Residential (New York State) Tuition Rates: The SUNY Board of Trustees have been carefully reviewing SUNY’s entire budget outlook and all options available before imposing any financial burden on our students and their families regarding a decision on tuition rates for the upcoming semesters. SUNY has not increased the tuition rates for the fall semester and are charging at the 19/20 academic year rates.
Full-Time Student (12 or more credit hours)
Tuition per semester $5,655.00
Mandatory fees per semester $402.50
Part-Time Student (1-11 credit hours)
Tuition per credit hour $471.00
Mandatory fees per credit hour $33.25
Nonresidential (out-of-state) Tuition Rates: The SUNY Board of Trustees have been carefully reviewing SUNY’s entire budget outlook and all options available before imposing any financial burden on our students and their families regarding a decision on tuition rates for the upcoming semesters. SUNY has not increased the tuition rates for the fall semester and are charging at the 19/20 academic year rates.
Full-Time Student (12 or more credit hours)
Tuition per semester $11,550.00
Mandatory fees per semester $402.50
Part-Time Student (1 – 11 credit hours)
Tuition per credit hour $963.00
Mandatory fees per credit hour $33.25
Remote Instruction: This semester Buffalo State is offering remote instruction due to COVID-19. Infrastructure, quality instruction and services continue with remote learning. Students will continue to receive the quality instruction fully supported with the infrastructure, faculty staff and support services in a virtual remote instruction model, towards their SUNY degree. Please note, courses taught via remote instruction are not synonymous with online courses and therefore not eligible for online tuition rates.
Online Tuition Rates: The SUNY Board of Trustees have been carefully reviewing SUNY’s entire budget outlook and all options available before imposing any financial burden on our students and their families regarding a decision on tuition rates for the upcoming semesters. SUNY has not increased the tuition rates for the fall semester and are charging at the 19/20 academic year rates. According to SUNY guidelines, an online course will be charged the online rate regardless of the COVID-19 pandemic. The online rate is charged to students taking courses in exclusively online programs that have been previously approved by the Provost’s Office and registered by the New York State Education Department in distance education format, consistent with the student’s intention to take courses exclusively online at the time of application and matriculation toward the degree.
Please note, students who are nonresidents (out of state), whose intent is to be on campus learning, but may be studying remotely, will be charged the nonresidential rate.
Non-residential (out-of-state) students enrolled in Buffalo State's online courses are eligible for online tuition rates if they meet the following criteria:
1. Must be enrolled exclusively in courses originally designated as online courses
2. Must not have had an address in New York State within the last fiscal year (July 1 - June 30)**
** Students' residency status at Buffalo State during the last fiscal year will be used to determine the residency requirement for online tuition rates.
Full-Time Student (12 or more credit hours)
Tuition per semester $6,785.00
Mandatory fees per semester $402.50
Part-Time Student (1 – 11 credit hours)
Tuition per credit hour $565.00
Mandatory fees per credit hour $33.25
Please note, the tuition rate initially shows as out-of-state tuition. Once Student Accounts verifies that a student has met online tuition eligibility (typically after 100% liability date), the tuition rate will be adjusted to reflect appropriately.
Please note: The rates listed are subject to review and may change without prior notice.
College Fee
This fee finances the operating budget. All units of the state university system collect this fee.
$25.00 per semester for full-time students
$1.70 per credit hour per semester for part-time students
Health Fee
This fee was increased for 20/21 and approved through the student broad based fee process. Buffalo State’s Health Fee supports services both on campus and remote, including health and counseling services, health promotions, nutrition counseling, and programs that maintain compliance with state regulations. These services are available to every student, whether in person or remote, and telehealth options are available for students outside the Western NY area. For this reason the Health Fee is not eligible for waiver. Students are encouraged to make the most of the services provided by the Health Fee. Additional questions and concerns should be directed to Weigel Health Center at 716-878-6711 or weigel@buffalostate.edu
$174.50 per semester for full-time students
$14.65 per credit hour per semester for part-time students
Technology Fee
This fee was increased for 20/21 and approved through the student broad based fee process. The Technology Fee provides many services to help students succeed and get the most from their education and this needed more than ever due to our current environment with many online course offerings. SUNY campuses are authorized to establish a technology fee as part of a comprehensive funding plan to build and maintain an infrastructure offering students the highest quality learning environment, and may be used to address specific technology needs such as:
Our Information Technology staff is dedicated to keeping current with new technologies and providing a high level of customer service with our IT help desk and working with the SUNY Online help desk. For more information, visit it.buffalostate.edu
$182.00 per semester for full-time students
$15.15 per credit hour per semester for part-time students
Graduate Student Association Fee
This fee supports funding requests for research & scholarship; managed by the Graduate Student Association. Student charges will reflect a reduction of 50% for the GSA fee for spring 2021, effective at start of semester.
$21.00 per semester for full-time students
$1.75 per credit hour per semester for part-time students
Non-Mandatory Fees
Parking
$70.00 per academic year (fall through spring semesters) for on-campus parking
Waiver of broad-based fees for online learners
Please note: The rates listed are subject to review and may change without prior notice.
Updated November 30, 2020
Some content on this page is saved in PDF format. To view these files, download Adobe Acrobat Reader free. If you are having trouble reading a document, request an accessible copy of the PDF or Word Document.
