University at Buffalo Rankings 2026

University at Buffalo SUNY Overall Rankings 2026

University at Buffalo SUNY’s strongest current-edition position sits with Collegedunia Study Abroad at #255 globally. Its widest gap from that benchmark is ARWU’s 2025 band of #501-600, a 245-band-mid-point spread that names where rankings agree and disagree on UB.

The Collegedunia rank sits 161 places ahead of QS and roughly 75 places ahead of THE’s mid-band point. Collegedunia’s India-facing scoring rewards UB’s acceptance rate, scholarship access and STEM intake more than QS or THE weight them. ARWU’s research-paper-weighted scoring places UB lowest, since the score leans on Nobel laureates and Nature/Science publication counts where UB does not lead.

Key insight: The 245-band spread between Collegedunia (#255) and ARWU (#501-600 mid-point #550) tells Indian applicants UB looks much stronger as a degree-and-career bet than as a pure research-citation bet, which matches its R1 public-school positioning.

University at Buffalo SUNY Rankings: Bottom Line for Indian Students

For an Indian student weighing University at Buffalo SUNY, four signals move the decision: the QS US rank, the QS subject ranks for the chosen stream, the Collegedunia Study Abroad band and how each compares against the closest Indian public alternative.

What this means for Indian applicants: The QS global rank of #416 reads modest, but the US #59 and US public #33 ranks tell the more useful story for a student staying in the US labour market after the degree. UB’s QS Civil Engineering US #27 and Dentistry US #9 sit ahead of the overall position, so applicants in those streams capture above-average department brand at SUNY public tuition.

University at Buffalo SUNY QS World University Rankings 2027

University at Buffalo SUNY ranks #416 in QS World University Rankings 2027. QS scores universities on academic reputation, employer reputation, citations per faculty and student outcomes. The university is #59 in the USA and #33 among US public universities in the same edition.

UB’s QS climb from #491 in 2024 to #410 in 2026 marks an 81-position recovery in two editions.

The five-year average sits near #442, so the current #416 stands roughly 26 places ahead of UB’s own five-year baseline. The single biggest move was the 56-place climb between QS 2025 and QS 2026, with UB’s Academic Reputation rank moving to US public #37 and Faculty Citations to US public #27 in the same edition. A six-place dip from 2026 to 2027 keeps UB inside the #410-420 band rather than reversing the climb.

Trend signal: Two consecutive editions inside the #410-416 range, after four years of #425-491 shifts, point to band stability rather than a one-off spike, which matters for Indian applicants budgeting a two-year master’s enrolment under one brand value.

Collegedunia Study Abroad Rankings of University at Buffalo SUNY

University at Buffalo SUNY sits inside the Indian-applicant focused Collegedunia Study Abroad ranking with two confirmed positions, both signalling a mid-table US public bet for Indian families.

The global #255 places UB inside the top 31 percent of 824 ranked universities. The US #111 places it inside the top 31 percent of 357 ranked US schools. The two percentile bands sit on top of each other, which means UB neither loses nor gains ground when filtered down to the US-only pool, a stability signal for Indian applicants benchmarking it against US-only competitors.

India-relevance: The Collegedunia rank of #255 is 161 places ahead of UB’s QS World #416, signalling that the India-facing scoring (which weights cost, scholarship intake and Indian student community size) rewards UB more than the global academic-research scoring does.

University at Buffalo SUNY Times Higher Education (THE) Rankings 2026

University at Buffalo SUNY ranks #301-350 in THE World University Rankings 2026. THE scores universities on teaching, research environment, research quality, industry income and international outlook, with research-related metrics carrying about 60 percent of the weight.

UB’s THE band sits three full bands ahead of its ARWU 2025 band of #501-600. The split tells Indian applicants THE’s teaching-and-citations mix rewards UB more than ARWU’s narrower research-paper formula does.

THE’s subject-level data reads stronger than UB’s overall band, with five subjects placed inside the global top 300.

Computer Science at #151-175 sits roughly 150 positions ahead of UB’s overall #301-350 band. Engineering, Medical and Health, and Education Studies cluster in the #201-250 band, which is one full band stronger than the headline number. Indian applicants in those four streams enrol into a department whose international research standing reads ahead of the parent university brand.

Key insight: THE’s Computer Science #151-175 puts UB roughly on par with US public schools like SUNY Stony Brook in the same subject, so Indian CS applicants get a peer-tier department brand at SUNY public-tuition pricing.

University at Buffalo SUNY ARWU (Shanghai) Rankings 2025

University at Buffalo SUNY ranks #501-600 in ARWU Shanghai 2025. ARWU scores universities almost entirely on research output, weighting Nobel and Fields laureates, highly-cited researchers and papers published in Nature and Science.

UB has slipped two ARWU bands across five years, from the #301-400 band in 2021 to #501-600 in 2025, the steepest band slide among the major bodies tracked here.

The two-band drop sits in stark contrast to UB’s QS gain across the same period, where it gained roughly 49 places on five-year average. The split tells Indian applicants UB’s strength sits with employability and teaching reputation rather than top-tier research publication volume. ARWU’s Dentistry & Oral Sciences subject rank of #20 globally still keeps UB inside the world top 25 for that one discipline, regardless of the headline band drop.

