STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BINGHAMTON N-17

PO Box 6000
Binghamton, NY 13902-6000
Tel: (607)777-2000
Admissions: (607)777-2171
E-mail: admit@binghamton.edu
Web Site: http://www.binghamton.edu/

Description:

State-supported, university, coed. Part of State University of New York System. Awards bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees and post-master's certificates. Founded 1946. Setting: 887-acre suburban campus. Endowment: $46.4 million. Research spending 2003-04: $28.2 million. Total enrollment: 13,860. Faculty: 719 (512 full-time, 207 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 22:1. 20,116 applied, 44% were admitted. 83% from top quarter of their high school class, 99% from top half. Full-time: 10,779 students, 49% women, 51% men. Part-time: 255 students, 56% women, 44% men. Students come from 39 states and territories, 67 other countries, 6% from out-of-state, 0.2% Native American, 6% Hispanic, 5% black, 17% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 4% international, 5% 25 or older, 58% live on campus, 7% transferred in. Retention: 92% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: social sciences and history; business/marketing; psychology. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at National Student Exchange, New York State Visiting Student Program. Study abroad program. ROTC: Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Common Application, early admission, early action, deferred admission. Required: essay, high school transcript, SAT or ACT. Required for some: 1 recommendation, portfolio, audition. Entrance: very difficult. Application deadlines: Rolling, 11/15 for early action. Notification: continuous, 12/22 for early action.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $40. State resident tuition: $4350 full-time, $181 per credit hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $10,610 full-time, $442 per credit hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $1406 full-time. College room and board: $7710. College room only: $4736. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 176 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities, local fraternities, local sororities; 8% of eligible men and 8% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: student radio station, Student Association, student newspaper, cultural organizations, Peer Counseling/Mentoring/Volunteering Program. Major annual events: Caribbean Carnival, Spring Fling, University Fest. Student services: legal services, health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access, safety awareness programs, well-lit campus, self-defense education, secured campus entrance 12 a.m. to 5 a.m., emergency telephones. 6,556 college housing spaces available; 6,344 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required in freshman year. Option: coed housing available. Glenn G. Bartle Library plus 1 other with 1.9 million books, 1.9 million microform titles, 8,915 serials, 122,518 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $10.8 million. 7,200 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.