Which Buffalo State major has the lowest debt?

Hospitality Management graduates leave with a median of $19,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 25 Buffalo State bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Buffalo State cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $8,533 a year, and $19,653 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $11,346 a year.

How many Buffalo State programs report graduate pay?

25 bachelor's programs at Buffalo State report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Buffalo State Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

SUNY Buffalo State University
Public university
Buffalo, NY
5,097 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

25 Buffalo State bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Electrical Engineering Technology pays the most in the first year ($71,894), and Special Education the least ($16,737). The median program pays $34,042.

In-state tuition and fees$8,533Per year. Out-of-state $19,653

Average net price after aid$11,346Per year

Graduation rate33%Within 6 years

Admission rate73%Of applicants

All 25 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in New York" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across New York. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in New York
1	Electrical Engineering TechnologyAbout 11 graduates a year	$71,894	$89,829	$28,000	3rd of 6
2	Mechanical Engineering TechnologyAbout 33 graduates a year	$57,431	$86,786	$24,436	6th of 8
3	Information ScienceAbout 56 graduates a year	$49,686	$63,973	$25,651	11th of 14
4	Industrial TechnologyAbout 12 graduates a year	$48,355	$74,319	$29,500	2nd of 2
5	DieteticsAbout 20 graduates a year	$46,519	$52,622	$34,940	2nd of 5
6	EconomicsAbout 20 graduates a year	$41,547	$62,835	$26,000	29th of 36
7	Social WorkAbout 56 graduates a year	$39,695	$49,513	$23,312	6th of 15
8	Business AdministrationAbout 123 graduates a year	$38,283	$56,380	$25,000	54th of 73
9	Teacher EducationAbout 98 graduates a year	$36,654	$47,493	$26,999	13th of 25
10	HistoryAbout 24 graduates a year	$35,822	$39,929	$25,394	10th of 35
11	Political ScienceAbout 12 graduates a year	$35,158	$49,581	$26,875	24th of 47
12	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 69 graduates a year	$34,646	$47,811	$25,000	20th of 22
13	Criminal JusticeAbout 85 graduates a year	$34,042	$56,366	$25,000	22nd of 32
14	BiologyAbout 49 graduates a year	$33,444	$47,430	$25,500	26th of 65
15	PsychologyAbout 54 graduates a year	$32,994	$46,260	$26,528	22nd of 65
16	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 87 graduates a year	$32,082	$41,463	$27,000	13th of 22
17	Hospitality ManagementAbout 25 graduates a year	$31,629	$43,844	$19,500	7th of 13
18	Other Communication and JournalismGraduates a year not reported	$30,049	$48,271	$23,405	2nd of 2
19	SociologyAbout 31 graduates a year	$28,676	$47,196	$26,000	31st of 38
20	Family and Consumer EconomicsGraduates a year not reported	$28,180	$40,460	$25,375	1st of 1
21	CommunicationsAbout 23 graduates a year	$26,344	$45,478	$25,000	42nd of 48
22	Audiovisual TechnologyAbout 29 graduates a year	$24,687	$37,576	$25,469	1st of 2
23	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 28 graduates a year	$24,041	$43,608	$23,000	18th of 35
24	TheatreAbout 3 graduates a year	$19,608	$30,530	$21,810	12th of 31
25	Special EducationAbout 17 graduates a year	$16,737	$53,972	$22,610	7th of 7

Program names link to the program's own page, and New York ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five New York programs in the field do too.

2 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Electrical Engineering Technology$71,894
Mechanical Engineering Technology$57,431
Information Science$49,686
Industrial Technology$48,355
Dietetics$46,519

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

Business AdministrationAbout 123 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 98 graduates a year
Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 87 graduates a year
Criminal JusticeAbout 85 graduates a year
Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 69 graduates a year

Common questions

Electrical Engineering Technology graduates earn a median of $71,894 in their first year, the most of 25 Buffalo State bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of New York rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels