SCHOOLS / UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO

University at Buffalo

BUFFALO, NYIPEDS 196088CARNEGIE CLASS 15
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§ Academic profile

Where you'd land in this school's admitted class.

SAT compositeNot reported
§ SAT composite NOT REPORTED IN THIS CDS YEAR
ACT compositeMiddle 50% of score submitters
25th27
Median29
75th32
§ 3% OF ADMITS SUBMITTED ACT SCORES · 2024-25 CDS · METHOD →
ADMIT RATE 74%SAT SUBMIT 28%ACT SUBMIT 3%

Add your GPA and test score to compare against this school's published CDS bands.

§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2024-25 · §C.7 §C.9 §C.11 §C.12ARCHIVED SOURCE →
§ Admission rounds

How the class gets assembled.

No Early Decision reported
§ Adjusted admission flow

This school does not report an Early Decision lane, so the flow collapses to the school-reported applicant, admit, and enrolled totals.

Each column is scaled within that stage. Labels show exact counts.

All applicants
Applicants40,856reported count
Admits30,30874%
Class seats4,26514% yield
Exact admission data
Admission flow data
PathApplicantsAdmittedAdmit rateClass seatsNote
All applicants40,85630,30874%4,265School-reported totals.
Overall yield: 14%. Published yield blends high-commitment ED admits with the rest of the admitted pool.
§ Wait list attrition

42% joined after being offered a spot. 40% of students who joined were admitted. 10% of applicants were offered the wait list.

Exact wait-list data
Wait-list data
MetricValue
Offered a wait-list spot4,267
Accepted a wait-list spot1,785
Admitted from wait list706
Joined after being offered42%
Admitted after joining40%

Wait-list outcomes can change sharply year to year.

§ Application cost

Application fee: $50.

§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2024-25 · §C.21 §C.22 §C.2 §C.7 §C.13METHOD →ARCHIVED SOURCE →
§ Merit and need aid

What this school reports giving.

Limited merit profileAcademic merit aid checked
No-need grant recipients406Average no-need grant reported; recipient count not reported
Avg no-need grant$4,561H2A first-year full-time students with no financial need
Avg net price$20,995Federal Scorecard, all aided students
§ Scope

CDS H2A counts students who had no financial need and received institutional non-need scholarship or grant aid, excluding athletic awards and tuition benefits.

§ International aid

Need-based aid for nonresidents: n/a. Non-need aid for nonresidents: n/a.

This is not a personalized price estimate. Merit awards are source-reported institutional facts. Your actual cost depends on income, assets, residency, application round, program, and school policy.
§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2024-25 · §H.2 §H.2A §H.6 §H.14METHOD →ARCHIVED SOURCE →
NCES/IPEDS baseline

Source-labeled federal facts

These values come from official NCES/IPEDS tables. They are not Common Data Set fields unless the source note says the alignment is direct or near.

Provisional 2024-25 release, data year 2024

Academics

Academics IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Student-faculty ratio11EF2024D.STUFACR

Admissions

Admissions IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Admissions total
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
30308ADM2024.ADMSSN
Admit rate74%DRVADM2024.DVADM01
Applicants total
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
40856ADM2024.APPLCN
Enrolled full time
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
4239ADM2024.ENRLFT
Enrolled total
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
4265ADM2024.ENRLT
Open admissions policyNoIC2024.OPENADMP
Yield rate14%DRVADM2024.DVADM04

Admissions testing

Admissions testing IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
ACT composite 25th percentile27ADM2024.ACTCM25
ACT composite 50th percentile29ADM2024.ACTCM50
ACT composite 75th percentile32ADM2024.ACTCM75
ACT submit rate3%ADM2024.ACTPCT
SAT EBRW 25th percentile600ADM2024.SATVR25
SAT EBRW 50th percentile640ADM2024.SATVR50
SAT EBRW 75th percentile680ADM2024.SATVR75
SAT math 25th percentile610ADM2024.SATMT25
SAT math 50th percentile650ADM2024.SATMT50
SAT math 75th percentile700ADM2024.SATMT75
SAT submit rate28%ADM2024.SATPCT

