St. Bonaventure University is a private Franciscan university in Allegany, New York. It has 2,381 undergraduate and graduate students. The Franciscan Brothers established the university in 1858.[4]
In athletics, the St. Bonaventure Bonnies play National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I sports in the Atlantic 10 Conference.[3] Students and alumni often refer to the university as Bona's, derived from the school's original name, St. Bonaventure's College.