Buffalo State Overview

Located in Buffalo, New York, Buffalo State is a public institution. Buffalo is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is Buffalo State Known For?

• The student loan default rate at Buffalo State is 4%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the post-master's certificate is the highest award a student can attain at Buffalo State.
• For the <nil> academic year, 50% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Buffalo State with a bachelor's degree make about $47,728 a year. That's 17% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Where Is Buffalo State?

Contact details for Buffalo State are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1300 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY 14222
Phone:	716-878-4000
Website:	suny.buffalostate.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/BuffaloStateCollege
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/buffalostate

How Do I Get Into Buffalo State?

You can apply to Buffalo State online at: https://www.suny.edu/attend/

Admission Requirements for Buffalo State

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Required
Recommendations	Recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Buffalo State?

With an acceptance rate of 85%, Buffalo State may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 41% of accepted students are men and 59% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 81%, and the acceptance rate for women is 88%.

Average Test Scores

About 19% of students accepted to Buffalo State submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 460 and 570. Math scores were between 470 and 590.

Buffalo State received ACT scores from 0% of accepted students.

Can I Afford Buffalo State?

The overall average net price of Buffalo State is $26,143. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Buffalo State, approximately 53% of students took out student loans averaging $5,292 a year. That adds up to $21,168 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Buffalo State is 3.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Buffalo State Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 6,147 undergraduate students at Buffalo State, with 5,384 being full-time and 763 being part-time.

There are also 1,026 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 5,384 full-time undergraduates at Buffalo State, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Buffalo State students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	310
Black or African American	1,653
Hispanic or Latino	715
White	2,390
International Students	48
Other Races/Ethnicities	268

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at Buffalo State. At this time, 17 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Online Learning at Buffalo State

In 2020-2021, 2,972 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Buffalo State has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 59th most popular in New York for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Buffalo State

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Buffalo State was 398.7%. This is the #181 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Buffalo State regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Fortunate4now under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.