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.
Carnegie Classification: Public, Masters Large
Mid-size city location
5000-10,000 undergraduate enrollment headcount
Retention Rates
Graduation Rates
Number of faculty
Number of professional staff
Percentage of Pell-eligible students
Using data from NSSE and SUNY Mission Review II (MRII) we identified the following institutions (listed in alphabetical order):
Armstrong State University
Austin Peay State University
Bridgewater State University
Central Connecticut State University
Eastern Illinois University
Kean University
New Jersey City University
Northeastern Illinois University
Northern Kentucky University
Saginaw Valley State University
Southern Connecticut State University
University of Central Oklahoma
University of Michigan – Flint
University of Nebraska at Omaha
University of North Florida
University of West Georgia
Valdosta State University
Western Illinois University
William Paterson University
Aspirational
California State University – Fresno
Oakland University
Rowan University
The College of New Jersey
Towson State University
University of Central Missouri
University of Massachusetts-Boston
University of Missouri-St. Louis
University of North Carolina Wilmington
University of Northern Iowa
Institutional Effectiveness and Planning
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