Top Ranked Programs
Binghamton University's program mix is anchored in biological sciences, business, and engineering — a portfolio that balances pre-professional and quantitative fields across 44 programs serving roughly 3,885 students annually. Social Sciences accounts for 14% of graduates, followed by Business at 14% and Engineering at 8%. The dominant concentration in Biological Sciences reflects the university's strength as a research-oriented public institution, though the highest financial returns come from applied business and health fields rather than the life sciences. Biology, General combines large cohort scale with strong earnings, making it a key driver of Binghamton University's overall financial profile. Among the highest-earning programs, Finance leads with median earnings of $115,013 four years after enrollment from a cohort of 128 graduates, and Azimuth ranks the program #21 for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Nursing follows with median earnings of $108,691 from 169 graduates, and Azimuth ranks it #34 for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. The Accounting program graduates 171 students with median earnings of $106,323, while Mathematics produces 175 graduates earning $82,492. The largest programs by enrollment — Biology, General (443 graduates), Economics (333 graduates), and Psychology, General (310 graduates) — show more moderate early-career earnings, consistent with fields where many graduates continue to graduate or professional school. That distinction matters for interpreting Binghamton University's earnings profile. Programs like Biology, General and Psychology, General are grad-school-dependent pathways where four-year earnings undercount lifetime trajectory because a meaningful share of graduates pursue medical, dental, or doctoral training. Finance, Nursing, and Accounting, by contrast, are high-mobility programs where graduates enter the workforce directly and four-year earnings reflect [supply and demand for college graduates](/analysis/supply-demand-map-college-degrees/) in national labor markets. For context on [how Azimuth evaluates programs](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/), the methodology weights both cohort scale and earnings outcomes. ```