Binghamton University

Vestal, NY · Public · 14,655 undergrads (medium, suburb) · website ↗

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$50 application fee

What you'll actually pay

Average net price per year — tuition, fees, room & board minus grant and scholarship aid — for in-state students by household income.

Household income	Avg net price / year
Under $30,000	$12,171
$30,000 – $48,000	$15,281
$48,000 – $75,000	$20,347
$75,000 – $110,000	$23,533
Over $110,000	$28,475
All incomes (average)	$21,620

Sticker tuition and fees: $10,567 in-state, $30,447 out-of-state — before aid, from the same earlier College Scorecard release as the net prices above.

These are averages. For an estimate for your family, use Binghamton University's own net price calculator — every college that takes federal student aid must publish one.

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Other costs of attendance, 2025–26

The college's own estimate for a full-time undergraduate for the year, before aid, from the October 2026 College Scorecard. It is a newer year than the tuition and net prices above, so don't add the two together.

Housing and meals, on campus	$19,477
Housing and meals, off campus (not with family)	$19,477
Books and supplies	$1,000
Other expenses, on campus	$1,000
Other expenses, off campus	$1,000

Grants and loans for first-year students, 2022–23

What the college reported for its full-time, first-time students (3,103 of them) in 2022–23; 78% got some kind of aid, loans included. Each average is over the students who received that kind of aid, not over everyone. It is an older year than the 2025–26 costs above.

Type of aid	Students awarded	Average amount
Any grant or scholarshipFederal, state, local and the college's own	61%	$10,832
Federal Pell GrantNeed-based, from the federal government	27%	$5,777
The college's own grants and scholarshipsNeed- or merit-based, funded by the college	55%	$4,652
Federal student loansBorrowed by the student; repaid with interest. No Parent PLUS or private loans	48%	$5,350

IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Student Financial Aid 2022–23 (SFA2223, provisional release); full-time, first-time degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates; public domain.

Admissions & outcomes

Acceptance rate: 39%
Average SAT: 1415
Median ACT: 32
Students with Pell grants: 28%
Graduation rate (6yr): 82%
Freshman retention: 89%
Median earnings @ 10yr: $80,596
Median debt at graduation: $18,500
International undergrads: 570 (4%)

For comparison, the median across all 1,596 four-year colleges on this site: graduation rate 56%, earnings ten years after entering $54,869, debt at graduation $23,250.

Admission policy, test scores and teaching

SAT/ACT policy: Test-optional
Application fee: $50
Students per faculty member: 18 to 1
Faculty who are full-time: 79%
Open admission: No

Middle 50% of test scores, fall 2024

25th to 75th percentile of enrolled first-year students who submitted scores. A quarter scored below the first figure and a quarter above the second. Section ranges can't be added together into a total-score range.

SAT Reading and Writing: 670–740
SAT Math: 670–760
ACT composite: 30–32

What the college considers in admission decisions, fall 2023

How the college said it used each item when deciding on first-time, degree- or certificate-seeking applicants for fall 2023. For SAT and ACT scores, see the fall 2024 policy above.

High school GPA	Required
High school class rank	Not considered
High school record	Required
Completion of a college-preparatory program	Considered if submitted
Recommendations	Required
Formal demonstration of competencies (e.g. portfolio)	Considered if submitted
English proficiency test (for applicable students)	Required
Other test (Wonderlic, WISC-III, etc.)	Not considered
Work experience	Considered if submitted
Personal statement or essay	Required
Legacy status	Not considered

First-time applicants: 49,513
Admitted: 18,683
Enrolled: 3,095

Counts of first-time, degree- or certificate-seeking students, including early decision and early action. The acceptance rate higher up this page comes from a different College Scorecard release, so it may not match these counts.

IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release), fall 2023; open admission from IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 (revised); public domain.

Most popular fields of study

Share of bachelor's degrees awarded.

Biology & Life Sciences21%

Business14%

Social Sciences13%

Psychology10%

Engineering10%

Health & Nursing6%

Computer Science4%

Visual & Performing Arts3%

English & Literature3%

Environmental Studies2%

Earnings and debt by field of study

Median annual earnings of graduates who received federal student aid and were working, not studying: one year after completing (graduates of 2020–21 and 2021–22) and four years after (2017–18 and 2018–19), measured in 2022 and 2023 and shown in 2024 dollars. Median debt is federal Direct and Grad PLUS loans borrowed at this college by 2022–23 and 2023–24 graduates; it leaves out Parent PLUS and private loans. “National” is the median for the same field and credential across all US colleges.

