How many students at UB? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 32,099 students have enrolled in University at Buffalo with 20,761 undergraduate and 11,338 graduate students.

By gender, 16,606 male and 15,493 female students are attending the school.

It has almost same number of students compared to similar colleges (33,713 students in average - public Research University (very high research activity)).

2,183 students are enrolled exclusively, and 12,034 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

University at Buffalo has a total of 32,099 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 20,761 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 11,338 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 16,606 male and 15,493 female students (the male-female ratio is 52:48) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total32,09920,76111,338
Men16,60611,1315,475
Women15,4939,6305,863
University at Buffalo 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartUniversity at Buffalo 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartUniversity at Buffalo 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 14,273 White, 2,393 Black, and 4,547 Asian students out of a total of 32,099 are attending at University at Buffalo. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American683236
Asian4,5472,4422,105
Black2,3931,0521,341
Hispanic2,3431,1491,194
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders15510
White14,2737,2866,987
Two or more races843361482
Race Unknown1,122615507
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American412120
Asian3,6052,0421,563
Black1,807849958
Hispanic1,789915874
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders13310
White9,4265,3124,114
Two or more races610277333
Race Unknown846497349
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American271116
Asian942400542
Black586203383
Hispanic554234320
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders220
White4,8471,9742,873
Two or more races23384149
Race Unknown276118158
University at Buffalo 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartUniversity at Buffalo 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartUniversity at Buffalo 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, UB has 577 students under 18 years old and 17 students over 65 years old. There are 24,413 students under 25 years old, and 7,686 students over 25 years old out of 32,099 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 577 students are younger than 18 and 3 students are older than 65. UB has 19,660 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,101 students aged 25 and over.

It has 4,753 graduate students aged under 25 and 6,585 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18577292285
18-197,8473,7454,102
20-218,6144,1264,488
22-247,3753,4213,954
25-294,5772,1422,435
30-341,501744757
35-39652387265
40-49620399221
50-6431922891
Over 651798
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18577292285
18-197,8383,7404,098
20-218,1083,8354,273
22-243,1371,2971,840
25-29692253439
30-3419389104
35-39915239
40-49864640
50-64362511
Over 65312
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
18-19954
20-21506291215
22-244,2382,1242,114
25-293,8851,8891,996
30-341,308655653
35-39561335226
40-49534353181
50-6428320380
Over 651486
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Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At University at Buffalo, 2,183 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 12,034 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,851 students lived in New York or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 332 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students32,0992,18312,034
Undergraduate20,7615789,639
Graduate11,3381,6052,395
Online Student Population by Locality
New York ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students1,851226106
Undergraduate5252528
Graduate1,32620178
University at Buffalo 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 20,761 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,315 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 6.33%.1,222 students have transferred in as full-time status and 93 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time17,859
Transfer-in Full-time1,222
Regular Part-time1,587
Transfer-in Part-time93

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