Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Buffalo State

At SUNY Buffalo State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 68.05%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 76.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into SUNY Buffalo State University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 17.95%, and the 2024 yield is 12.00%.

The number of Buffalo State applicants increased by 29.70% (3,651 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 68.05%, and this year's acceptance rate is 76.00% at SUNY Buffalo State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 64.12% and women students' rate is 71.03%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into SUNY Buffalo State University than the previous year.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at SUNY Buffalo State University over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	48.53%	47.34%	49.48%
2014-15	61.55% 13.01%	58.64% 11.29%	63.92% 14.44%
2015-16	62.31% 0.77%	58.93% 0.29%	64.98% 1.06%
2016-17	64.07% 1.75%	60.97% 2.04%	66.54% 1.57%
2017-18	57.56% -6.51%	55.42% -5.54%	59.28% -7.26%
2018-19	60.52% 2.95%	56.16% 0.74%	63.76% 4.48%
2019-20	67.01% 6.49%	62.90% 6.74%	70.03% 6.27%
2020-21	80.07% 13.06%	76.19% 13.29%	82.88% 12.85%
2021-22	85.00% 4.92%	80.99% 4.80%	88.01% 5.13%
2022-23	85.98% 0.99%	82.77% 1.78%	88.44% 0.43%
2023-24	76.00% -9.98%	65.00% -17.77%	84.00% -4.44%
Average	68.05%	64.12%	71.03%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 17.95% where the current academic year yield is 12.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at SUNY Buffalo State University from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	24.24%	25.59%	23.23%
2014-15	24.12% -0.12%	24.00% -1.59%	24.20% 0.98%
2015-16	21.81% -2.31%	22.69% -1.31%	21.18% -3.02%
2016-17	18.53% -3.28%	19.31% -3.38%	17.95% -3.23%
2017-18	21.40% 2.88%	22.31% 3.00%	20.72% 2.77%
2018-19	18.29% -3.11%	20.04% -2.27%	17.14% -3.58%
2019-20	16.96% -1.33%	17.44% -2.60%	16.65% -0.49%
2020-21	15.27% -1.69%	16.71% -0.73%	14.32% -2.33%
2021-22	13.00% -2.27%	16.00% -0.71%	11.99% -2.33%
2022-23	11.85% -1.15%	13.29% -2.71%	10.81% -1.18%
2023-24	12.00% 0.15%	15.00% 1.71%	10.00% -0.81%
Average	17.95%	19.31%	17.11%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 13,624, the average number of admitted is 9,261, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,596.

The number of Buffalo State applicants increased by 29.70% (3,651 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at SUNY Buffalo State University from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	11,256	5,463	1,324
2014-15	12,592 11.87%	7,750 41.86%	1,869 41.16%
2015-16	13,679 8.63%	8,524 9.99%	1,859 -0.54%
2016-17	13,715 0.26%	8,787 3.09%	1,628 -12.43%
2017-18	14,659 6.88%	8,438 -3.97%	1,806 10.93%
2018-19	15,781 7.65%	9,550 13.18%	1,747 -3.27%
2019-20	14,577 -7.63%	9,768 2.28%	1,657 -5.15%
2020-21	13,313 -8.67%	10,660 9.13%	1,628 -1.75%
2021-22	12,057 -9.43%	10,248 -3.86%	1,332 -18.18%
2022-23	12,292 1.95%	10,569 3.13%	1,252 -6.01%
2023-24	15,943 29.70%	12,117 14.65%	1,454 16.13%
Average	13,624	9,261	1,596

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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