer science, architecture and accounting, to name a few. Residents in the region enhance their education through continuing studies in graduate and professional programs, earning degrees in finance, medicine, dentistry, business, marketing, and management, which also enhance the skills and quality of the available labor force. There are approximately 400 public and private elementary a
