Enrollment Trends at Buffalo State

The student population at SUNY Buffalo State University is 6,445 (5,464 undergraduate and 981 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 4,646 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Buffalo State is 84.78% which is decreased by 3,891 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 755 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.44 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

369 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -50.67% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 9,123 where 6,445 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

84.78% of total students is undergraduate students and 15.22% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 3,891 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 755 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.44 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Buffalo State than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at SUNY Buffalo State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	11,091	9,355	4,058	5,297	1,736	520	1,216
2014-15	11,083 -8	9,475 120	4,095 37	5,380 83	1,608 -128	447 -73	1,161 -55
2015-16	10,330 -753	9,187 -288	3,978 -117	5,209 -171	1,143 -465	330 -117	813 -348
2016-17	9,475 -855	8,482 -705	3,690 -288	4,792 -417	993 -150	294 -36	699 -114
2017-18	9,516 41	8,527 45	3,732 42	4,795 3	989 -4	273 -21	716 17
2018-19	9,118 -398	8,082 -445	3,504 -228	4,578 -217	1,036 47	306 33	730 14
2019-20	8,658 -460	7,647 -435	3,257 -247	4,390 -188	1,011 -25	279 -27	732 2
2020-21	8,339 -319	7,309 -338	3,097 -160	4,212 -178	1,030 19	283 4	747 15
2021-22	7,173 -1,166	6,147 -1,162	2,660 -437	3,487 -725	1,026 -4	264 -19	762 15
2022-23	6,445 -728	5,464 -683	2,381 -279	3,083 -404	981 -45	256 -8	725 -37
Average	9,123	7,968	3,445	4,522	1,155	325	830

SUNY Buffalo State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 7,968 where 5,464 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at SUNY Buffalo State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	9,355	8,293	3,542	4,751	1,062	516	546
2014-15	9,475	8,326	3,506	4,820	1,149	589	560
2015-16	9,187	8,137	3,426	4,711	1,050	552	498
2016-17	8,482	7,598	3,218	4,380	884	472	412
2017-18	8,527	7,665	3,261	4,404	862	471	391
2018-19	8,082	7,278	3,069	4,209	804	435	369
2019-20	7,647	6,916	2,874	4,042	731	383	348
2020-21	7,309	6,582	2,713	3,869	727	384	343
2021-22	6,147	5,384	2,271	3,113	763	389	374
2022-23	5,464	4,861	2,090	2,771	603	291	312
Average	7,968	7,968	2,997	4,107	7,968	448	415

SUNY Buffalo State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,155 where 981 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at SUNY Buffalo State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,736	506	141	365	1,230	379	851
2014-15	1,608	514	136	378	1,094	311	783
2015-16	1,143	442	120	322	701	210	491
2016-17	993	416	119	297	577	175	402
2017-18	989	378	93	285	611	180	431
2018-19	1,036	416	101	315	620	205	415
2019-20	1,011	421	105	316	590	174	416
2020-21	1,030	451	111	340	579	172	407
2021-22	1,026	383	82	301	643	182	461
2022-23	981	386	92	294	595	164	431
Average	1,155	1,155	110	321	1,155	215	509

SUNY Buffalo State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 50.29%. The percentage was 62.64% 10 years ago and Buffalo State still has a high percentage of white students. 6.04% of enrolled students is Asian and 27.28% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at SUNY Buffalo State University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	44	217	2,050	917	12	6,947	293
2014-15	46	250	2,443	1,113	15	6,206	323
2015-16	47	271	2,703	1,164	10	5,586	322
2016-17	50	272	2,745	1,144	10	4,763	316
2017-18	42	300	2,946	1,158	6	4,595	307
2018-19	29	317	2,824	1,125	5	4,349	316
2019-20	30	356	2,537	1,087	6	4,192	319
2020-21	41	382	2,473	1,066	5	3,964	304
2021-22	28	369	1,931	851	3	3,620	285
2022-23	26	389	1,758	723	4	3,241	239
Average	38	312	2,441	1,035	8	4,746	302

SUNY Buffalo State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

369 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 6% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -50.67% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at SUNY Buffalo State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	11,083	748	2,919	7,416
2015-16	10,330	72	2,231	8,027
2016-17	9,475	83	9,392	0
2017-18	9,516	239	2,041	7,236
2018-19	9,118	299	1,962	6,857
2019-20	8,658	264	2,029	6,365
2020-21	8,339	3,943	3,985	411
2021-22	7,173	545	2,427	4,201
2022-23	6,445	369	1,983	4,093
Average	8,904	729	3,219	4,956

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