University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
University at Buffalo admitted 36,780 of 45,637 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (80.6%).
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2025 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What stands out at University at Buffalo
Three things University at Buffalo published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
University at Buffalo files test scores under “very important”.
That is the school’s own placement on the grid it publishes every year. 26.7% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
106 admitted from a waitlist of 2,355.
857 students accepted a place on that list, and 106 were admitted from it, 12.4% of the students who waited. A waitlist offer here is not a near-miss anyone can plan around.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
26.7% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 1.9% sent an ACT. University at Buffalo files test scores under “very important”.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
80.6%
36,780 admitted of 45,637 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
SAT, middle 50%
Reading 600–680 · Math 610–700
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
ACT, middle 50%
27–31
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Average GPA of admitted students
3.91
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
26.7%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
1.9%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Where do you actually stand at University at Buffalo?
The figures above describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores and activities, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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How the rate has moved
Two measured admit rates from the federal survey, the years apart it reports them. A rate that moved, not a forecast.
Over 5 years the admit rate rose from 56% to 69%.
What University at Buffalo says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Course rigorvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- GPAvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Test scoresvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Recommendationsimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Class rankimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Essayconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Not considered
- Legacy
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Demonstrated interest
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
The waitlist, as the school reported it
Published counts, including the ones schools rarely lead with.
- Offered a waitlist place
- 2,355
- Accepted the place
- 857
- Admitted from the waitlist
- 106
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
What students actually pay
Net price after grants and scholarships: not the sticker price.
Average net price: $20,995 a year.
- Family income under $30k
- $14,668
- $30k–$48k
- $16,585
- $48k–$75k
- $21,262
- $75k–$110k
- $24,117
- Over $110k
- $28,079
Source: the College Scorecard
Essays on this application
1 essay prompt on the application: 1 not yet confirmed.
A prompt we have not yet confirmed is counted on its own rather than called optional, treating an unconfirmed prompt as optional is how a student skips an essay their college expects.
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
More colleges on the record
Every one of these carries the same measured figures, with the same sources.
Other colleges in New York
The pages nearest this one on acceptance rate, in the same state.
Colleges with a nearby acceptance rate
Anywhere in the country, ordered by how close the published rate is to this one. A selection rule, not a ranking.
Build the list this school belongs on.
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