What it signals: The 200-band ARWU slide does not translate into a degree-value drop for Indian applicants, since US employers and Indian return-applicants weight QS-style and US News-style reputation more than ARWU’s research-paper score, and UB has held or gained on both.

ARWU’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, which ranks specific disciplines using citations and research output, places UB strongest in four areas.

Dentistry at #20 and Communication at #29 outrank UB’s overall ARWU position by hundreds of places. For Indian applicants targeting UB’s School of Dental Medicine, the department brand is a top-25 global asset on the resume, regardless of how the parent university scores overall.

University at Buffalo SUNY U.S. News Best Global University Rankings

University at Buffalo SUNY ranks #369 in U.S. News Best Global Universities 2025-2026, the edition released in October 2025. U.S. News scores global research universities on research reputation, publications, normalised citation impact and international collaboration.

Within U.S. News’s separate domestic ranking system, UB sits at #75 in National Universities 2026, #36 in Top Public Schools 2026 and #125 in Best Value Schools 2026.

India-relevance: The U.S. News Top Public Schools rank of #36 reads almost identical to QS’s US public university rank of #33, so two independent bodies converge on the same answer: UB sits inside the top-40 US public schools cluster, the slice where Indian student demand and post-graduate work hiring concentrate.

The U.S. News Best Value Schools rank of #125 tightens the case for cost-sensitive Indian applicants, since the metric weights net price against academic quality.

University at Buffalo SUNY Subject Rankings

University at Buffalo SUNY ranks inside the US top 50 in eight QS subjects in QS Rankings by Subject 2026. The subjects with the strongest Indian student demand sit at the top of the list.

University at Buffalo SUNY Computer Science and Engineering Subject Rankings

UB ranks US #59 in QS Computer Science and Information Systems 2026 and #151-175 globally in THE Computer Science 2026. THE places UB about one full band ahead of its overall #301-350 standing for this single subject.

What it signals: A THE Computer Science band of #151-175 puts UB in the same tier as US public peers like SUNY Stony Brook, signalling Indian MS in CS applicants enrol into a department whose research output reads above the university’s headline number.

University at Buffalo SUNY Engineering Subject Rankings

UB’s strongest engineering subject is Civil and Structural Engineering at US #27 (tied) in QS 2026, followed by Materials Science at US #50 (tied). THE places overall Engineering at #201-250 globally, roughly 100 positions ahead of UB’s overall band.

Civil Engineering at US #27 is UB’s single biggest subject upside, sitting 32 places ahead of the university’s QS US #59 overall rank. Indian applicants targeting a US-based civil engineering career capture a top-30 US department brand at SUNY public tuition.

University at Buffalo SUNY Dentistry and Pharmacy Subject Rankings

UB’s School of Dental Medicine ranks US #9 in QS Dentistry 2026 and #20 globally in ARWU Dentistry & Oral Sciences 2025. UB’s School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences ranks US #22 in QS Pharmacy and Pharmacology 2026.

Key insight: Dentistry US #9 is UB’s only single-digit US rank in any edition tracked here, which moves the department brand ahead of every QS-ranked private dental school outside the US top 8.

University at Buffalo SUNY Business and Economics Subject Rankings

UB’s School of Management ranks #401-500 globally in THE Business and Economics 2026 and US #90 (tied) in QS Economics and Econometrics 2026. The Business band sits one full band behind UB’s overall THE rank, the only subject area where UB ranks below its parent university position.

University at Buffalo SUNY Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Subject Rankings

Library and Information Management at US #16 and Geography at US #21 sit roughly 40 places ahead of UB’s overall QS US rank. The eight subjects above show consistency across creative and analytical disciplines, which matters for Indian applicants targeting interdisciplinary master’s programs.

University at Buffalo SUNY Regional and Impact Rankings

University at Buffalo SUNY places inside the global top 200 in two THE Impact Rankings categories, both linked to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

The two #101-200 placements in Good Health and Climate Action sit roughly 300 positions ahead of UB’s overall Impact rank of #401-600. The five SDG categories with sub-#300 placements cluster around health, sustainability and engineering, which maps to UB’s strongest research departments at the parent university level.

University at Buffalo SUNY Rankings: Indian Student Outlook

For Indian students planning a US degree, University at Buffalo SUNY ranking signals add up to a top-40 US public university with strong subject pockets in dentistry, civil engineering and computer science, at a SUNY public tuition base. QS also places UB’s International Student Population at #12 among US public colleges, signalling a campus already familiar with Indian student intake.

The five programs Indian students most commonly enrol into at UB, mapped to the rank signal that backs each one:

• MS Computer Science and Engineering: THE Computer Science #151-175 globally backs the degree value
• MS Engineering Data Science: THE Engineering #201-250 plus QS Civil Engineering US #27 anchor the broader engineering brand
• MBA (including the STEM MBA option): THE Business and Economics #401-500 places UB inside the broader top-500 business school cluster
• MS Business Analytics: Maps to QS Economics and Econometrics US #90 and the School of Management’s published 97 percent placement rate within six months
• MS Pharmaceutical Sciences: QS Pharmacy US #22 anchors this as one of UB’s strongest subject brands for Indian applicants