The University at Buffalo, State University of New York is a public research university with campuses in Buffalo and Amherst, New York. The school is commonly referred to as University at Buffalo (UB) or SUNY Buffalo, and it has the largest student body of the 64 SUNY institutions, with more than 28,000 students.
UB is routinely ranked among the top research universities in the nation, and it has the most research funding in the SUNY system. The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education designates UB as a Research University with “very high activity” (RU/VH). The Center for Measuring University Performance has repeatedly listed UB in the top 30 research universities in the country. Since 1989, UB has been a member of the Association of American Universities, which represents premier research universities in North America.
UB offers more than 100 bachelor’s degrees, over 200 master’s degrees, 84 doctorates, and professional training in 10 fields of study. With 13 separate colleges, UB students can pursue a variety of highly-ranked academic programs, including the largest state-operated medical school, and New York’s only state schools in law, pharmacology, and architecture and urban planning. The Kiplinger Report, which ranks the best value of American universities, ranked UB 27th for out-of-state students, and 38th for in-state residents.
UB was listed #51 in U.S. News & World Report’s 2013 ranking of public universities and #106 among all universities nationally. Times Higher Education listed it 198th in “World University Rankings”, an elite list for institutions of higher learning throughout the world.
UB boasts some very prestigious alumni, including a United States President, a Prime Minister, Pulitzer Prize recipients, Nobel Laureates, Rhodes Scholars, and even some Emmy winners.
General Information
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Admission Office 12 Capen Hall Buffalo, NY 14260-1660 (716) 645-6900 (888) 822-3648 Fax: (716) 645-6411 [email protected] Contact: Patricia Armstrong Director of Admissions |
Main Address 3435 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14214 (716) 645-2000 www.buffalo.edu |
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Size Total undergrads: 19,022 First-time degree-seeking freshmen: 3,390 Degree-seeking undergrads: 18,760 Graduate enrollment: 7,146 Setting | Degrees offered: |
Admissions Information
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Application Fee College has an application fee: Yes Regular application fee: $40 Online application fee: $40 |
Enrollment Rates Percent applicants admitted: 52% Percent students who return sophomore year: 87% |
Tuition & Fees
| Estimated Expenses for Academic Year | 2008-’09 | 2009-’10 | 2010-’11 | 2011-’12 | % change 2010-’12 |
| Tuition and fees | $6,217 | $6,285 | $7,013 | $7,136 | +1.75% |
| Books and Supplies | $826 | $947 | $975 | $1,004 | +2.97% |
| Living Arrangement – On Campus | |||||
| Room and Board | $8,620 | $9,552 | $9,648 | $10,028 | +3.94% |
| Other | $1,331 | $1,274 | $1,837 | $1,907 | +3.81% |
| Living Arrangement – Off Campus | |||||
| Room and Board | $9,132 | $9,552 | $9,648 | $10,028 | +3.94% |
| Other | $1,756 | $1,942 | $2,347 | $2,417 | +2.98% |
| Total Expenses | 2008-’09 | 2009-’10 | 2010-’11 | 2011-’12 | % change 2010-’12 |
| In-state On Campus | $16,994 | $18,058 | $19,473 | $20,075 | +3.09% |
| In-state Off Campus | $17,931 | $18,726 | $19,983 | $20,585 | +3.01% |
| In-state with Family | $7,043 | $7,232 | $7,988 | $8,140 | +1.90% |
| Average Graduate School Tuition & Fees | |
| Tuition for In-state Students | $8,370 |
| In-state Student Fees | $1,608 |
| Tuition for Out-of-state Students | $13,780 |
| Out-of-state Student Fees | $1,608 |
Financial Aid
| Full-time Beginning Undergraduate Students | ||||
| Type of Aid | Students | Percent | Amount | Average Per Student |
| All students financial aid | 2,514 | 74% | ||
| Grant or scholarship aid | 2,040 | 60% | $13,571,299 | $6,653 |
| • Federal grants | 817 | 24% | $4,550,462 | $5,570 |
| • Pell grants | 817 | 24% | $3,799,368 | $4,650 |
