Highlights of Grad School Life
Binghamton University is a distinguished and unique institution of higher education, one that combines an international reputation for graduate education and for research, scholarship and an creative endeavor with the best graduate programs available at any public university in the Northeast.
Binghamton ranks among the elite
- U.S. News ranks Binghamton 30th in its list of top public universities - the ninth consecutive year Binghamton has ranked among the Top 50.
- The Fiske Guide also ranks Binghamton as one of only 43 best values in public or private higher education in the nation.
- Binghamton University ranks among the top five public universities in the nation as the best value for out-of-state students, according to Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine.
- The Fiske Guide also named Binghamton "the premier public university in the Northeast."
- MBA program ranks in top 10 percent of business schools as ranked by U.S. News & World Report.
- Historical Sociology ranked 13th by U.S. News and World Report.
- Clinical Psychology received a recent award for an Outstanding Training Program from the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy.
- Political Science Department ranks 19th in world in a published report by Hix of the London School of Economics and Political Science.
- Evolutionary Studies Program (EvoS) across disciplines is only one of is kind.
Diversity
We welcome international students to our community! Binghamton University values the diverse perspectives that international students bring to our campus. This attitude has won BU several national awards for its commitment to international experiences for its students, in particular the inaugural Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization from NAFSA.
Over 800 international graduate students from over 76 different countries are currently enrolled at Binghamton University. International student enrollments have been increasing steadily for the past seven years. For Fall 2006, the ten countries with the largest enrollments were:
| India | 264 | Kenya | 25 | |
| China | 141 | Jordon | 11 | |
| Taiwan | 69 | Canada | 10 | |
| Turkey | 67 | Germany | 10 | |
| Korea | 52 | Russia | 9 |
Research and Teaching Resources
Doctoral students who plan to pursue a career in academe will find many rich opportunities at Binghamton University to develop and practice their teaching skills. Visit Teaching Resources for Students for more information.
Graduate Degrees
Binghamton offers over 55 graduate degree programs. For the full listing available, click here.
What Former Students Say
As a graduate assistant for Binghamton's Semester in London program, I was fortunate to receive University support for a semester of work with the British Library's medieval manuscript collections, and the research I conducted at that time was one of the most important defining factors of my graduate career. The full semester of funding that the University provided gave me time to develop the skills needed for archival research, and I was also able to immerse myself in the manuscript collections to a far greater extent than most short-term travel grants would have allowed. Perhaps the most notable benefit of being able to work with these manuscripts was that I ceased to think of myself as just a student, and began to conceptualize my role as a future scholar.
I came to do a PhD at Binghamton because of the people. The department provided a close-knit group of grad students and faculty who made up for their small size (by some standards) by being very supportive. Small can be good when the faculty and graduate students perform internationally recognized research in various fields - which they do at Binghamton!
When I arrived at the Watson School, I knew absolutely no one. I got to feel "at home" in this school very soon. When I say "at home" I am thinking about the people in this school: teachers, technical and administrative staff. To somebody else, these might sound like small things; to me, they are important and stay at the very heart of the appreciation I have for this school: support when needed, advice when asked for.