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University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY - Enrollment, Demographics, Student Costs

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Carnegie Foundation Classification

Research Universities (very high research activity)
UndergraduateArts & sciences plus professions, high graduate coexistence
GraduateComprehensive doctoral with medical/veterinary
Undergraduate PopulationFull-time four-year, more selective, higher transfer-in
EnrollmentMajority undergraduate
Size & SettingLarge four-year, primarily residential

General Characteristics

Title IV EligibilityParticipates in Title IV federal financial aid programs
Highest offeringDoctoral degree
Calendar SystemSemester
Years of college work requiredN/A
Variable Tuition
Religious AffiliationN/A
Congressional District3628

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force  —   /   / 
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

Student Tuition Costs and Fees

What are the typical tuition costs and fees for attending University at Buffalo?
1208th for total cost of attendance
  In District In State Out of State
Effective as of 2010-08-04
FT Undergraduate Tuition $4,970 $4,970 $12,870
FT Undergraduate Required Fees $2,043 $2,043 $2,043
PT Undergraduate per Credit Hour $207 $207 $536
FT Graduate Tuition $8,370 $8,370 $13,250
FT Graduate Required Fees $1,513 $1,513 $1,513
PT Graduate per Credit Hour $349 $349 $552
Total Cost of Attendance — On-Campus $19,473 $19,473 $27,373
Total Cost of Attendance — Off-Campus w/out Family $19,983 $19,983 $27,883
Total Cost of Attendance — Off-Campus with Family $10,335 $10,335 $18,235

Student Tuition Cost History and Trends

Prior year comparison and trends on the cost of attending / attendance cost.
  In District In State Out of State
Published Tuition & Fees $6,217 $6,285 $6,217 $6,285 $12,477 $12,545
  Cost (regardless of residency)
Effective as of 2010-08-04
Books & Supplies $826 $947
On-Campus – Room & Board $8,620 $9,552
On-Campus – Other Expenses $1,331 $1,274
Off-Campus w/out Family – Room & Board $9,132 $9,552
Off-Campus w/out Family – Other Expenses $1,756 $1,942
Off-Campus with Family – Room & Board $1,756 $2,086

Admission Details

Effective as of 2010-08-05
Application Fee RequiredN/A
Undergraduate Application Fee$40
Graduate Application Fee$50
First Professional Application FeeN/A
Applicants 19,784 (10,225 male / 9,559 female)
Admitted 10,268 (5,401 male / 4,867 female)
Admission rate 52%
First-time Enrollment 3,154 (1,728 male / 1,426 female)
FT Enrollment 3,148 (1,723 male / 1,425 female)
PT Enrollment 6 (5 male / 1 female)
Total Enrollment28,881

Admission Criteria

What criteria does University at Buffalo use for admissions?  = Required,   = Recommended,   = Neither required nor recommended
Open Admissions
Secondary School GPA / Rank / Record  /   / 
College Prep. Completion
Recommendations
Formal competency demoN/A
Admission test scores
TOEFL
Other testsN/A

Admission Credits Accepted

What types of credits does University at Buffalo accept?
Dual Credit
Life Experience
Advanced Placement (AP)

Athletics - Association Memberships

Sports / Athletic Conference Memberships NCAA
NCAA Football Conference New Jersey Athletic Conference
NCAA Basketball Conference Mid-American Conference
NCAA Baseball Conference Mid-American Conference
NCAA Track & Field Conference Mid-American Conference

ACT Test Admission

308th for 75pctl scores
Applicants submitting ACT results 32%
Verbal scores (25/75 %ile) /
Math scores (25/75 %ile) /
Cumulative scores (25/75 %ile) 23 / 27

SAT Test Admission

346th for 75pctl scores
Applicants submitting SAT results 95%
Verbal scores (25/75 %ile) 500 / 600
Math scores (25/75 %ile) 550 / 650
Cumulative scores (25/75 %ile) 1050 / 1250

Student Services

Remedial Services
Academic / Career Counseling
PT Cost-defraying Employment
Career Placement
On-Campus Day Care
Library Facility

Student Living

First-time Room / Board Required
Dorm Capacity7,547
Meals per Week14
Room Fee$5,748
Board Fee$3,900

Student Completion / Graduation Demographics

How many students are successful graduates?
 
