unitid 196130 · Buffalo, NY · public 4-year · city (large)
SUNY Buffalo State University
- enrollment 2023
- 7,473
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
73%
31st pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
5,097
52nd pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
56%
undergrads on Pell grants
91st pctl among public 4-years
completion
33%
finish within 150% time
25th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$24,279
60th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$11,346
after aid, aided students
39th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$52,334
after entry, Title IV students
56th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$21,028
64th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $7,405 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k41%
- 30-48k18%
- 48-75k16%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $32,331
- First-generation students
- 34%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $8,533
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.5× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | 142 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 123 | $56,380 | $25,000 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 108 | $51,866 | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 98 | $47,493 | $26,999 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 87 | $41,463 | $27,000 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 85 | $56,366 | $25,000 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 69 | $47,811 | $25,000 |
| Special Education and Teaching. | 59 | $57,261 | — |
| Information Science/Studies. | 56 | $63,973 | $25,651 |
| Social Work. | 56 | $49,513 | $23,312 |
| Curriculum and Instruction. | 54 | $51,631 | — |
| Psychology, General. | 54 | $46,260 | $26,528 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.