Buffalo State College

The State University College at Buffalo, known as Buffalo State College or SUNY Buffalo State, is a public college in Buffalo, New York, United States, and is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. Buffalo State College was founded in 1871 as the Buffalo Normal School for the training of teachers. Located on a 125-acre campus in the heart of Buffalo’s cultural corridor, SUNY Buffalo State now offers a wide array of academic programs, including 171 undergraduate programs with 11 honors options, 11 post baccalaureate teacher certification programs, and 61 graduate programs.

The college is almost always referred to as Buffalo State to contrast it with the much larger nearby school State University of New York at Buffalo, known locally as the "University at Buffalo", "UB", or "SUNY Buffalo".

Coordinates: 42°56′05″N 78°53′02″W / 42.9347°N 78.8839°W / 42.9347; -78.8839

History

Buffalo State was founded in 1871 as the Buffalo Normal School for the training of teachers. Later it became the State Normal and Training School (1888–1927), the State Teachers College at Buffalo (1928–1946), the New York State College for Teachers at Buffalo (1946–1950), SUNY, New York State College for Teachers (1950–1951), the State University College for Teachers at Buffalo (1951–1959), the State University College of Education at Buffalo (1960–1961), and the State University College at Buffalo (1961–present).