Completions

Completions IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Bachelor's degrees awarded4793DRVC2024.BASDEG
Doctor's degrees awarded316DRVC2024.DOCDEGRS
Master's degrees awarded3459DRVC2024.MASDEG

Costs

Costs IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
In-state required fees$3,866COST1_2024.FEE2
In-state tuition$7,070COST1_2024.TUITION2
On-campus room and board$12,477IC2017.RMBRDAMT
Out-of-state required fees$3,866COST1_2024.FEE3
Out-of-state tuition$27,670COST1_2024.TUITION3
Total price, in-state on campus$34,692DRVCOST2024.CINSON
Total price, out-of-state on campus$55,292DRVCOST2024.COTSON

Enrollment

Enrollment IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Full-time undergraduate enrollment18771DRVEF2024.EFUGFT
Graduate enrollment11544DRVEF2024.EFGRAD
Part-time undergraduate enrollment1588DRVEF2024.EFUGPT
Total enrollment31903DRVEF2024.ENRTOT
Undergraduate enrollment20359DRVEF2024.EFUG

Financial aid

Financial aid IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Any aid rate86%SFA2324.ANYAIDP
Average federal grant aid$6,097SFA2324.FGRNT_A
Average federal loan$7,857SFA2324.LOAN_A
Average Pell grant$5,889SFA2324.PGRNT_A
Federal grant aid rate39%SFA2324.FGRNT_P
Federal loan rate47%SFA2324.LOAN_P
Pell grant rate39%SFA2324.PGRNT_P

Identity

Identity IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
CityBuffaloHD2024.CITY
ControlPublicHD2024.CONTROL
Degree-granting statusDegree-grantingHD2024.DEGGRANT
Highest level of offeringDoctor's degreeHD2024.HLOFFER
Institution levelFour or more yearsHD2024.ICLEVEL
Institution nameUniversity at BuffaloHD2024.INSTNM
Institution size category20,000 and aboveHD2024.INSTSIZE
IPEDS sectorPublic, 4-year or aboveHD2024.SECTOR
LocaleSuburb: LargeHD2024.LOCALE
StateNew YorkHD2024.STABBR

Outcomes

Outcomes IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Bachelor graduation rate, 4 years60%DRVGR2024.GBA4RTT
Bachelor graduation rate, 5 years72%DRVGR2024.GBA5RTT
Bachelor graduation rate, 6 years75%DRVGR2024.GBA6RTT
Full-time retention rate85%EF2024D.RET_PCF
Graduation rate, 150% time75%DRVGR2024.GRRTTOT
Part-time retention rate42%EF2024D.RET_PCP
Transfer-out rate14%DRVGR2024.TRRTTOT
§ Federal outcomes

What federal data says

SRC · U.S. DEPT. OF ED., COLLEGE SCORECARD 2022-23.
OUTCOMES LAG THE CDS YEAR SHOWN ABOVE.
Median earnings
$70,814
10 yrs after enrollment
Graduation rate
75%
6-year completion
Average net price
$20,995
sticker minus grants
Median debt at grad.
$19,000
federal loans only
§ Earnings distribution

Ten years after enrollment, in 2022-23 dollars

P25
$45,990$46k
MEDIAN
$70,814$71k
P75
$100,175$100k
$20k
$40k
$60k
$80k
§H · Net price by family income

Average cost after grants

CDS H2A · 2022-23
$0 – $30,000
$14,668
$30,001 – $48,000
← MODAL BRACKET$16,585
$48,001 – $75,000
$21,262
$75,001 – $110,000
$24,117
$110,001 and up
$28,079
§B · Completion and retention
4-yr grad
60%
6-yr grad
75%
8-yr grad
74%
Retention
85%
Pell grad
70%
Transfer
14%

Federal data from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, vintage 2022-23. Outcomes reflect earlier cohorts than the CDS year shown elsewhere on this page.