Admissions & selectivity
Binghamton University Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Binghamton?
Binghamton’s reported acceptance rate is 38.6%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 38.6%
Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.
Source: Binghamton University Common Data Set 2025-26, C1 · first-time, first-year students.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
Binghamton University admits 38.6% of applicants, below the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size). In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 61,197 first-year applicants, 22,835 admitted applicants, and 3,201 enrolled first-year students.
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled Binghamton students report?
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported that enrolled first-year students who submitted SAT scores posted a middle range from 1320 to 1480. 43% of the entering class submitted SAT scores.
For the ACT, the middle half of enrolled submitters ranged from 31 to 34, with 9% submitting scores. These ranges capture only enrolled students who submitted scores; they are not admission minimums.
Applicants can weigh their own results against the ranges above, keeping in mind that they describe recent enrolled submitters rather than the entire class. The university also reported that, among enrolled first-year students with a reported class rank, 51% placed in the upper tenth and 87% in the upper quarter. 21% of the entering class reported a rank.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Binghamton. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
43% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 1320
- Median
- 1410
- 75th percentile
- 1480
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
9% of entering students submitted ACT scores
- 25th percentile
- 31
- Median
- 33
- 75th percentile
- 34
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: Binghamton University Common Data Set 2025-26, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at Binghamton?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 28.1%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 19.0%
- First-year retention
- 89.4%
Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.
About these student measures
The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 61,197 first-year applicants, 22,835 admitted, and 3,201 enrolled first-year students, setting the scale of its current intake. Federal enrollment figures for Binghamton University list 14,655 undergraduates.
Pell Grants go to 28.1% of them, and an estimated 19.0% enter as transfers or part-time students. This composition suggests a campus with both financial-access needs and pathways from prior college study.
Pell-eligible and transfer applicants should compare aid offers and transfer-credit evaluations, then map a route to graduation before choosing where to enroll.
Most first-year students remain enrolled, and completion also exceeds the comparable-institution benchmark. In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported that 90% of the first-time, full-time fall 2024 entering class returned the next fall.
Federal figures put first-year retention at 89.4%, above the median of 83.1% for comparable institutions, the middle value for schools in the same type and size. The six-year graduation rate for the first-time full-time cohort is 81.6%, above the comparable-institution median of 65.0%.
Pell recipients complete within six years at 70.1%, below the overall rate by 11.5 percentage points. Enrolled students can expect retention and overall completion above comparable institutions, though Pell completion remains lower than the overall rate.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.
Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.
Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.
Figure notes link to sources and limitations. About College Azimuth.