University at Buffalo: Statistics
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| Position | Category |
|---|---|
| # 152 of 14,131 | In the World |
| # 85 of 2,597 | In North America |
| # 75 of 2,496 | In the United States |
| # 5 of 221 | In New York State |
| # 1 of 7 | In Buffalo |
| # 31 of 2,003 | For Orthodontics |
| Top 1-3 | For 12 other topics |
Quick Review
Acceptance rate
74%
Enrollment
10,603
Average SAT
1,295
Average ACT
30
Aid receiving
86%
Undergraduates
20,359
Graduates
11,544
Male:Female Ratio
51:49
Type
Public
not-for-profit
not-for-profit
Highest Degree
Doctor's degree
Website
Acceptance rate & Admissions
University at Buffalo has an acceptance rate of 74% and is among the top 1% of the most difficult universities to gain admission to in the United States. The university reports the admission statistics without distinguishing between local and international students.
| Total | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acceptance Rate | 74% | 74% | 74% |
| Applicants | 40,856 | 19,810 | 21,021 |
| Admissions | 30,308 | 14,381 | 15,909 |
| Freshmen enrolled full time | 4,239 | 2,331 | 1,908 |
Admissions requirements
| Secondary school GPA | Required |
|---|---|
| Secondary school record | Required |
| TOEFL | Required |
| College-preparatory program | Considered but not required |
| Formal demonstration of competencies | Considered but not required |
| Recommendations | Considered but not required |
| SAT/ACT | Considered but not required |
| Secondary school rank | Considered but not required |
| Other Tests | Neither required nor recommended |
Enrollment demographics by race or ethnicity
| â– White | 43% |
|---|---|
| â– Nonresident Alien | 20% |
| â– Asian | 15% |
| â– Hispanic | 8% |
| â– Black or African American | 8% |
| â– Two or more races | 3% |
| â– Unknown | 3% |
Tuition
Below is the standard credit pricing for the various degree levels offered at University at Buffalo.
| Degree Level | Cost Per Credit |
|---|---|
| Associate Degree | 1,749 CR |
| Bachelor Program | 1,950 CR |
| Master Program | 2,149 CR |
| Ph.D. / Doctoral | 2,850 CR |
Final tuition fees may vary based on specific department requirements, residency status, and selected elective courses. Please contact the admissions office for a detailed financial breakdown.
University at Buffalo majors
University at Buffalo has granted 4,793 bachelor's degrees across 80 programs, 3,459 master's across 111 programs, and 1,005 doctorate degrees across 82 programs. Below is a table with majors that lead to degrees at University at Buffalo.
| Major | Bachelor | Master | Doctoral |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration and Management, General | 642 | 114 | - |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | - | 668 | 19 |
| Psychology, General | 477 | 14 | - |
| Engineering, General | 6 | 467 | - |
| Speech Communication and Rhetoric | 281 | 8 | 4 |
| Computer Science | 292 | - | - |
| Biology & Biological Sciences, General | 195 | 49 | 4 |
| Social Work | - | 224 | 12 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 176 | 39 | 13 |
| Public Health, General | 130 | 81 | - |
| Industrial Engineering | 31 | 139 | 7 |
| Accounting | 101 | 69 | - |
| Medicine | - | - | 169 |
| Registered Nursing & Registered Nurse | 168 | - | - |
| Civil Engineering, General | 134 | 20 | 9 |
| Social Sciences, General | 160 | - | - |
| Information Science & Studies | - | 157 | - |
| Law | - | - | 156 |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 78 | 47 | 10 |
| Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology | 107 | 25 | 1 |
| Sociology, General | 125 | 3 | 4 |
| Library and Information Science | - | 127 | 2 |
| Dentistry | - | - | 119 |
| Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical & Space Engineering, General | 87 | 25 | 5 |
| Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering | 73 | 38 | 5 |
| Pharmacy | - | - | 115 |
| Economics, General | 101 | 11 | - |
| Mathematics, General | 88 | 10 | 7 |
| Political Science and Government, General | 99 | 3 | 1 |
| Chemical Engineering | 51 | 33 | 15 |
| Financial Mathematics | - | 93 | - |
| History, General | 78 | 11 | 4 |
| Management Science | - | 81 | 11 |
| Biomedical Sciences, General | 90 | - | - |
| Criminology | 66 | 19 | - |
| English Language and Literature, General | 69 | 5 | 6 |
| Legal Studies | 71 | - | - |
| Architectural and Building Sciences & Technology | - | 69 | - |
| Architecture | 59 | 2 | - |
| Fine & Studio Arts, General | 49 | 11 | - |
| Film & Cinema & Media Studies | 57 | - | 2 |
| Neuroscience | 34 | 19 | 6 |
| Chemistry, General | 22 | 6 | 28 |
| International Business & Trade & Commerce | 55 | 1 | - |
| Engineering & Industrial Management | - | 54 | - |
| Audiology & Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology & Pathologist | 53 | - | - |
| Elementary Education and Teaching | - | 44 | 6 |
| Environmental Design & Architecture | 42 | - | - |
| Physical Therapy & Therapist | - | - | 42 |
| Environmental Studies | 41 | - | - |
| Occupational Therapy & Therapist | - | 40 | - |
| Pharmaceutical Sciences | 10 | 21 | 6 |
| Computer Engineering, General | 36 | - | - |
| Biochemistry | 29 | - | 5 |
| Communication Sciences and Disorders, General | - | 31 | 1 |
| Physics, General | 17 | 8 | 7 |
| School Librarian & School Library Media Specialist | - | 32 | - |
| Education, General | - | 31 | - |
| Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | 2 | 20 | 8 |
| Geology & Earth Science, General | 20 | 9 | 1 |
| Computer & Information Technology Services Administration and Management, Other | 29 | - | - |
| City & Urban, Community, and Regional Planning | - | 27 | 1 |
| Social Studies Teacher Education | - | 27 | - |
| Educational Leadership and Administration, General | - | 12 | 14 |
| Environmental & Environmental Health Engineering | 17 | 8 | 1 |
| Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling & Counselor | - | 26 | - |
| Linguistics | 18 | 3 | 3 |
| Pharmacology and Toxicology | 10 | 14 | - |
| Geographic Information Science and Cartography | 14 | 8 | - |
| Clinical Laboratory Science & Medical Technology & Technologist | 21 | - | - |
| Curriculum and Instruction | - | - | 21 |
| Nurse Anesthetist | - | - | 21 |
| Nutrition Sciences | 4 | 15 | 1 |
| Oncology and Cancer Biology | - | 8 | 12 |
| Anthropology, General | 11 | 6 | 2 |
| Higher Education & Higher Education Administration | - | 16 | 3 |
| Mathematics Teacher Education | - | 19 | - |
| Counselor Education & School Counseling and Guidance Services | - | 18 | - |
| English & Language Arts Teacher Education | - | 18 | - |
| Family Practice Nurse & Nursing | - | - | 18 |
| Systems Science and Theory | - | 17 | - |
| Materials Science | - | 13 | 3 |
| Philosophy | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| Drama and Dramatics & Theatre Arts, General | 14 | - | 1 |
| Reading Teacher Education | - | 15 | - |
| Athletic Training & Trainer | - | 14 | - |
| Mental Health Counseling & Counselor | - | 14 | - |
| Statistics, General | 13 | - | - |
| Audiology & Audiologist | - | - | 12 |
| Biology Teacher Education | - | 12 | - |
| Geological and Earth Sciences & Geosciences, Other | 12 | - | - |
| Medical Informatics | - | 11 | 1 |
| Urban Studies & Affairs | 12 | - | - |
| Biotechnology | 8 | 3 | - |
| Dental Clinical Sciences, General | - | 11 | - |
| Dance, General | 10 | - | - |
| Geography | 9 | 1 | - |
| Cognitive Science, General | 9 | - | - |
| Epidemiology | - | 9 | - |
| Microbiology and Immunology | - | 7 | 2 |
| Music Teacher Education | - | 9 | - |
| Real Estate Development | - | 9 | - |
| Musical Theatre | 8 | - | - |
