Transfer Students
Each year, more than 1,000 transfer students join our college community, so you'll have plenty of company among your fellow students. You'll be advised by faculty and staff who have lots of experience working with transfer students. If you think Buffalo State is the right fit to continue your education, learn more about applying.
Transferring credit
Dual admission program participants
Students with an associate of arts or science degree
How to apply
Transfer admission is based on post-secondary academic performance and current enrollment space availability. A minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 (4.0 scale) is necessary for consideration.
Some programs are very competitive, including art education, computer information systems, criminal justice, dietetics, elementary education, exceptional and childhood education, journalism, broadcasting, public communication, social studies education, social work, and speech-language pathology, and require higher GPAs for admission.
Also, some majors have special entrance requirements. For example, applicants to the fine arts (painting, photography, printmaking, or sculpture) and art education programs must submit a portfolio for department review prior to admission.
We do not accept students who are on academic probation at another institution or students who have been dismissed for academic reasons within the past year.
Transferring Credit
Transfer applicants must provide official transcripts from all colleges attended previously. Credit earned for courses comparable to those offered at Buffalo State will be evaluated for transferability. A maximum of 88 credits from other accredited four-year institutions, 66 credits from two-year colleges, and 15 credits from proprietary institutions may be transferred.
Students with 45 or more transfer credits must apply to a specific program.
You may use the Transfer Equivalence Navigator to calculate the number of credits you would be able to transfer after being accepted to Buffalo State.
Dual Admission Program Participants
Buffalo State has dual admission programs with Erie Community College, Genesee Community College, Mohawk Valley Community College, Monroe Community College, and Niagara County Community College.
If you are a student at one of these two-year institutions listed above, you don't have to complete an application, provided you filed a simultaneous application for Buffalo State and the community college during year one. Please contact your community college's admissions department or contact Buffalo State's transfer advisor via admissions@buffalostate.edu or (716) 878-4017 for more information.
Students with an Associate of Arts or Science Degree
Your associate degree may satisfy the 42-credit core of Buffalo State's general education requirements. If your associate degree is from a SUNY two-year institution, we participate in the SUNY program which offers you the opportunity to continue your education as a full-time student at a senior SUNY campus.
How to Apply
1. Apply onlineor download an application (PDF, 647KB). Send your completed application to:
Application Services Center
The State University of New York
P.O. Box 22007
Albany, NY 12201-2007
2. Forward official high school transcripts, standardized test scores, and any required supplemental material to:
Buffalo State College
Office of Admissions
Moot Hall 110
1300 Elmwood Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14222
Buffalo State does not require a supplemental application, unless one is specifically requested by admissions at time of review*. You are welcome to submit this supplemental form (PDF, 43KB), recommendations, or any other materials that may help the admissions committee in the review process. Everything submitted is read and reviewed by the committee.
*If since graduating from high school, your academic career has been interrupted, you should complete the supplemental application.
DEADLINE: Rolling Admission Applications are reviewed as they are completed, until we reach our enrollment targets.