St. John Fisher College is a private liberal arts college located in Pittsford, New York, United States, an eastern suburb of Rochester. St. John Fisher College was founded as a men's college in 1948 by the Basilian Fathers and with the aid of James E. Kearney, then the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester. The College became independent in 1968 and coeducational in 1971. Today, Fisher is an independent, liberal arts institution in the Catholic tradition of American higher education. Fisher is made up of five schools. It offers 35 undergraduate majors, 13 master's programs, and 3 doctoral programs.