Total 2,362 764 394 994 42 8,556 1,224 14,336
Accounting 4 2 2 8
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing 2 28 30
Advanced Legal Research/Studies, General (LL 2 2 4 8
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering 24 2 4 4 2 40 4 80
African-American/Black Studies 6 2 8
American/United States Studies/Civilization 6 2 2 2 8 20
Anatomy 2 2
Anthropology 2 114 24 140
Applied Economics 14 2 16
Applied Mathematics 2 2
Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD) 28 2 4 12 134 16 196
Art History, Criticism and Conservation 6 4 2 34 6 52
Art/Art Studies, General 4 2 8 46 10 70
Arts Management 2 2 2 2 14 4 26
Asian Studies/Civilization 4 8 12
Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabiliation Engineering 2 2 4
Audiology/Audiologist and Hearing Sciences 2 18 2 22
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist 14 4 2 106 12 138
Bilingual and Multilingual Education 4 2 6
Biochemistry 6 2 2 20 4 34
Bioinformatics 2 2 4
Biology Teacher Education 2 22 24
Biology/Biological Sciences, General 28 2 4 26 2 118 20 200
Biomedical Sciences, General 8 16 4 58 114 30 230
Biophysics 12 8 20
Biostatistics 14 2 4 20
Biotechnology 24 2 2 22 50
Business Administration and Management, General 484 82 40 240 2 1,192 164 2,204
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other 2 2
Chemical Engineering 44 2 4 6 34 8 98
Chemistry Teacher Education 6 6
Chemistry, General 18 8 4 20 78 14 142
Chemistry, Other 10 2 6 26 8 52
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning 10 6 2 46 10 74
Civil Engineering, General 66 12 10 8 120 18 234
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 2 4 28 8 42
Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist 2 8 18 6 34
Clinical Psychology 2 10 2 14
Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics 4 4
Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric 154 28 18 22 294 36 552
Comparative Literature 2 2 2 2 8
Computer Engineering, General 12 2 22 4 40
Computer Science 32 4 2 2 64 12 116
Computer and Information Sciences, General 172 2 4 12 2 192
Computer and Information Systems Security 2 2 4 8
Counseling Psychology 2 14 16
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services 6 6 2 84 12 110
Dance, General 2 4 24 30
Dental Clinical Sciences, General (MS, PhD) 18 2 20
Dental Materials (MS, PhD) 2 2
Dentistry (DDS, DMD) 8 6 32 106 18 170
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General 6 2 2 4 42 6 62
Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Other 2 10 12
Early Childhood Education and Teaching 2 14 16
Economics, General 144 12 2 20 102 26 306
Education, General 8 10 4 4 44 10 80
Education, Other 2 2
Educational Administration and Supervision, Other 2 2
Educational Leadership and Administration, General 10 10 2 22 44
Educational Psychology 2 6 4 12
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering 116 12 2 16 98 12 256
Elementary Education and Teaching 2 2 2 2 64 12 84
Elementary and Middle School Administration/Principalship 4 48 4 56
Engineering, General 22 8 30
English Language and Literature, General 8 4 4 6 210 34 266
English/Language Arts Teacher Education 2 2 40 10 54
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations, Other 4 4
Environmental Design/Architecture 2 8 4 4 38 4 60
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering 10 2 12
Epidemiology 2 2 12 2 18
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, and Gender Studies, Other 2 2
Exercise Physiology 28 8 16 26 144 18 240
Family Practice Nurse/Nurse Practitioner 2 4 20 26
Film/Cinema Studies 10 2 12
Finance, General 48 4 8 60
Fine/Studio Arts, General 2 4 4 4 80 6 100
Foreign Language Teacher Education 4 2 2 8
French Language and Literature 4 18 2 24
Geography 22 18 6 10 98 10 164
