Binghamton Career Outcomes: $80K Median Earnings (2026)

How much do Binghamton graduates earn?

The reported median is $80,304 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $65,610 as its benchmark; the difference is $14,694 per year.

For federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled, Binghamton University has median earnings of $80,304 four years after completion. Azimuth puts that earnings level in the 89th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Azimuth places the university's return in the 83rd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $1,341 more than expects for similar students.

Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between graduate earnings and model expectations for similar students, is in the 59th percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $10,597.

The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $9,256. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $65,610; the university stands $14,694 above it.

Above-peer earnings and higher-than-expected earnings point in the same direction.

Outcomes vary sharply by field, so the school-wide median does not describe every path. The downside earnings scenario is $59,210 and the upside scenario is $108,339, both four years after completion.

Near the upper end, Computer Science completers have median earnings of $126,183 four years after completion, while Computer Engineering completers reach $117,721 and Finance completers reach $115,013. Those program results show why field choice matters here.

Four-year earnings at Binghamton University leave out completers who remain in school. An estimated 39.6% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment.

Read the earnings measure as a snapshot of graduates working and not enrolled, not the full path for those pursuing further education.

Median earnings · four years after completion: $80,304
Rank for difference from expectations: 59th percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

Binghamton reported median: $80,304
Peer schools comparable schools · $14,694 below Binghamton: $65,610
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $1,341 below Binghamton: $78,963

School and program earnings use pooled 2017–18 and 2018–19 completion cohorts, measured in 2022 and 2023 and expressed in 2024 dollars. How the model works.

How many Binghamton first-year students return?

First-time, full-time bachelor’s cohorts · CDS 2025-26

Returned the following fall: 90.1%

Source: Binghamton University Common Data Set 2025-26, B22 retention.

How could earnings differ from the median?

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

Lower estimate: $59,210
Median · reported: $80,304
Higher estimate: $108,339

Downside shows a lower-earning scenario based on the college’s mix of programs; upside shows a higher-earning scenario. Typical is the school’s reported median four years after completion. These are planning scenarios, not a forecast of your salary or percentiles of individual graduates.

Why the downside matters explores the risk hidden by medians, using older ten-year entrant data. Read about the move to four-year earnings.

Do Binghamton graduates earn more than expected?

Azimuth models what we would expect graduates to earn based on who the college enrolls, how selective it is and its local economy. The difference between that expectation and reported earnings is what Azimuth calls value added.

Binghamton graduates’ reported earnings are $1,341 above that expectation, the 59th percentile for this measure. Unlike a peer comparison, it adjusts for who enrolls.

The breakdown separates the contribution attributed to observed factors from the remaining difference. Neither component establishes how much attending Binghamton caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at Binghamton report the highest earnings?

Program earnings four years after completion vary widely at Binghamton University, separating higher-earning fields from nationally well-ranked fields with more moderate medians. Management Information Systems and Services pairs median earnings of $109,721 with 73 degrees awarded, and Azimuth places it #6 nationally in its field.

Nursing reports $108,691 and 169 degrees awarded, with an Azimuth national rank of #44 in its field. At the more moderate end of this selection, Neuroscience shows median earnings of $77,478 alongside 237 degrees awarded; Azimuth ranks the field #4 nationally.

Fine and Studio Arts records $60,299 in median earnings and 54 degrees awarded, with an Azimuth national field rank of #5. The rankings and earnings show that national standing within a field does not by itself indicate the same earnings level across fields.

The program picture combines several nationally ranked fields with earnings that vary widely by field. Of 35 fields with published earnings, 32 hold an Azimuth national rank.

Azimuth ranks Neuroscience #4 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions; it awarded 237 degrees and its completers earn a median of $77,478 four years after completion. Fine and Studio Arts ranks #5 nationally, awarded 54 degrees, and shows median earnings of $60,299 four years after completion.

Management Information Systems and Services ranks #6 nationally, with 73 degrees awarded and median earnings of $109,721 four years after completion.

Further analysis

From the program mix, the downside earnings scenario is $59,210, the typical scenario is $80,304, and the upside scenario is $108,339. At the upper end, Computer Science has median earnings of $126,183 four years after completion; among the largest programs, Biology is at $66,816. The spread shows how much the earnings picture varies by field.

At Binghamton University, the median for federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled is $80,304 four years after completion. Azimuth places this earnings measure in the 89th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, based on an earnings cohort of 3,116 completers.

Graduates earn about $1,341 more than the model expects for similar students. Earnings scenarios based on the program mix range from $59,210 in the downside scenario to $108,339 in the upside scenario, with $80,304 as the typical scenario rather than an observed group.

An estimated 39.6% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix. The high median earnings and higher-than-expected earnings point in the same direction.

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.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. About College Azimuth.