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

The average graduation rate over the past 11 years (2013-2023) is 45.10% where the last year rate was 36%. The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 63.40% for full-time students and 37.50% 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.

School Home 2023 Graduation Rate

Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 11 years is 45.10% 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 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	Total	Men	Women
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	45.10%	37.90%	50.30%

SUNY Buffalo State University Graduation Rate Changes Chart

Year	Transfer-out Rate
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	34.40%

Year	Full-time	Part-time
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	63.40%	37.50%

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
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	14.80:1

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

Graduation Rate Changes

Transfer-out Rate Changes

Retention Rate Changes

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes