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University at Buffalo—SUNY

NY · Public · Mid-Atlantic · National university · Top 100 tier · 20,114 undergraduates (large)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate74.2%
Early roundNot reported by roundEarly-round counts not in the CDS
Regular round†Not reported by roundEarly-round counts not in the CDS

† Not reported by round: this school publishes an overall admit rate but not applicant and admit counts for each round, so early and regular rates can’t be shown.

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2024

Admission rates

Overall
0%40%80%'19'20'21'22'23'2461.1%67.0%70.1%67.7%69.3%74.2%

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

Early Action, non-binding · School admissions page ↗What this means:

Testing

Testing policy

Fall 2027
Test-optionalSchool testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026
Fall 2028
Fall 2028 policy not yet announced.School testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026

Superscoring

What this means:

SAT
Not stated
ACT
Not stated

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Test-optional for fall 2027 entry. First-year and standardized test pages do not state a superscore policy.

How to send scores

Official scores required when you apply

Have the College Board or ACT send official scores when you apply.

School’s words: “If submitting scores, SAT or ACT standardized test scores must be submitted directly from the testing agency.”

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡30.6%SAT 28% + ACT 2.6%

‡ Est. % submitting scores adds the share of enrolled first-years who submitted the SAT to the share who submitted the ACT.

Submitted SAT28%
161 students
Submitted ACT2.6%
107 students

Score ranges (middle 50%)

Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2024. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.

SAT composite
Combined SAT not reported; section scores shown below
SAT Reading & Writing
600–680 median 640
500800
SAT Math
610–700 median 650
500800
ACT composite
27–32 median 29
2036

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2024

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
0%50%100%'19'20'21'22'23'2496.0%92.1%33.3%36.8%36.1%30.6%76.3%73.4%28.8%32.6%32.9%28.0%19.7%18.7%4.5%4.2%3.2%2.6%

SAT composite, middle 50%

Not reported in any year shown.

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
36322824'19'20'21'22'23'2424–29292423–29292325–31312525–32322527–32322727–323227

Waitlist admit rate

Share of students who stayed on the waitlist and were later admitted, by entering class.

  • 2024: 40%
  • 2023: 40%
  • 2022: 81%
  • 2021: 36%
  • 2020: 80%

What is a waitlist? How is it different from a deferral?

Test policy in each Common Data Set

History only. The current policy is under Testing above.

  1. Fall 2027 CDS not available2025-26 CDS
  2. Fall 2026 Test-optional2024-25 CDS
  3. Fall 2025 Test-optional2023-24 CDS
  4. Fall 2024 Test-optional2022-23 CDS
  5. Fall 2023 Test-optional2021-22 CDS
  6. Fall 2022 Not reported2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 Not reported2019-20 CDS

Sources