Academic Probation
All graduate students must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 (4.0 scale). A student is automatically placed on academic probation if the GPA falls below 3.0.
- Matriculated full-time graduate students are given one semester,
- Matriculated part-time accepted students are given 9 credit hours,
- Students with fewer than 12 credit hours will be automatically placed on academic probation should their GPA fall below 3.0.
- After being placed on academic probation, non-degree graduate students have until the completion of the next semester in which they enrolled to bring their GPA to 3.0. Failure to do so renders the students ineligible for further registration.
Academic Dismissal
- Failure to achieve a cumulative average of 3.0 within a specified time will result in academic dismissal.
- Failure to maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA for each semester of academic probation will result in academic dismissal.
- Pre-major (non-degree) graduate students must have a 3.0 GPA by completing 12 or more credit hours. Failure to achieve a 3.0 GPA by completing 12 or more credit hours of graduate-level coursework results in academic dismissal.
- Students who fail to achieve a 3.0 GPA by completing 12 credit hours will be dismissed academically.
- Failure to maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA during each semester of academic probation results in academic dismissal.
- Graduate students also may be dismissed from Buffalo State for determination of an academic misconduct offense.
Graduate students who have been academically dismissed must wait one full year from the time of dismissal before applying for re-admission.
