Buffalo State Business Programs

Buffalo State is a public institution located in Buffalo, New York. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

Where Is Buffalo State?

Contact details for Buffalo State are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1300 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY 14222
Phone:	716-878-4000
Website:	suny.buffalostate.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/BuffaloStateCollege
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/buffalostate

How Do I Get Into Buffalo State?

You can apply to Buffalo State online at: https://www.suny.edu/attend/

Admission Requirements for Buffalo State

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	3
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Buffalo State?

Buffalo State has the high acceptance rate of 86%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 42% of accepted students are men and 58% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 83%, and the acceptance rate for women is 88%.

Average Test Scores

About 14% of students accepted to Buffalo State submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 470 and 600. Math scores were between 470 and 578.

Can I Afford Buffalo State?

The overall average net price of Buffalo State is $26,143. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Buffalo State, approximately 53% of students took out student loans averaging $5,292 a year. That adds up to $21,168 over four years for those students.

Buffalo State Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 6,147 undergraduate students at Buffalo State, with 5,384 being full-time and 763 being part-time.

There are also 1,026 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 5,384 full-time undergraduates at Buffalo State, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Buffalo State students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	310
Black or African American	1,653
Hispanic or Latino	715
White	2,390
International Students	48
Other Races/Ethnicities	268

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at Buffalo State. At this time, 17 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Online Learning at Buffalo State

In 2022-2023, 2,352 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Buffalo State has changed over the last few years.

Buffalo State Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	147	0	0	147
General Economics	41	0	0	41
General Hospitality Administration/Management	29	0	0	29
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	17	0	7	24
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	0	0	11	11
Human Resources Development	0	4	0	4
Business Management & Marketing	0	0	0	0
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	0	0	0	0
Management Science	0	0	0	0
Sports Communication	0	0	0	0
Applied Economics	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	234	4	18	256

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Fortunate4now under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.