Today, the school is renowned in New York State and the mid-Atlantic region for its journalism, business and education
programs. With Canisius College, Fordham University and St. Joseph's University, it is considered one of the premier Catholic colleges in the mid-Atlantic.
Until recently a hard-core "Buffalo and Rochester" school, the school has seen significant enrollment gains from New England and
the Midwest.St. Bonaventure has somewhat of a reputation as a party school, and has consistently made the top of party school rankings in
such guides as The Princeton Review. Favorite student
haunts are the Townhouses, the Garden Apartments, and the Allegany bars The Burton and The OP. There's also a pub on campus called the Rathskellar, four others bars in downtown Allegany, and a number of student
bars in Olean.St. Bonaventure is home to the Russell J. Jandoli School of Journalism and Mass
Communications. Its campus newspaper, The Bona Venture, has been published continuously since 1926. The school is also home to The Laurel, the nation's oldest continuously
published college literary magazine. The school's student radio station, WSBU 88.3 The Buzz, is consistently ranked in the top 5 nationally.