University At Buffalo

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

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.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in medicine, computer science and engineering, engineering, and science.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• High faculty salary.
• High male/female ratio.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Extensive.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There is a hospital on campus.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

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

In 2009-2010, 74% of students received financial aid of some sort.

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

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 28,192 in 2009-2010 (25,066 full-time equivalent).

About 55% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 45% of the class.

Undergrads are 67% of enrolled students, graduate students are 26%, and those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 7%.

Students under 25 years old represent 74% of the student body. About 4% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

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

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

University At Buffalo provides on-campus housing for 7,547 of its 25,066 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 14 meals weekly.

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) .

Graduate School Focus

University At Buffalo offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

Graduate offerings include medical degrees.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Comprehensive Doctoral With Medical/Veterinary.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (165 awarded)

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

ART STUDIES (48 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies
• Arts Management

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (1,139 awarded)

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

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (239 awarded)

• Computer Engineering
• Computer Science
• Computer and Information Sciences
• Computer and Information Systems Security
• Information Science/Studies

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (60 awarded)

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

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (460 awarded)

• Bilingual and Multilingual Education
• Biology Teacher Education
• Chemistry Teacher Education
• Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Education
• Educational Administration and Supervision
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Elementary and Middle School Administration/Principalship
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• Foreign Language Teacher Education
• Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
• Latin Teacher Education
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Multicultural Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Reading Teacher Education
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• 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 (632 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 (260 awarded)

• Social Work

FINE ARTS (76 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Fine/Studio Arts

LAW (261 awarded)

• Advanced Legal Research/Studies, Gen (LLM, MCL, MLI, MSL, JSD/SJD)
• Law (LLB, JD)
• Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies

LIBERAL ARTS (1,337 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
• Ethnic, Cultural Minority, and Gender Studies
• French Language and Literature
• Geography
• German Language and Literature
• History
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• Italian Language and Literature
• Library Science/Librarianship
• Linguistics
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Museology/Museum Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (69 awarded)

• Applied Mathematics
• Mathematics

MEDIA (336 awarded)

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

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (28 awarded)

• Medical Informatics
• Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (110 awarded)

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

MEDICINE (388 awarded)

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

MUSIC (32 awarded)

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

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (222 awarded)

• Adult Health Nurse/Nursing
• Family Practice Nurse/Nurse Practitioner
• Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training
• Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing
• Nurse Anesthetist
• Nursing
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (107 awarded)

• Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabiliation Engineering
• Nutrition Sciences
• Occupational Therapy/Therapist
• Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
• Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (6 awarded)

• Film/Cinema Studies

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (35 awarded)

• Philosophy

SCIENCE (663 awarded)

• Anatomy
• Biochemistry
• Bioinformatics
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Biomedical Sciences
• Biophysics
• Biostatistics
• Biotechnology
• Chemistry
• Epidemiology
• Exercise Physiology
• Geology/Earth Science
• Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology
• Natural Sciences
• Pathology/Experimental Pathology
• Pharmacology
• Pharmacology and Toxicology
• Physics
• Physiology
• Structural Biology
• Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (495 awarded)

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