Geology/Earth Science, General 6 2 68 4 80
German Language and Literature 2 2
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration 4 4 34 2 44
History, General 18 6 6 2 210 24 266
Humanities/Humanistic Studies 2 4 4 10
Industrial Engineering 64 14 2 44 6 130
Information Science/Studies 70 2 2 44 4 122
Italian Language and Literature 2 6 8
Latin Teacher Education 2 2 4
Law (LL 14 30 24 20 366 44 498
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies, Other 2 2 8 4 16
Library Science/Librarianship 8 2 4 2 216 26 258
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training (LPN, LVN, Cert 2 2 2 6
Linguistics 22 4 10 4 32 20 92
Mass Communication/Media Studies 4 4 10 8 80 14 120
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing 4 6 14 24
Mathematics Teacher Education 2 2 20 2 26
Mathematics, General 34 2 2 6 82 10 136
Mechanical Engineering 126 6 12 20 220 40 424
Medical Informatics 2 2
Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology 6 2 16 24
Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (MS, PhD) 4 8 12
Medicine (MD) 6 4 86 200 2 298
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor 2 16 2 20
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other 2 4 26 2 34
Multicultural Education 4 4 2 10
Museology/Museum Studies 2 2
Music History, Literature, and Theory 6 6
Music Performance, General 8 4 14 6 32
Music Teacher Education 2 12 2 16
Music Theory and Composition 2 10 12
Music, General 4 4
Musicology and Ethnomusicology 8 2 10
Natural Sciences 4 2 12 42 6 66
Neuroscience 2 6 8
Nuclear Medical Technology/Technologist 2 14 10 26
Nurse Anesthetist 2 2 2 18 4 28
Nursing, Other 2 2
Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN) 14 28 14 24 4 204 40 328
Nutrition Sciences 6 2 28 6 42
Occupational Therapy/Therapist 10 24 4 14 86 10 148
Oral Biology and Oral Pathology (MS, PhD) 6 6
Orthodontics/Orthodontology (Cert 2 2 4 2 10
Pathology/Experimental Pathology 4 2 2 8
Pharmacology 4 2 2 4 12
Pharmacology and Toxicology 2 2 4 18 30 56
Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada]) 12 12 8 30 156 10 228
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration, Other 22 6 12 10 4 54
Philosophy 12 2 2 46 8 70
Physical Therapy/Therapist 12 10 2 58 6 88
Physics, General 28 2 24 6 60
Physiology, General 2 2
Political Science and Government, General 18 10 10 4 138 26 206
Psychology, General 28 72 30 52 8 532 90 812
Public Health, General (MPH, DPH) 4 2 14 2 22
Reading Teacher Education 2 32 34
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions, Other 2 4 6
School Psychology 4 12 4 20
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education 2 10 8 20
Secondary Education and Teaching 2 84 4 90
Social Psychology 2 2 4
Social Sciences, General 14 92 8 30 344 50 538
Social Studies Teacher Education 2 38 2 42
Social Work 12 46 16 6 2 396 42 520
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education 12 4 2 2 6 26
Sociology 14 20 8 12 94 16 164
Spanish Language Teacher Education 26 26
Spanish Language and Literature 6 18 2 48 6 80
Special Education and Teaching, General 2 2 4
Structural Biology 2 2
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels 12 12
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor 46 4 2 18 4 74
Theoretical and Mathematical Physics 2 2 4
Visual and Performing Arts, Other 10 4 2 16
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor 2 12 14
Women's Studies 4 2 6

Faculty Compensation / Salaries

University at Buffalo 114th for the average full-time faculty salary.
Effective as of 2010-08-31
Tenure system
Average FT Salary $97,450 ($104,794 male / $83,956 female)
Number of FT Faculty 1,064 (689 male / 375 female)
Number of PT Faculty 761
FT Faculty Ratio 1 : 1
Total Benefits $29,419,961

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