Selectivity
60%
Total Students
33,140
UG 22,503
PG 10,637
Satisfaction Index
88%
Salary After Attending
$48,400
BASIC
| Web Site | www.buffalo.edu |
| Institution Type | Public |
| Location | Buffalo |
UNDER GRADUATE
| Total Students | 22,503 |
| Women | 10,056 (44.69%) |
| Men | 12,447 (55.31%) |
GRADUATE
| Total Students | 10,637 |
| Women | 5,454 (51.27%) |
| Men | 5,183 (48.73%) |
| Acceptance Rate | 60% |
| Cost of Attendance | $ 42,729 |
| Graduation Rate | 74% |
| Retention Rate | 88 % |
FRESHMAN ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
| Admission Office URL | admissions.buffalo.edu/ |
| Online Application URL | admissions.buffalo.edu/apply/index.php |
| Entrance Difficulty (Selectivity) | 60 % |
STANDARDISED TEST REQUIREMENTS
| Exam | Required |
|---|---|
| SAT or ACT | Required |
| SAT Only | - |
| ACT Only | - |
| SAT and SAT Subject Tests, or ACT | - |
| SAT Subject Tests Only | - |
| Regular Admission Deadline | - |
EARLY DECISION & EARLY ACTION
| Early Decision Offered | No |
| Early Decision Application Deadline | - |
| Early Decision Notification Date | - |
| Early Action Offered | Yes |
| Early Action Application Deadline | 15-11-2017 |
| Early Action Notification Date | 15-01-2017 |
FACTORS CONSIDERED FOR ADMISSION
| Factor | Very Important | Important | Considered | Not Considered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rigor of Secondary School Record | X | |||
| Academic GPA | X | |||
| Standardized Tests | X | |||
| Class Rank | X | |||
| Recommendations | X | |||
| Essay | X | |||
| Interview | X | |||
| Level of Applicant's Interest | X | |||
| Extracurricular Activities | X | |||
| Volunteer Work | X | |||
| Particular Talent/Ability | X | |||
| Character/Personal Qualities | X | |||
| First Generation to Attend College | X | |||
| State Residency | X | |||
| Geographic Residence | X | |||
| Relation with Alumnus | X | |||
| Religious Affiliation/ Commitment | X | |||
| Ethnicity | X | |||
| Work Experience | X |
ADMISSION RATE
| Overall Admission Rate | 60% of applicants were admitted |
| Women | 57% of applicants were admitted |
| Men | 62% of applicants were admitted |
| Students Enrolled | 39% of admitted students enrolled |
| Women | 35% of admitted students enrolled |
| Men | 42% of admitted students enrolled |
| Early Decision Admission Rate | - |
| Early Action Admission Rate | 92% of applicants were admitted |
SCORES OF ENROLLED FRESHMEN
| 25th Percentile | 75th Percentile | |
|---|---|---|
| SAT - R/W | 510 | 610 |
| SAT - Maths | 550 | 550 |
| ACT - Composite | 24 | 29 |
| ACT - Writing | - | - |
| ACT - English | - | - |
| ACT - Maths | - | - |
TUITION AND EXPENSES
| Financial Aid Office URL | https://financialaid.buffalo.edu/ |
| Net Price Calculator URL | https://financialaid.buffalo.edu/costs/netpricecalculator/index.php |
Cost of Attendance (UG)
Tuition and Fees |
$26,814 |
On Campus Room & Board |
$12,292 |
Books and Supplies |
$1,196 |
Other Expenses |
$2,427 |
| Total | $42,729 |
Cost of Attendance (Master)
Tuition and Fees |
$24,687 |
On Campus Room & Board |
$12,292 |
Books and Supplies |
$1,196 |
Other Expenses |
$2,427 |
| Total | $40,602 |
FINANCIAL AID
| Need Based Aid for International Student | No |
| Merit Based Aid for International Students | No |
| Total International Students Receiving Aid | - |
| Percentage of International Students Receiving Aid | - |
| Average aid awarded to International Students | - |
| Total Aid awarded to International Students | - |
| PROGRAM | BACHELOR | MASTER | DOCTOR |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARCHITECTURE AND RELATED SERVICES. | |||
| Architecture. | 73 | 63 | - |
| City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning. | - | 34 | - |
| Environmental Design/Architecture. | 29 | - | - |
| Category total | 102 | 97 | 0 |
| AREA, ETHNIC, CULTURAL, GENDER, AND GROUP STUDIES. | |||
| African-American/Black Studies. | 6 | - | - |
| American/United States Studies/Civilization. | - | 3 | 5 |
| Asian Studies/Civilization. | 6 | - | - |
| Canadian Studies. | - | 1 | - |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies, Other. | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Category total | 16 | 6 | 8 |
| BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES. | |||
| Anatomy. | - | 1 | 1 |
| Biochemistry. | 21 | 1 | 6 |
| Bioinformatics. | - | 9 | - |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General. | 212 | 25 | 10 |
| Biomedical Sciences, General. | 103 | - | - |
| Biophysics. | - | 5 | 1 |
| Biostatistics. | - | 17 | 7 |
| Biotechnology. | 10 | 4 | - |
| Ecology. | - | 2 | 2 |
| Epidemiology. | - | 5 | 7 |
| Exercise Physiology. | 91 | 9 | 2 |
| Genetics, Other. | - | 1 | - |
| Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology. | - | 3 | 9 |
| Neuroscience. | - | 5 | 5 |
| Pathology/Experimental Pathology. | - | - | 2 |
| Pharmacology and Toxicology. | 38 | 4 | - |
| Pharmacology. | - | 2 | 8 |
| Physiology, General. | - | 2 | - |
| Structural Biology. | - | 1 | 2 |
| Category total | 475 | 96 | 62 |
| BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT, MARKETING, AND RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES. | |||
| Accounting. | 173 | 65 | - |
| Business Administration and Management, General. | 797 | 198 | - |
| International Business/Trade/Commerce. | 69 | 6 | - |
| Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management. | - | 20 | - |
| Management Science. | - | - | 10 |
| Category total | 1039 | 289 | 10 |
| COMMUNICATION, JOURNALISM, AND RELATED PROGRAMS. | |||
| Speech Communication and Rhetoric. | 407 | 10 | 5 |
| Category total | 407 | 10 | 5 |
| COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND SUPPORT SERVICES. | |||
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | - | 268 | 19 |
| Computer Science. | 126 | - | - |
| Information Science/Studies. | - | 154 | - |
| Category total | 126 | 422 | 19 |
| EDUCATION. | |||
| Biology Teacher Education. | - | 2 | - |
| Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services. | - | 10 | 4 |
| Curriculum and Instruction. | - | - | 4 |
| Early Childhood Education and Teaching. | - | 3 | - |
| Education, General. | - | 14 | - |
| Educational Leadership and Administration, General. | - | 13 | 8 |
| Elementary Education and Teaching. | - | 27 | 1 |
| English/Language Arts Teacher Education. | - | 5 | 5 |
| Foreign Language Teacher Education. | - | - | 6 |
| French Language Teacher Education. | - | 4 | - |
| Higher Education/Higher Education Administration. | - | 42 | 2 |
| Mathematics Teacher Education. | - | 5 | 4 |
| Music Teacher Education. | - | 10 | - |
| Physics Teacher Education. | - | 1 | - |
| Reading Teacher Education. | - | 32 | 1 |
| School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist. | - | 9 | - |
| Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education. | - | - | 1 |
| Social Studies Teacher Education. | - | 8 | - |
| Spanish Language Teacher Education. | - | 3 | - |
| Special Education and Teaching, General. | - | - | 3 |
| Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor. | - | 26 | - |
| Category total | 0 | 214 | 39 |
| ENGINEERING. | |||
| Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering. | 63 | 5 | - |
| Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering. | 56 | 28 | - |
| Chemical Engineering. | 67 | 29 | 12 |
| Civil Engineering, General. | 121 | 55 | 10 |
| Computer Engineering, General. | 37 | - | - |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 85 | 171 | 9 |
| Engineering Physics/Applied Physics. | 2 | - | - |
| Engineering, General. | - | 3 | - |
| Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering. | 32 | - | - |
| Industrial Engineering. | 38 | 66 | 14 |
| Mechanical Engineering. | 176 | 56 | 12 |
| Category total | 677 | 413 | 57 |
| ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE/LETTERS. | |||
| English Language and Literature, General. | 77 | 10 | 13 |
| Category total | 77 | 10 | 13 |
| FOREIGN LANGUAGES, LITERATURES, AND LINGUISTICS. | |||
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Comparative Literature. | - | 6 | 1 |
| French Language and Literature. | 3 | - | 4 |
| German Language and Literature. | 2 | - | - |
| Italian Language and Literature. | 1 | - | - |
| Linguistics. | 25 | 10 | 5 |
| Spanish Language and Literature. | 18 | 5 | 6 |
| Category total | 54 | 22 | 18 |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General. | |||
| Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist. | 66 | 23 | 2 |
| Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist. | 22 | - | - |
| Community Health and Preventive Medicine. | - | 2 | 1 |
| Dental Clinical Sciences, General. | - | 14 | - |
| Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry. | - | 6 | 4 |
| Mental Health Counseling/Counselor. | - | 12 | - |
| Nuclear Medical Technology/Technologist. | 11 | - | - |
| Nursing Administration. | - | 2 | - |
| Nursing Science. | - | - | 2 |
| Occupational Therapy/Therapist. | 56 | 54 | - |
| Oral Biology and Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology. | - | - | 2 |
| Orthodontics/Orthodontology. | - | 6 | - |
| Pharmaceutical Sciences. | 24 | 11 | 5 |
| Public Health, General. | - | 32 | - |
| Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse. | 144 | - | - |
| Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor. | - | 27 | - |
| Category total | 323 | 189 | 16 |
| HISTORY. | |||
| History, General. | 57 | 9 | 4 |
| Category total | 57 | 9 | 4 |
| PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROFESSIONS. | |||
| Social Work. | - | 197 | 2 |
| Category total | 0 | 197 | 2 |
| Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Undergraduate). | |||
