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University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY · Public · 20,112 students · mostly bachelor degrees
200th-cheapest of 328 New York colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$20,995
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$30,785
Graduation rate
75%
Admission rate
74%
Median graduate earnings
$70,814
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$19,000
Average SAT
1295
Median ACT
28
Pell grant recipients
33%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
339 programsDentistry · First Professional Degree121 grads/yr$198,110Environmental Toxicology · Doctoral Degree4 grads/yr$180,229Clinical Nurse Leader · Doctoral Degree6 grads/yr$156,779Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management · First Professional Degree130 grads/yr$137,101Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree168 grads/yr$114,480Industrial and Organizational Psychology · Doctoral Degree15 grads/yr$112,025Environmental Chemistry · Doctoral Degree21 grads/yr$109,414Computer Engineering, General · Bachelor's Degree30 grads/yr$109,221Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree254 grads/yr$105,160Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering · Master's Degree29 grads/yr$102,730Industrial Engineering · Master's Degree80 grads/yr$102,080Medicine · First Professional Degree175 grads/yr$100,331Accounting · Master's Degree65 grads/yr$98,554Mechanical Engineering · Master's Degree34 grads/yr$96,497Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering · Bachelor's Degree47 grads/yr$95,424Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Bachelor's Degree86 grads/yr$95,209Clinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree181 grads/yr$93,507Astronautical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree95 grads/yr$92,360Accounting · Bachelor's Degree94 grads/yr$92,314Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering · Master's Degree32 grads/yr$90,707Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science and Allied Professions, Other · Bachelor's Degree19 grads/yr$89,223Environmental Health · Master's Degree87 grads/yr$87,916Industrial Engineering · Bachelor's Degree40 grads/yr$86,118Law · First Professional Degree157 grads/yr$85,126Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree68 grads/yr$84,920
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.