University At Buffalo

State University of New York at Buffalo is a public research university that was originally founded in May 1846 as a private medical school. It was elected to the Association of American Universities in 1989.

UB’s campus covers 1,346 acres. UB offers more than 80 bachelors, 180 masters and over 75 doctoral degrees through the following academic divisions:

Graduate School of Social Work
The College of Arts & Sciences
The Graduate School of Education
The Roswell Park Cancer Institut
The School of Architecture and Planning
The School of Dental Medicine
The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
The School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
The School of Nursing
The School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
The School of Public Health and Health Professions
The UB Law School

UB offers 3 student-run periodicals: The Spectrum, Generation, and Visions.

Campus Location

3435 Main Street
Buffalo, NY 14214
USA
Main Tel: (716) 645-2000
Web Site

The campus is in a large city.

Highlights

Where the school stands out most compared to other schools (details below):

Many students concentrating in engineering, drama and performing arts, medicine, and therapy and counseling.
Large number of programs of study offered.
Large number of students.
High faculty salary.
High male/female ratio.
Selective admissions.
Number of dorm rooms for students.

Other important characteristics:

Faculty tenure system
On-campus hospital
Library on-campus
Campus housing available
Study abroad option
Distance learning available
Part-time classes available
Athlete financial aid

Degrees Awarded (in 2008-2009)

Degree	Total Earned	Different Programs
Bachelor	3,966	66
Master	1,973	97
First-professional degree	565	4
Doctorale	373	61
Post-master's certificate	135	18
1-2 year certificate	1	1
Associate		1

Students

Student enrollment was 28,054 in 2007-2008 (24,670 full-time equivalent).

About 53% of the freshmen class in 2008-2009 was male and women were 47% of the class.

Undergrads are 67% of enrolled students, graduate students are 27%, and those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 7%.

About 9% of freshmen are from countries other than the US. Students living in the US make up 91% of incoming freshmen.

Among freshmen students, 100% are full-time and 0% are part-time.

Tuition and Other Costs (2008-2009)

Item	Cost
State Tuition and fees	$ 6,285
Out-of-state tuition and fees	$ 12,545
Room	$ 5,698
Board	$ 3,360
Books and supplies	$ 947
Other	$ 1,274

Financial Aid: University At Buffalo participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.

Similar Schools

Based on computer comparisons against all other US colleges, these schools appear to be most similar to University At Buffalo:

	School	Location	Enrollment
1	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor, MI	41,042
2	University of Maryland-College Park	College Park, MD	36,014
3	Northeastern University	Boston, MA	24,434
4	University of Southern California	Los Angeles, CA	33,408
5	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus	Stillwater, OK	23,213
6	University of California-Berkeley	Berkeley, CA	34,940
7	University of Oklahoma Norman Campus	Norman, OK	26,068
8	University of California-Irvine	Irvine, CA	26,483
9	Auburn University Main Campus	Auburn University, AL	24,137
10	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	Lincoln, NE	22,973

Faculty

Tenure (2008-2009):

Full-Time Faculty		Total
With tenure		802
Without tenure; working toward tenure		346
Without tenure; tenure not available		410

Housing and Meals

University At Buffalo provides on-campus housing for 7,547 of its 24,670 (full-time) students (as of 2008-2009).

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Mid-American Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 206 male students received the aid (men were 58% of those receiving aid) and 147 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 42% of students receiving such aid) .

Admissions (2008-2009)

Applicants	Admitted
Men	52%
Women	51%
All	52%

SAT Test Scores:

SAT	Middle 50%
Verbal	500-610
Math	540-650

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees awarded in 2008-2009 in parentheses)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (200 awarded)

Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning
Environmental Design/Architecture

ART STUDIES (27 awarded)

Art/Art Studies
Arts Management

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (1,074 awarded)

Accounting
Business Administration and Management
Business, Management, Marketing & Related Support Services
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
Finance

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (258 awarded)

Computer Engineering
Computer Science
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
Computer and Information Sciences
Information Science/Studies

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (54 awarded)

Dance
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts
Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
Visual and Performing Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (466 awarded)

Bilingual and Multilingual Education
Biology Teacher Education
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
Education
Educational Administration and Supervision
Educational Leadership and Administration
Educational/Instructional Media Design
Elementary Education and Teaching
Elementary and Middle School Administration/Principalship
English/Language Arts Teacher Education
Foreign Language Teacher Education
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
Mathematics Teacher Education
Multicultural Education
Music Teacher Education
Reading Teacher Education
Sales & Marketing Oper/Marketing & Distribution Teacher Education
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
Social Studies Teacher Education
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
Spanish Language Teacher Education
Special Education and Teaching
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels
Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

ENGINEERING (672 awarded)

Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
Engineering
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Mechanical Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (172 awarded)

Social Work

FINE ARTS (77 awarded)

Art History, Criticism and Conservation
Fine/Studio Arts

LAW (246 awarded)

Law (LLB, JD)
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies
Programs for Foreign Lawyers (LLM, MCL)

LIBERAL ARTS (1,342 awarded)

African-American/Black Studies
American/United States Studies/Civilization
Anthropology
Applied Economics
Asian Studies/Civilization
Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
Comparative Literature
Economics
English Language and Literature
French Language and Literature
General Studies
Geography
German Language and Literature
History
Humanities/Humanistic Studies
Italian Language and Literature
Library Science/Librarianship
Linguistics
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
Political Science and Government
Sociology
Spanish Language and Literature
Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (92 awarded)

Mathematics

MEDIA (385 awarded)

Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
Journalism
Mass Communication/Media Studies

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (22 awarded)

Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (125 awarded)

Audiology/Audiologist and Hearing Sciences
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist
Nuclear Medical Technology/Technologist

MEDICINE (374 awarded)

Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences
Dentistry (DDS, DMD)
Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (MS, PhD)
Medicine (MD)
Neuroscience
Orthodontics/Orthodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)
Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada])
Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)

MUSIC (29 awarded)

Music History, Literature, and Theory
Music Performance
Music Theory and Composition
Music
Musicology and Ethnomusicology

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (211 awarded)

Adult Health Nurse/Nursing
Critical Care Nursing
Family Practice Nurse/Nurse Practitioner
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing
Nurse Anesthetist
Nursing
Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (80 awarded)

Nutrition Sciences
Occupational Therapy/Therapist
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (6 awarded)

Commercial and Advertising Art
Film/Cinema Studies

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (29 awarded)

Philosophy

SCIENCE (604 awarded)

Biochemistry
Bioinformatics
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Biology/Biological Sciences
Biophysics
Biostatistics
Biotechnology
Chemistry
Ecology
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology
Epidemiology
Exercise Physiology
Geology/Earth Science
Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology
Pathology/Experimental Pathology
Pharmacology
Pharmacology and Toxicology
Physics
Physiology
Structural Biology
Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (468 awarded)

Clinical Psychology
Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics
Counseling Psychology
Educational Psychology
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor
Physical Therapy/Therapist
Psychology