Graduation, Transfer-out, and Retention Rate Trends at Buffalo State

The average graduation rate over the past 12 years (2012-2023) is 45.36% where the last year rate was 36%. The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 64.45% for full-time students and 38.27% for part-time students.

Judging by its graduation rate and retention rate, many students at Buffalo State do not enrolled continually (i.e transfer-out or stop studying) and do not complete their studies in time.

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Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 12 years is 45.36% where the current academic year rate is 36%.

The following table and chart show the changes of graduation rate at SUNY Buffalo State University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	48%	41%	52%
2013-14	49%	39%	56%
2014-15	45%	39%	48%
2015-16	49%	43%	53%
2016-17	50%	44%	55%
2017-18	47%	41%	52%
2018-19	48%	40%	54%
2019-20	46%	37%	53%
2020-21	40%	33%	45%
2021-22	41%	35%	45%
2022-23	36%	28%	42%
Average	45.36%	38.18%	50.45%

Graduation Rate Changes of SUNY Buffalo State University

SUNY Buffalo State University Graduation Rate Changes Chart

Transfer-out Rate Changes

The average transfer-out rate of the last 12 years is 33.64% where the current year rate is 39%. The following table and chart illustrate the change of transfer-out rate at SUNY Buffalo State University from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2012-13	26%
2013-14	26%
2014-15	29%
2015-16	33%
2016-17	33%
2017-18	37%
2018-19	35%
2019-20	35%
2020-21	40%
2021-22	37%
2022-23	39%
Average	33.64%

Transfer-out Rate Changes of SUNY Buffalo State University

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 64.45% for full-time students and 38.27% for part-time students.

The following table shows the changes of retention rate at Buffalo State from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2012-13	75%	46%
2013-14	75%	50%
2014-15	73%	50%
2015-16	71%	38%
2016-17	68%	46%
2017-18	66%	33%
2018-19	61%	20%
2019-20	58%	67%
2020-21	65%	33%
2021-22	48%	8%
2022-23	49%	30%
Average	64.45%	38.27%

Retention Rate Changes of SUNY Buffalo State University

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 12 years is 14.91 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 13 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at SUNY Buffalo State University since 2023.

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2012-13	16:1
2013-14	15:1
2014-15	16:1
2015-16	16:1
2016-17	15:1
2017-18	15:1
2018-19	15:1
2019-20	14:1
2020-21	14:1
2021-22	15:1
2022-23	13:1
Average	14.91:1

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes of SUNY Buffalo State University

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