| Natural Sciences | - | 8 | - |
| Nuclear Medical Technology & Technologist | 8 | - | - |
| Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language & ESL Language Instructor | - | 8 | - |
| Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry | - | 3 | 4 |
| Music Performance, General | 6 | 1 | - |
| Nursing Science | - | - | 7 |
| Psychiatric & Mental Health Nurse & Nursing | - | - | 7 |
| School Psychology | - | 7 | - |
| Adult Health Nurse & Nursing | - | - | 6 |
| American & United States Studies & Civilization | - | 2 | 4 |
| Asian Studies & Civilization | 6 | - | - |
| Comparative Group Studies | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Counseling Psychology | - | - | 6 |
| Spanish Language Teacher Education | - | 6 | - |
| Sustainability Studies | - | 6 | - |
| Art History, Criticism and Conservation | 2 | 3 | - |
| Bioinformatics | 1 | 4 | - |
| Biostatistics | - | 2 | 3 |
| Chemistry, Other | 5 | - | - |
| Community Health and Preventive Medicine | - | 2 | 3 |
| Geography and Environmental Studies | - | - | 5 |
| Music, General | 5 | - | - |
| Philosophy, Politics, and Economics | 5 | - | - |
| Spanish Language and Literature | 2 | - | 3 |
| Advanced Legal Research & Studies, General | - | - | 4 |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Comparative Literature | - | 2 | 2 |
| Ecology | - | 4 | - |
| Genome Sciences & Genomics | - | 1 | 3 |
| Health & Medical Physics | - | 3 | 1 |
| Materials Engineering | 4 | - | - |
| Music History, Literature, and Theory | - | 4 | - |
| Science, Technology and Society | - | 4 | - |
| African-American & Black Studies | 3 | - | - |
| Chemistry Teacher Education | - | 3 | - |
| Design and Visual Communications, General | - | 3 | - |
| Earth Science Teacher Education | - | 3 | - |
| Educational Psychology | - | 3 | - |
| Humanities & Humanistic Studies | - | 3 | - |
| International & Globalization Studies | 2 | 1 | - |
| Orthodontics & Orthodontology | - | 3 | - |
| Physics Teacher Education | - | 3 | - |
| Computational Science | - | 2 | - |
| Engineering Physics & Applied Physics | 2 | - | - |
| Fine and Studio Arts Management | - | 2 | - |
| Foreign Language Teacher Education | - | - | 2 |
| French Language and Literature | 1 | - | 1 |
| Italian Language and Literature | 2 | - | - |
| Oral Biology and Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology | - | - | 2 |
| Pathology & Experimental Pathology | - | 1 | 1 |
| Theoretical and Mathematical Physics | 2 | - | - |
| Anatomy | - | - | 1 |
| Applied Mathematics, General | 1 | - | - |
| Behavioral Neuroscience | - | - | 1 |
| Bilingual and Multilingual Education | - | - | 1 |
| Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics | - | - | 1 |
| Computational and Applied Mathematics | - | 1 | - |
| Educational & Instructional Technology | - | 1 | - |
| French Language Teacher Education | - | 1 | - |
| International Public Health & International Health | - | 1 | - |
| Jewish & Judaic Studies | - | 1 | - |
| Multi- & Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | 1 | - | - |
| Music Theory and Composition | - | 1 | - |
| Musicology and Ethnomusicology | - | - | 1 |
| Pharmacology | - | - | 1 |
| Rehabilitation Science | - | - | 1 |
| Social Psychology | - | - | 1 |
| Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education | - | - | 1 |
| Structural Biology | - | - | 1 |
| Visual and Performing Arts, General | - | - | 1 |
| Grand Total | 4,793 | 3,459 | 1,005 |
Publications & Citations
University at Buffalo is a world-class research university with 129,817 scientific papers published and 4,196,416 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Biology, Medicine, Chemistry, Engineering, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Computer Science, Physics, Environmental Science, Psychology, and Genetics.
