A Century
Forward

A 56-acre campus on Long Island Sound, one hour from New York City.

Care Starts
Here

Teaching clinics open to the city, staffed by the next generation of clinicians.

Built Here.
Hired Here.

Undergraduate research from year one, in labs you can walk into.

A Century of
Purple Knights

Alumni in all 50 states and more than 80 countries.

By the numbers

What a UB degree returns.

100%
Clinical placement guarantee
Every health sciences student placed in a clinical site.
98%
Board pass rate in healthcare
Across licensure-track health professions programs.
99%
Students receive financial aid
Scholarships, grants, and need-based support.
11:1
Student–faculty ratio
Small enough that advising can sequence a degree around you.
Outcomes
94%
Employed or in graduate school
Within six months of graduation. A UB degree is built backwards from the job it is meant to lead to.
60+
Programs and majors across three colleges
3
Colleges, plus UB Online and the Waterbury Center
1 hr
From campus to New York City

Where our graduates go

Yale New Haven Health
Sikorsky
Pratt & Whitney
IBM
General Dynamics
Boeing
ESPN
Stamford Health
Life on the Sound

A coastal campus,
an hour from
everything.

Fifty-six acres on Long Island Sound with Seaside Park at the doorstep — and Manhattan close enough for a Tuesday internship. Few universities offer both the shoreline and the city.

56
Acre campus
1 hr
To New York City
0 mi
To Seaside Park
1927 – 2027

A century of turning
ambition into outcomes.

From a small college on Connecticut's industrial coast to a university of three colleges and 60+ career-focused programs. Our centennial arrives in 2027.

1927
FoundedThe University's earliest predecessor opens in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
1950s
MilestoneContent slot — awaiting University Archives.
1990s
MilestoneContent slot — awaiting University Archives.
Today
Three colleges60+ programs on a 56-acre coastal campus, plus the Waterbury Center and UB Online.
2027
CentennialOne hundred years of impact — and the next century begins.
Alumni & giving

A century of
Purple Knights.

Every degree awarded here since 1927 belongs to someone still connected to this place. The centennial is the moment to make that connection count.

40,000+
Alumni worldwide
80+
Countries represented
99%
Of students receive aid — much of it donor-funded
Admissions

Three steps. No test
scores required.

1

Submit your application

Apply free using the UB application or the Common App. No essay required for most programs.

2

Send your transcripts

Request official high school or college transcripts be sent directly to UB.

3

Get your decision

We review on a rolling basis — most applicants hear back within two weeks.

Ready to become a Purple Knight?

Applications are open for the upcoming semester. Test scores are optional for most programs.

Applications are open for the upcoming semester.Test scores optional for most programs.