Buffalo State Teaching Programs

Buffalo State is a public institution located in Buffalo, New York. The city atmosphere of Buffalo makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

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.

This school is the 11th most popular in New York for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

Buffalo State Teaching Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
Elementary Education	111	0	54	165
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	59	59
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	0	5	27	32
Reading Teacher Education	0	0	27	27
Elementary Special Education	0	0	19	19
General Special Education	19	0	0	19
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Secondary Special Education Programs	0	0	19	19
Music Education	7	0	11	18
Social Studies Education	16	0	2	18
Adult & Continuing Education	0	3	15	18
Early Childhood Education	17	0	0	17
Technology Education	9	0	7	16
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs	0	0	15	15
Science Education	0	0	15	15
English & Language Arts Education	4	0	9	13
Art Education	11	0	0	11
Mathematics Education	5	0	6	11
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	0	11	0	11
Educational, Instructional, & Curriculum Supervision	0	8	0	8
General Educational Leadership & Administration	0	6	0	6
Bilingual & Multilingual Education	0	4	0	4
Urban Education & Leadership	0	0	3	3
Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education	1	0	2	3
Elementary & Middle School Administration/Principalship	0	0	0	0
Superintendency & Educational System Administration	0	0	0	0
Educational/Instructional Technology	0	0	0	0
Other Education	0	0	0	0
Other Special Education & Teaching	0	0	0	0
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Multiple Disabilities	0	0	0	0
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Specific Learning Disabilities	0	0	0	0
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Speech or Language Impairments	0	0	0	0
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	0	0	0	0
Agricultural Teacher Education	0	0	0	0
Biology Education	0	0	0	0
Chemistry Education	0	0	0	0
Computer Teacher Education	0	0	0	0
Earth Science Teacher Education	0	0	0	0
Family & Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education	0	0	0	0
French Language Teacher Education	0	0	0	0
Health Education	0	0	0	0
Modern Language Education	0	0	0	0
Physical Education Teaching & Coaching	0	0	0	0
Physics Education	0	0	0	0
Spanish Education	0	0	0	0
Technical Teacher Education	0	0	0	0
Trade & Industrial Teacher Education	0	0	0	0
Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	200	37	290	527

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

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