| State university of New York at Binghamton | | | | 5th most selective public university in America. For |
| popularly known as Binghamton University was | | | | the Fall 2006 Semester, Binghamton University |
| founded in 1946 as a branch of Syracuse University. | | | | received over 22,000 applications for over 2,300 |
| It was split at 1950 and named Harpur University in | | | | spots. The retention rate is 92% highest in SUNY |
| honor of colonial teacher Robert harpur. It was the | | | | system. University has 11,174 undergraduates and |
| first to join SUNY (State University of New York) | | | | 2,844 postgraduates. 25% of the total students are |
| and was subsequently renamed as state university of | | | | from abroad. |
| New York at Binghamton at 1965. | | | | The university is ranked 30th on U.S News and World |
| The campus is located at vestal New York .The | | | | report. The university is in the top plugs for the 11th |
| campus is spread over 887 acres with 120 buildings | | | | consecutive year. The management is ranked in top |
| roughly, the 190 acre preserved forest with 6 acre | | | | 40 business schools by Business week. After |
| wetland adjoining the university is a major attraction. | | | | graduation, 40-50 percent of students will continue on |
| The campus includes seven residential communities, a | | | | to graduate school, while the remaining 50-60 percent |
| student center, the Library Tower, science complex, | | | | goes into the workforce. The Law School Placement |
| various academic buildings, two gymnasiums, and | | | | ranges within 75-82 percent. The Vet-School and |
| various athletic facilities. The library tower is the | | | | Optometry School has 100 percent placement. |
| tallest building and it is present in the centre of the | | | | Binghamton University is the number three feeder to |
| campus. | | | | the Big Four accounting firms, and numbers two to |
| The admissions are based on middle 50 percent SAT | | | | the largest of the four. Medical School Placement: |
| score with an average score of 1265 (math + verbal). | | | | 65-70 percent. Apart from the academic record, it |
| Middle 50 percent of students' high school GPA is | | | | holds key status in American nation basketball. |
| somewhere around 93.Binghamton university is the | | | | |