Bachelor's degrees (37)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Biology, General	472	$34,852	$66,816national $57,214	$16,500
Psychology, General	367	$38,499	$67,249national $50,706	$17,250
Economics	316	$55,220	$81,040national $82,686	$17,414
Neurobiology and Neurosciences	242	$32,700	$77,478national $62,451	$19,500
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	179	$30,687	$72,955national $55,693	$15,750
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	169	$105,020	$108,691national $88,910	$12,500
Computer Science	143	$94,000	$126,183national $107,009	$18,500
Finance and Financial Management Services	135	$78,985	$115,013national $83,343	$15,000
Accounting and Related Services	121	$81,789	$106,323national $76,194	$14,250
Mechanical Engineering	119	$68,292	$89,650national $92,135	$19,500
Mathematics	118	$57,469	$82,492national $69,562	$19,500
Political Science and Government	118	$37,650	$73,044national $63,293	$18,453
Natural Resources Conservation and Research	116	$30,817	$55,579national $55,012	$19,000
Management Information Systems and Services	101	$65,469	$109,721national $83,290	$15,500
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services	92	$41,088	$62,506national $48,568	$19,500
Marketing	89	$52,782	$80,825national $69,303	$16,750
English Language and Literature, General	84	$33,476	$64,555national $48,590	$17,156
History	82	$37,341	$65,984national $50,680	$15,893
Business Administration, Management and Operations	73	$61,335	$76,271national $68,257	$14,000
Fine and Studio Arts	70	$37,995	$60,299national $41,367	$15,875
Biomedical/Medical Engineering	64	$70,207	$94,859national $93,451	$22,250
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology	55	$32,436	$64,737national $65,466	$14,737
Chemistry	51	$51,473	$55,167national $65,120	$18,902
Industrial Engineering	50	$75,151	$95,354national $98,442	$18,257
Computer Engineering	48	$85,968	$117,721national $109,015	$20,600
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering	47	$79,879	$99,397national $100,647	$24,375
Sociology	42	$37,812	$64,797national $52,657	$21,000
Social Work	39	—	—national $51,790	$18,544
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	36	$34,126	$49,366national $48,471	$12,000
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	31	$36,755	$66,841national $55,000	$15,691
Anthropology	30	$33,633	$53,460national $46,676	$17,746
Film/Video and Photographic Arts	29	$34,187	$46,579national $43,765	$17,500
Physics	25	—	—national $76,786	$20,500
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	23	$29,741	$54,215national $49,984	$19,500
Geography and Cartography	18	$40,492	$71,207national $57,853	—
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences	14	—	$53,761national $60,190	—
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft	12	—	$47,945national $39,775	—

Master's degrees (17)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	238	—	—national $124,807	$20,500
Social Work	70	$59,089	$63,907national $65,123	$41,000
Industrial Engineering	67	$93,437	$100,428national $119,184	$20,500
Accounting and Related Services	63	$81,242	$113,379national $95,833	$16,500
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	49	$59,575	$57,703national $63,707	$25,352
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	48	$114,681	$123,308national $120,193	$42,045
Electrical and Computer Engineering	47	$100,668	—	$20,500
Public Administration	43	$57,389	$83,478national $81,408	$20,500
Mechanical Engineering	36	$78,142	$101,600national $115,974	—
Biomedical/Medical Engineering	31	$71,368	—national $106,375	—
Anthropology	31	$41,881	$60,382national $61,276	$30,798
Systems Science and Theory	19	$83,019	$104,395national $111,527	—
Economics	18	$67,815	—national $100,743	—
Educational Administration and Supervision	12	$45,876	$63,511national $71,685	$35,543
Special Education and Teaching	8	$57,103	$59,933national $64,397	—
Biology, General	4	$56,032	—national $69,830	—
Business Administration, Management and Operations	1	$79,100	$118,876national $103,485	$20,500

A dash means the Department of Education suppressed the figure because too few graduates were measured — not zero. 123 more programmes at this college have every figure suppressed and are not listed.

Contact and accreditation

Address: 4400 Vestal Parkway East, Vestal, NY 13850-6000
Phone: (607) 777-2000
Institutional accreditor: Middle States Commission on Higher Education

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts) and IPEDS Fall Enrolment for international student counts. College Scorecard, October 2026 release: net price calculator link, mission flags and religious affiliation (2025–26), enrolment shares, test policy, SAT/ACT ranges and student-to-faculty ratio (fall 2024), cost-of-attendance components (2025–26), and earnings and debt by field of study. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 for the application fee and the IPEDS 2024 directory for the phone number. IPEDS Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release) for admission requirements and first-time applicants, admits and enrolments (fall 2023). IPEDS Student Financial Aid 2022–23 (SFA2223, provisional release) for grants and loans to full-time, first-time students. All are U.S. Department of Education data in the public domain. Verify current costs and requirements with the school.

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