SUNY Buffalo State University Student Population

How many students at Buffalo State? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 6,188 students have enrolled in SUNY Buffalo State University with 5,255 undergraduate and 933 graduate students.

By gender, 2,556 male and 3,632 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (10,123 students on average - public Master's College and University (larger programs)).

328 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,335 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

Student Population by Gender

SUNY Buffalo State University has a total of 6,188 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 5,255 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 933 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 2,556 male and 3,632 female students (the male-female ratio is 41:59) are attending the school.

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Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 3,047 White, 1,628 Black, and 382 Asian students out of a total of 6,188 are attending at SUNY Buffalo State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

SUNY Buffalo State University is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 66.8% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Buffalo State has 353 students under 18 years old and 23 students over 65 years old. There are 4,986 students under 25 years old, and 1,202 students over 25 years old out of 6,188 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 353 students are younger than 18 and 20 students are older than 65. Buffalo State has 4,608 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 647 students aged 25 and over.

It has 378 graduate students aged under 25 and 555 students aged 25 and over.

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• Undergraduate
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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 SUNY Buffalo State University, 328 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,335 students are enrolled in some online courses.

302 students who live in New York or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 26 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 5,255 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 439 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 8.35%.404 students have transferred in as full-time status and 35 students transferred in as part-time status.