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Welcome to the Graduate Studies at Buffalo State! Buffalo State has a proud tradition of offering graduate programs since 1945 and currently offers a wide array of over 60 outstanding academic opportunities. Our distinctive graduate degrees and certificate programs provide practical training and skills to advance in today’s competitive job market. Our small classes promote productive faculty-student interactions and opportunities for professional and personal mentoring characteristic of the best graduate programs in the nation.

Historically known for our excellent teacher education programs, Buffalo State has become an institution with an evergrowing range of applied graduate programs. Included in our wide array of grad programs you will find such diverse fields as English, history, business management, creativity and change leadership, conflict analysis and resolution, applied behavior analysis, dietetics, art conservation, public relations, higher education and student affairs administration, public administration, criminal justice, speech language pathology, data science and analytics, applied economics, applied math, great lakes environmental science, forensic science, industrial technology, and multidisciplinary studies.

Upon matriculation graduate students become members of the Graduate Student Association (GSA). The GSA offers networking opportunities, and financial support for research, scholarly projects, and travel to professional conferences. It also helps to sponsor graduate student activities on campus.