| Advanced Legal Research/Studies, General. | - | 10 | - |
| Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies, Other. | - | 1 | - |
| Category total | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES, GENERAL STUDIES AND HUMANITIES. | |||
| Humanities/Humanistic Studies. | - | 12 | - |
| Category total | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| LIBRARY SCIENCE. | |||
| Library and Information Science. | - | 72 | - |
| Category total | 0 | 72 | 0 |
| MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS. | |||
| Applied Mathematics, General. | 5 | - | - |
| Financial Mathematics. | - | 76 | - |
| Mathematics, General. | 74 | 16 | 5 |
| Category total | 79 | 92 | 5 |
| MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES. | |||
| International/Global Studies. | - | 2 | - |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | 7 | - | - |
| Natural Sciences. | - | 17 | - |
| Nutrition Sciences. | - | 25 | - |
| Science, Technology and Society. | - | 3 | - |
| Category total | 7 | 47 | 0 |
| PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES. | |||
| Philosophy. | 9 | 9 | 7 |
| Category total | 9 | 9 | 7 |
| PHYSICAL SCIENCES. | |||
| Chemistry, General. | 63 | 4 | 19 |
| Chemistry, Other. | 17 | - | - |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Other. | 19 | - | - |
| Geology/Earth Science, General. | 14 | 11 | 2 |
| Materials Science. | - | 8 | - |
| Physics, General. | 13 | 3 | 8 |
| Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. | 5 | - | - |
| Category total | 131 | 26 | 29 |
| PSYCHOLOGY. | |||
| Clinical Psychology. | - | - | 6 |
| Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics. | - | - | 5 |
| Counseling Psychology. | - | - | 5 |
| Educational Psychology. | - | 2 | 1 |
| Psychology, General. | 524 | 17 | - |
| School Psychology. | - | 9 | - |
| Social Psychology. | - | - | 1 |
| Category total | 524 | 28 | 18 |
| SOCIAL SCIENCES. | |||
| Anthropology. | 23 | 9 | 7 |
| Economics, General. | 104 | 36 | 2 |
| Geographic Information Science and Cartography. | - | 4 | - |
| Geography. | 16 | 17 | 6 |
| Political Science and Government, General. | 83 | 10 | 5 |
| Social Sciences, General. | 398 | - | - |
| Sociology. | 115 | 9 | 2 |
| Category total | 739 | 85 | 22 |
| VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS. | |||
| Art History, Criticism and Conservation. | 6 | 2 | - |
| Art/Art Studies, General. | 27 | - | - |
| Dance, General. | 23 | - | - |
| Design and Visual Communications, General. | - | 10 | - |
| Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General. | 26 | 3 | - |
| Film/Cinema/Video Studies. | 59 | - | 1 |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Other. | - | 1 | - |
| Fine and Studio Arts Management. | - | 14 | - |
| Fine/Studio Arts, General. | 18 | 13 | - |
| Music Performance, General. | 1 | 5 | - |
| Music Theory and Composition. | - | 1 | 3 |
| Music, General. | 5 | - | - |
| Musical Theatre. | 9 | - | - |
| Musicology and Ethnomusicology. | - | - | 2 |
| Category total | 174 | 49 | 6 |
| Grand total | 5016 | 2405 | 340 |
FACULTY & INSTRUCTION
| Student to Faculty Ratio | 13 to 1 |
| Regular Class Size | 2-9 students: 14% of classes 10-19 students: 20% of classes 20-29 students: 29% of classes 30-39 students: 8% of classes 40-49 students: 8% of classes 50-99 students: 13% of classes Over 100 students: 8% of classes |
STUDENT BODY
| On Campus Housing | Yes |
| On Campus Housing Details | Coed dorms, married student apartments, single student apartments, disabled student housing |
| Coeducational | Yes |
| All Undergraduates | 22,503 |
| Women (% of total) | 10,056 (44.69%) |
| Men (% of total) | 12,447 (55.31%) |
| Diversity of Student Body (UnderGraduates) | American Indian/Alaskan Native - 0.23 % Asian - 13.58 % Black/African-American - 7.52 % Hispanic/Latino - 6.2 % Multi-race (not Hispanic/Latino) - 2.28 % Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander - 0.11 % White - 47.33 % Unknown - 5.99 % International Students - 16.77 % |
| All Graduate Students | 10,637 |
| Women (% of total) | 5,454 (51%) |
| Men (% of total) | 5,183 (49%) |
| Diversity of Student Body (Graduate Students) | American Indian/Alaskan Native - 0.38 % Asian - 6.34 % Black/African-American - 3.72 % Hispanic/Latino - 2.74 % Multi-race (not Hispanic/Latino) - 1.02 % - White - 47.49 % Unknown - 7.55 % International Students - 30.77 % |
UNDERGRADUATE RETENTION AND GRADUATION
| First-Year Students Returning | 88 % |
| Students Graduating (Within 6 Years) |
74 % |
AFTER GRADUATION
| Graduates Offered Full-Time Employment Within 6 Months | 47% |
| Average Starting Salary | Not reported |
| Graduates Pursuing Advanced Study Directly | 36.0% |
| Disciplines Pursued | Arts and Sciences 35% |
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