St. Bonaventure University is a private Franciscan university in Allegany, New York. It has 2,381 undergraduate and graduate students.[1] The Franciscan Brothers established the university in 1858.[2] In athletics, the St. Bonaventure Bonnies play National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I sports in the Atlantic 10 Conference.[1] Students and alumni often refer to the university as Bona's, derived from the school's name.