| • Other federal grants | 748 | 22% | $751,094 | $1,004 |
| Institutional scholarships or grants | 1,341 | 40% | $3,970,158 | $2,961 |
| Institutional grants or scholarships | 1,116 | 33% | $5,050,679 | $4,526 |
| Student loan financial aid | 1,792 | 53% | $10,001,961 | $5,581 |
| • Federal student loans | 1,784 | 53% | $7,979,678 | $4,473 |
| • Other student loans | 241 | 7% | $2,022,283 | $8,391 |
All Degrees and Programs
| Program Completions for Most Recent Year | BA/BS | MA/MS | Doctor | AA/AS | CERT |
| Total of All Education Programs | 4093 | 2037 | 910 | 1 | 182 |
| Architecture and Related Services | 89 | 91 | – | – | – |
| Architecture | 59 | 55 | – | – | – |
| City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning | – | 36 | – | – | – |
| Environmental Design/Architecture | 30 | – | – | – | – |
| Area, Gender, Cultural, Ethnic, and Group Studies | 19 | 10 | 4 | – | 5 |
| African-American/Black Studies | 7 | – | – | – | – |
| American/United States Studies/Civilization | 3 | 7 | 3 | – | – |
| Area Studies, Other | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| Asian Studies/Civilization | 5 | – | – | – | – |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies, Other | – | 3 | 1 | – | – |
| Women’s Studies | 4 | – | – | – | – |
| Biology and Biomedical Sciences | 401 | 93 | 35 | – | – |
| Biochemistry | 14 | 4 | 4 | – | – |
| Bioinformatics | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| Biology and Biological Sciences, General | 96 | 21 | 5 | – | – |
| Biomedical Sciences | 151 | – | – | – | – |
| Biophysics | 4 | – | 2 | – | – |
| Biostatistics | – | 7 | 3 | – | – |
| Biotechnology | 14 | 14 | – | – | – |
| Ecology | – | 7 | 1 | – | – |
| Epidemiology | – | 5 | 1 | – | – |
| Exercise Physiology | 90 | 17 | – | – | – |
| Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology | – | 2 | 8 | – | – |
| Neuroscience | – | 6 | 4 | – | – |
| Pathology/Experimental Pathology | – | 4 | 1 | – | – |
| Pharmacology | – | 2 | 4 | – | – |
| Pharmacology and Toxicology | 29 | 3 | – | – | – |
| Physiology | – | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Structural Biology | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Business, Administration, Management, Marketing, etc. | 898 | 303 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| Accounting | 123 | 26 | – | – | – |
| Business Administration and Management | 775 | 200 | 7 | – | – |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Business/Commerce | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations, Other | – | 13 | – | – | – |
| Finance | – | 33 | – | – | – |
| Management Information Systems | – | 31 | – | – | – |
| Communication and Journalism Programs | 349 | 11 | 8 | – | – |
| Mass Communication/Media Studies | 61 | 9 | – | – | – |
| Speech Communication and Rhetoric | 288 | 2 | 8 | – | – |
| Computing and Information Sciences | 72 | 143 | 16 | – | 27 |
| Computer and Information Sciences | – | 100 | 16 | – | – |
| Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance | – | – | – | – | 27 |
| Computer Science | 52 | – | – | – | – |
| Information Science/Studies | 20 | 43 | – | – | – |
| Education | – | 275 | 30 | – | 105 |
| Bilingual and Multilingual Education | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| Biology Teacher Education | – | 5 | – | – | – |
| Chemistry Teacher Education | – | 4 | – | – | – |
| Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services | – | 24 | 1 | – | 19 |
| Early Childhood Education and Teaching | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Education | – | 28 | – | – | – |
| Educational Administration and Supervision, Other | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Educational Leadership and Administration | – | 21 | 6 | – | – |
| Elementary and Middle School Administration/Principalship | – | – | – | – | 46 |
| Elementary Education and Teaching | – | 38 | 4 | – | – |
| English/Language Arts Teacher Education | – | 15 | 4 | – | – |
| Foreign Language Teacher Education | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| French Language Teacher Education | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| Higher Education/Higher Education Administration | – | 21 | 1 | – | – |
| Mathematics Teacher Education | – | 17 | – | – | – |
| Multicultural Education | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| Music Teacher Education | – | 16 | – | – | 1 |
| Physics Teacher Education | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Reading Teacher Education | – | 26 | 3 | – | – |
| Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education | – | 9 | 1 | – | – |
| Secondary Education and Teaching | – | – | – | – | 31 |
| Social and Philosophical Foundations Of Education | – | – | 6 | – | – |
| Social Studies Teacher Education | – | 17 | – | – | – |
| Spanish Language Teacher Education | – | 9 | – | – | – |
| Special Education and Teaching | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| Teacher Education, Multiple Levels | – | 3 | – | – | – |
| Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor | – | 16 | – | – | – |
| Engineering | 368 | 198 | 26 | – | – |
| Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering | 40 | 6 | 1 | – | – |
| Chemical Engineering | 34 | 13 | 5 | – | – |
| Civil Engineering | 66 | 28 | 4 | – | – |
| Computer Engineering | 18 | – | – | – | – |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 57 | 67 | 5 | – | – |
| Engineering Physics/Applied Physics | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| Engineering | – | 6 | – | – | – |
| Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering | 14 | – | – | – | – |
| Industrial Engineering | 23 | 32 | 3 | – | – |
| Mechanical Engineering | 114 | 46 | 8 | – | – |
| English Language, Composition and Literature/Letters | 104 | 32 | 15 | – | – |
| English Language and Literature | 104 | 32 | 15 | – | – |
| Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | 61 | 25 | 10 | – | – |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | 6 | 2 | 1 | – | – |
| Comparative Literature | – | 9 | 1 | – | – |
| French Language and Literature | 8 | – | – | – | – |
| Italian Language and Literature | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Linguistics | 21 | 10 | 4 | – | – |
| Spanish Language and Literature | 25 | 4 | 4 | – | – |
| Health Services and Allied Health Sciences | 263 | 198 | 400 | – | 24 |
| Adult Health Nurse/Nursing | – | 10 | – | – | 3 |
| Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabilitation Engineering | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Audiology/Audiologist | – | – | 7 | – | – |
| Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-language Pathology/Pathologist | 44 | 25 | 4 | – | – |
| Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist | 18 | – | – | – | – |
| Dental Clinical Sciences | – | 8 | – | – | – |
| Dental Materials | – | 4 | – | – | – |
| Dentistry | – | – | 89 | – | – |
| Endodontics/Endodontology | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Family Practice Nurse/Nursing | – | 9 | – | – | – |
| Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing | – | 11 | – | – | – |
| Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry | – | 3 | 3 | – | – |
| Medicine | – | – | 129 | – | – |
| Mental Health Counseling/Counselor | – | 6 | – | – | – |
| Nuclear Medical Technology/Technologist | 7 | – | – | – | – |
| Nurse Anesthetist | – | 15 | – | – | – |
| Occupational Therapy/Therapist | 31 | 46 | – | – | – |
| Oral Biology and Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| Orthodontics/Orthodontology | – | 7 | – | – | 6 |
| Periodontics/Periodontology | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Pharmacy | – | – | 114 | – | – |
| Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration, Other | 19 | 6 | 3 | – | – |
| Physical Therapy/Therapist | – | – | 43 | – | – |
| Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing | – | 8 | – | – | 3 |
| Public Health | – | 26 | – | – | – |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing, Other | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse | 144 | – | 5 | – | – |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions, Other | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor | – | 12 | – | – | – |
| History | 122 | 18 | 5 | – | – |
