Binghamton University
Vestal, New York · Public · 14,655 undergraduates · binghamton.edu
Test policy (fall 2027)
Test optional
Sending scores is your choice
Admit rate
39%
of applicants
SAT (middle 50%)
1320 to 1480
of enrolled freshmen
Your chances and merit aid at Binghamton University
See where you stand for admission, how much merit aid you could get, and what you'd pay after it.
We started you at a typical enrolled freshman here. Move the sliders to match you.
Your admission chances
39% of applicants admitted
Target
Your SAT is inside the range where the middle half of enrolled freshmen scored, and your GPA is in the middle half of freshmen's.
Estimated merit aid
a year
Your cost after merit aid
Not available
What to do with your 1410
Send your score
About 50% of freshmen here didn't send a score. We estimate their typical SAT at about 1300, and yours is above it.
Reach, target and likely are a rough guide from your test score and how selective the college is. Admissions also weigh your courses, grades, essays and activities. Merit aid figures are estimates, before any need-based aid.
Admissions
Test policy for fall 2027
Test optional
You choose whether to send an SAT or ACT score. If you send one, it's considered.
- Superscores: it combines your best section scores from different test dates.
- You can type your scores into the application; official reports come later.
Source: Binghamton's Test Policies | Undergraduate Admissions | Binghamton University · Checked October 17, 2026
Application deadlines
- Nov1Early Action · November 1, 2026Apply early and hear early. Not binding.
- Dec1Priority deadline · December 1, 2026Apply by this date for the best chance at admission and scholarships.
- Jan15Regular Decision · January 15, 2027The standard deadline.
Who gets in
39%
of applicants are admitted.
Early Action
Not binding. Apply by 11/1, hear by 1/15.
Wait list
19,524 students were offered a spot.
Test scores of enrolled freshmen (fall 2025)
The shaded part shows the middle half of enrolled freshmen who sent scores: a quarter scored below it and a quarter above. 43% of them sent SAT scores and 9% sent ACT scores.
SAT total 1320 to 1480
Reading and Writing 650 to 740
Math 660 to 760
ACT composite 31 to 34
How enrolled freshmen scored on the SAT
- 1400 to 160051%
- 1200 to 139940%
- 1000 to 11997%
- 800 to 9992%
- 600 to 7990%
- 400 to 5990%
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
High school GPA of enrolled freshmen
Average GPA: 3.88
- 4.064%
- 3.75 to 3.9918%
- 3.50 to 3.7412%
- 3.25 to 3.494.3%
- 3.00 to 3.242.2%
- 2.50 to 2.990.5%
- Below 2.500%
Cost and financial aid
The sticker price is what a year costs before any aid. Most students pay less after grants and scholarships.
Sticker price for 2027-28Estimate
Binghamton University hasn't published a total yearly cost for in-state students. The parts it has published are below.
- Tuition (in state)$7,280
- Fees$3,600
- Books and supplies$1,030
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
What families actually pay
What a year cost on average after grants and scholarships, for freshmen who got federal aid in 2023-24 (in-state students), by family income.
- $0 to $30,000$11,463
- $30,001 to $48,000$13,445
- $48,001 to $75,000$18,397
- $75,001 to $110,000$22,349
- Over $110,000$28,293
Financial aid
79%
of a student's financial need is covered, on average
$13,729
average need-based grant to freshmen, money you don't repay
23%
of freshmen got merit aid without financial need, $6,472 on average
- FAFSA
- Required for need-based aid. It's the free federal aid form.
- CSS Profile
- Not required. Only the FAFSA is needed.
- Aid priority date: 1/15
- Send your aid forms by this date to be first in line for the college's grant money.
- Aid deadline: 5/1
- The last day to send aid forms.
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
AP credit
AP exams that earn credit can replace college courses, so you pay for fewer of them and may graduate sooner.