Publication / Citation count by topic
| Biology |
72,594
/ 2,691,900
|
|---|---|
| Medicine |
64,427
/ 2,316,589
|
| Chemistry |
59,809
/ 2,203,244
|
| Engineering |
54,610
/ 1,804,518
|
| Liberal Arts & Social Sciences |
52,707
/ 1,656,167
|
| Computer Science |
52,270
/ 1,709,067
|
| Physics |
51,552
/ 1,709,969
|
| Environmental Science |
39,552
/ 1,343,372
|
| Psychology |
38,791
/ 1,416,738
|
| Genetics |
36,770
/ 1,392,243
|
| Biochemistry |
36,213
/ 1,444,865
|
| Quantum and Particle physics |
34,076
/ 1,166,302
|
| Organic chemistry |
28,079
/ 1,043,237
|
| Materials Science |
26,045
/ 899,612
|
| Political Science |
25,559
/ 776,182
|
| Mathematics |
25,315
/ 908,686
|
| Pathology |
24,695
/ 1,017,435
|
| Philosophy |
24,342
/ 771,742
|
| Law |
24,252
/ 757,608
|
| Sociology |
21,697
/ 635,918
|
| Psychiatry |
21,086
/ 840,706
|
| Geology |
21,066
/ 738,594
|
| Geography and Cartography |
20,347
/ 643,298
|
| Statistics |
19,139
/ 745,754
|
| Surgery |
17,277
/ 639,238
|
| Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
17,069
/ 509,107
|
| Business |
16,750
/ 544,065
|
| History |
14,676
/ 426,011
|
| Neuroscience |
14,536
/ 545,724
|
| Paleontology |
14,278
/ 526,123
|
| Optics |
13,937
/ 445,139
|
| Linguistics |
13,003
/ 432,992
|
| Ecology |
12,955
/ 464,977
|
| Economics |
12,793
/ 387,805
|
| Immunology |
12,463
/ 450,098
|
| Archaeology |
11,909
/ 389,730
|
| Radiology |
11,583
/ 380,050
|
| Electrical Engineering |
10,742
/ 305,464
|
| Metallurgy |
9,731
/ 346,638
|
| Machine Learning |
9,304
/ 336,620
|
Annual publication & citation counts
100 Notable alumni
1. Jeffrey White
1945-. (aged 81)
lawyer
judge
Jeffrey Steven White is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
2. Nick Perkins
1996-. (aged 30)
basketball player
Nicholas Brandon Perkins is an American basketball player for Atléticos de San Germán of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He played college basketball for the Buffalo Bulls.
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3. Van Miller
1927-2015 (aged 88)
sports commentator
Van Miller was an American radio and television sports announcer from Dunkirk, New York, where he began his career at Dunkirk radio station WFCB calling play-by-play for high school football games. In the 1950s, he moved to Buffalo where he became the chief play-by-play announcer for the Buffalo Bills Radio Network, the official radio broadcasting arm of the Buffalo Bills...
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4. S. J. Rozan
1950-. (aged 76)
screenwriter
novelist
writer
architect
poet
S. J. Rozan is an American architect and writer of detective fiction and thrillers, based in New York City. She also co-writes a paranormal thriller series under the pseudonym Sam Cabot with Carlos Dews.
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All 100 notable alumni
General Info & Contacts
Alternative names
SUNY BuffaloUniversity of BuffaloUniversity at BuffaloUBState University of New York at Buffalo
Founded
1846
Motto
Mens sana in corpore sanoSound Mind in a Sound Body
Colors
white, blue
Academic calendar
August to May (August - December; January-May). Also Summer Session (May-August)
Total staff
5,235
Classification
Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity
Address
12 Capen Hall Buffalo, New York, 14260-1660 United States
City Population
278,000
Phone
7166452000
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