| History | 122 | 18 | 5 | – | – |
| Human Services | – | 185 | 2 | – | – |
| Social Work | – | 185 | 2 | – | – |
| Legal and Law Studies | – | 13 | 265 | – | – |
| Advanced Legal Research/Studies | – | 6 | – | – | – |
| Law | – | – | 265 | – | – |
| Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies, Other | – | 7 | – | – | – |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | – | 5 | – | – | – |
| Humanities/Humanistic Studies | – | 5 | – | – | – |
| Library Science | – | 114 | – | – | 1 |
| Library and Information Science | – | 114 | – | – | 1 |
| Mathematics and Statistics | 72 | 41 | 9 | – | – |
| Applied Mathematics | 4 | – | – | – | – |
| Mathematics | 68 | 41 | 9 | – | – |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies | 11 | 27 | – | – | 2 |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | 11 | – | – | – | – |
| Museology/Museum Studies | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Natural Sciences | – | 12 | – | – | – |
| Nutrition Sciences | – | 15 | – | – | – |
| Physical Sciences | 122 | 25 | 25 | – | – |
| Chemistry | 64 | 6 | 14 | – | – |
| Chemistry, Other | 19 | – | – | – | – |
| Geology and Earth Science | 15 | 13 | 3 | – | – |
| Physics | 16 | 6 | 8 | – | – |
| Theoretical and Mathematical Physics | 8 | – | – | – | – |
| Psychology | 398 | 38 | 16 | – | – |
| Clinical Psychology | – | – | 3 | – | – |
| Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Counseling Psychology | – | – | 10 | – | – |
| Educational Psychology | – | 6 | 1 | – | – |
| Psychology | 398 | 22 | – | – | – |
| School Psychology | – | 10 | – | – | – |
| Social Psychology | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Social Sciences | 606 | 155 | 27 | – | 14 |
| Anthropology | 45 | 12 | 8 | – | – |
| Applied Economics | – | – | – | – | 10 |
| Economics | 56 | 95 | 5 | – | – |
| Geography | 38 | 28 | 4 | – | 4 |
| Political Science and Government | 98 | 13 | 6 | – | – |
| Social Sciences | 311 | – | – | – | – |
| Sociology | 58 | 7 | 4 | – | – |
| Visual and Performing Arts | 138 | 37 | 10 | – | 2 |
| Art History, Criticism and Conservation | 13 | 9 | – | – | – |
| Art/Art Studies | 35 | – | – | – | – |
| Commercial and Advertising Art | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Dance | 17 | – | – | – | – |
| Drama and Dramatics/Theater Arts | 22 | – | – | – | – |
| Dramatic/Theater Arts and Stagecraft, Other | 8 | – | – | – | – |
| Film/Cinema/Video Studies | 4 | – | – | – | – |
| Fine and Studio Arts Management | – | 12 | – | – | – |
| Fine/Studio Arts | 27 | 7 | – | – | – |
| Music History, Literature, and Theory | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| Music Performance | 10 | 6 | – | – | – |
| Music Theory and Composition | – | 1 | 7 | – | – |
| Music | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| Musicology and Ethnomusicology | – | – | 3 | – | – |
Undergraduate Majors
Architecture & Related Programs Architecture B Area, Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Studies African-American Studies B Arts, Visual & Performing Art – General B Biological & Biomedical Sciences Biochemistry B Business, Management, & Marketing Business Administration/Management B Communications & Journalism Communications/Rhetoric B Computer & Information Sciences Computer Science B Engineering Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering B English Language & Literature English Language & Literature – General B Foreign Language & Literature Classics B Health Professions & Clinical Sciences Clinical Laboratory Science B History History – General B Liberal Arts & Sciences Humanities B Mathematics Mathematics – General B Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies Multi/Interdisciplinary studies B Philosophy & Religion Philosophy B Physical Sciences Chemistry B Psychology Psychology – General B Social Sciences Anthropology B |
Degree levels for each major are designated by the following letters:
B = Bachelor’s degree C = Certificate or diploma |
*We do not guarantee the accuracy of information on this page. All information is subject to change. You should confirm all information with a college admissions officer.