Institutional Research, Effectiveness, Planning, and Strategy

Institutional Peers

Buffalo State and the Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Planning provide the following list of peer and aspirational peer institutions as a general reference for those on campus wishing to engage in benchmarking or comparative data analysis. Buffalo State has no formal data sharing arrangements with these institutions, but offers this list for informational purposes only.

Primary

Carnegie Classification: Public, Masters Large
Mid-size city location
5000-10,000 undergraduate enrollment headcount
Retention Rates
Graduation Rates

Secondary

Number of faculty
Number of professional staff
Percentage of Pell-eligible students

CURRENT PEERS

Using data from NSSE and SUNY Mission Review II (MRII) we identified the following institutions (listed in alphabetical order):

Armstrong State University	Northeastern Illinois University	University of Nebraska at Omaha
Austin Peay State University	Northern Kentucky University	University of North Florida
Bridgewater State University	Saginaw Valley State University	University of West Georgia
Central Connecticut State University	Southern Connecticut State University	Valdosta State University
Eastern Illinois University	University of Central Oklahoma	Western Illinois University
Kean University	University of Michigan – Flint	William Paterson University
New Jersey City University

ASPIRATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

California State University – Fresno	University of Central Missouri
Oakland University	University of Massachusetts-Boston
Rowan University	University of Missouri-St. Louis
The College of New Jersey	University of North Carolina Wilmington
Towson State University	University of Northern Iowa