AP exams that earn credit
40 of 40
Earn credit with a score of 3
39 exams
A 3-credit course is worth
about $730Est.Estimate
at 2027-28 tuition for in-state students
Credit for each AP exam
| Exam | Score needed | Credits | Counts as |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-D Art and Design | 3 | 4 | Elective credit |
| 3-D Art and Design | 3 | 4 | Elective credit |
| African American Studies | 3 | 4 | AFST 101 |
| Art History | 3 | 4 | Elective credit |
| Art History | 4 | 4 | ARTH 110 |
| Biology | 3 | 4 | Elective credit |
| Biology | 4 | 4 | BIOL 113 or 114 |
| Biology | 5 | 8 | BIOL 113 and BIOL 114 |
| Calculus AB | 3 | 4 | MSCI XXX |
| Calculus AB | 4 | 4 | MATH 224 + 225 OR MATH XXX |
| Calculus AB | 5 | 4 | MATH 224 and MATH 225 |
| Calculus BC | 4 | 8 | MATH 223 , MATH 224 , MATH 225 & MATH 226 OR MATH 223 , MATH 224, MATH 225 & MATH XXX |
| Calculus BC | 5 | 8 | MATH 224, 225, 226 & XXX |
| Calculus BC: AB Subscore | 3 | 4 | MSCI XXX |
| Calculus BC: AB Subscore | 4 | 4 | MATH 224 + MATH 225 |
| Chemistry | 3 | 4 | CHEM XXX |
| Chemistry | 4 | 4 | CHEM 104 or 107 or 111 |
| Chemistry | 5 | 8 | CHEM 107 & 108 |
| Chinese Language and Culture | 3 | 4 | CHIN 2XX |
| Comparative Government and Politics | 3 | 4 | PLSC 1CP |
| Computer Science Principles | 3 | 4 | Elective credit |
| Drawing | 3 | 4 | Elective credit |
| English Language and Composition | 3 | 4 | Elective credit |
| English Literature and Composition | 3 | 4 | Elective credit |
| Environmental Science | 3 | 4 | ENVI 101 |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 4 | ENVI 101 |
| Environmental Science | 5 | 8 | ENVI 101 and ENVI 201 |
| European History | 3 | 4 | Elective credit |
| French Language and Culture | 3 | 4 | FREN 211 |
| French Language and Culture | 4 | 4 | FREN 215 |
| French Language and Culture | 5 | 4 | FREN 215 |
| German Language and Culture | 3 | 4 | Elective credit |
| German Language and Culture | 5 | 4 | GERM 203 |
| Human Geography | 3 | 4 | GEOG 101 |
| Italian Language and Culture | 3 | 4 | ITAL 211 |
| Italian Language and Culture | 4 | 4 | ITAL 215 |
| Italian Language and Culture | 5 | 4 | ITAL 215 |
| Japanese Language and Culture | 3 | 4 | CHIN 2XX |
| Latin | 3 | 4 | Elective credit |
| Latin | 4 | 4 | LAT 2XX |
| Macroeconomics | 3 | 4 | Elective credit |
| Macroeconomics | 4 | 4 | ECON 162 |
| Microeconomics | 3 | 4 | Elective credit |
| Microeconomics | 4 | 4 | ECON 160 |
| Music Theory | 3 | 4 | Elective credit |
| Physics 1 | 3 | 4 | Elective credit |
| Physics 1 | 5 | 4 | PHYS 121 |
| Physics 2 | 3 | 4 | Elective credit |
| Physics 2 | 5 | 4 | PHYS 122 |
| Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism | 3 | 4 | Elective credit |
| Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism | 5 | 4 | PHYS 132 |
| Physics C: Mechanics | 3 | 4 | Elective credit |
| Physics C: Mechanics | 5 | 4 | PHYS 131 |
| Pre-Calculus | 3 | 4 | LART XXX |
| Psychology | 3 | 4 | LART XXX |
| Psychology | 4 | 4 | PSYC 111 |
| Research | 3 | 4 | Elective credit |
| Seminar | 3 | 4 | Elective credit |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 3 | 4 | SPAN 211 |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 4 | 4 | SPAN 215 |
| Spanish Literature and Culture | 3 | 4 | SPAN 215 |
| Spanish Literature and Culture | 4 | 4 | SPAN 241 |
| Statistics | 3 | 4 | MATH 147A or MATH 1ST |
| United States Government and Politics | 3 | 4 | PLSC 1AM |
| United States History | 3 | 4 | Elective credit |
| World History: Modern | 3 | 4 | Elective credit |
Source: AP credit policy
After college
Graduate within 6 years
82%
Come back for a second year
89%
Typical earnings
$89,136
a year, 10 years after starting here
- Binghamton University$69,835
- All colleges$54,104
Median yearly earnings of graduates five years after finishing a bachelor's in this major. 35 majors here have earnings data.
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