University at Buffalo Student Population

How many students at UB?

For the academic year 2024-2025, University at Buffalo has a total enrollment of 31,903 students, including 20,359 undergraduate and 11,544 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 16,348 male students (51.2%) and 15,555 female students (48.8%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 13,595 White students (42.6%) and 4,699 Asian students (14.7%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 20,359 undergraduate students (63.8%) and 11,544 graduate students (36.2%).
• Class Delivery: 2,663 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 13,527 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar public Research University (very high research activity) - which average 34,856 - UB's body is relatively small.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 16,348 male (51.24%) and 15,555 female (48.76%) students are attending University at Buffalo. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 105.10.

By class level, 20,359 (63.82%) are undergraduate students and 11,544 (36.18%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 54.27% are male and 45.73% are female, while among graduate students, 45.90% are male and 54.10% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 13,595 White, 2,575 Black, and 4,699 Asian students out of a total of 31,903 are attending at University at Buffalo. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

University at Buffalo is quite diverse with a diversity index of 78.2% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, UB has 606 students under 18 years old and 21 students over 65 years old. There are 24,360 students under 25 years old, and 7,543 students over 25 years old out of 31,903 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 606 students are younger than 18 and 5 students are older than 65. UB has 19,283 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,076 students aged 25 and over.

It has 5,077 graduate students aged under 25 and 6,467 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At University at Buffalo, 2,663 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 13,527 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,305 students who live in New York or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 358 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 20,359 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,420 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 6.97%.1,286 students have transferred in as full-time status and 134 students transferred in as part-time status.