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.

Buffalo State Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Buffalo State.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#219	Most Popular Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

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: www.suny.edu/Student/index.cfm

Admission Requirements for Buffalo State

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Buffalo State?

The acceptance rate at Buffalo State is 80%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 40% of accepted students are men and 60% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 76%, and the acceptance rate for women is 83%.

Average Test Scores

About 93% 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 440 and 530. Math scores were between 420 and 530.

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 63% of students took out student loans averaging $6,067 a year. That adds up to $24,268 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Buffalo State is 10.1%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

Buffalo State Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 7,309 undergraduate students at Buffalo State, with 6,582 being full-time and 727 being part-time.

There are also 1,030 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 6,582 full-time undergraduates at Buffalo State, 41% are male and 59% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	336
Black or African American	2,179
Hispanic or Latino	929
White	2,778
International Students	63
Other Races/Ethnicities	297

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 2019-2020, 7,928 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.

Online Growth Rankings of Buffalo State

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Buffalo State was 398.7%. This is the #144 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Buffalo State regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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	184	0	0	184
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	52	0	5	57
General Economics	54	0	0	54
General Hospitality Administration/Management	40	0	0	40
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	0	0	14	14
Applied Economics	0	0	8	8
Human Resources Development	0	6	0	6
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
TOTAL	330	6	27	363

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.