Student achievementsBinghamton students are successful. During the past 10 years, 91-93 percent of our freshmen returned for their sophomore year.
On average, 70 percent of our freshmen graduate after four years and 80 percent after five, well above national averages. In fact, Binghamton is ranked third in nation among public universities for its 4-year rate behind University of Virginia and College of William and Mary.
Binghamton undergraduates enjoy a wide range of internships, create individualized majors, provide service to others as tutors, peer advisors or counselors, do research with faculty, and attend graduate schools in a wide range of fields.
In recent years, students have won Goldwater, Luce, Fulbright, National Science Foundation, Udall, Thayer, and Truman scholarships among others.
Nearly 20 percent (1 in 5) of Binghamton students study abroad. Binghamton is ranked 14th in the nation by the Institute of International Education among doctoral universities in sending students abroad. Binghamton is one of five colleges recognized by the Association of International Educators for its internationalization along with Duke and University of North Carolina.
Student-athletes at Binghamton play on 21 Division I varsity teams in the America East Conference. Our scholar-athletes have maintained an average grade-point average of 3.0 or higher for a remarkable nine consecutive semesters, and have captured the America East Academic Cup for three out of four years. Since 1991, the University has crowned seven national champions and 86 All-Americans spanning 18 sports.
About two thirds of our graduates go right to work, while almost a third pursue graduate degrees. Of those, 16 percent choose law school and 12 percent go to medical school.
Binghamton has 26 doctoral programs in arts and sciences and its professional schools and annually awards nearly 100 doctorates.
Binghamton University has some 85,000 alumni living in every state of the union and in countries around the world.
Among our successful alumni:
Actor, author, comedian, composer, producer PAUL REISER B.A., music, 1977
Associate Judge, Supreme Court of Washington, D.C. NAN HUHN B.A., economics, 1966
Broadway actor and Tony-award-winner RUBEN SANTIAGO-HUDSON B.A., biological sciences, 1978
Cisco Systems executive GARY KUNIS, B.A., history 1973
Co-anchor, Court TV: Inside America's Courts JAMI FLOYD B.A., political science, 1986
Composer MICHAEL CONVERTINO B.A., music, 1975
Visual effects specialist ROCCO PASSIONINO B.S., Computer Science, 1991, member of a team from Zoic Studios that won the 2003 Emmy for Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series for Firefly, a Fox Network series. He is also associate visual effects supervisor for the TV series Angel.
Los Angeles Times correspondent and columnist RONALD BROWNSTEIN B.A., English, 1979
Actor WILLIAM BALDWIN, B.A., 1985
Actor VICTOR WILLIAMS '92 plays the character of Deacon on TV's sit-com King of Queens.
MARIO PANICCIA '88 headed Intel's research lab that created a chip that is 50 times faster than similar devices. Named to Scientific American's Top 50.
Distinguished poet MOLLY PEACOCK, B.A. English, 1969, president emeritus of the Poetry Society of America and author of five volumes, including the recent Cornucopia: New and Selected Poems (Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc., 2003).
Mezzo-soprano opera singer, New York Philharmonic, National Symphony MARIETTA SIMPSON M.M., music, 1983
Olympic Bobsledder; account executive, U.S. Olympic Committee CHRISTOPHER COLEMAN B.A., economics, 1989
Feminist, author and columnist CAMILLE PAGLIA, B.A. English 1968, professor of humanities at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia,
Kruttschnitt Professor of Financial Institutions, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkley JAMES A. WILCOX, B.A., economics, 1974
Portfolio manager for Fidelity Investments BETH TERRANA B.S., management science, 1978
Product Design Engineer, Ford Motor Company JULIE YANATSIS B.S., mechanical engineering, 1994
Professor of molecular physics, City College, City University of New York MARILYN GUNNER B.A., chemistry, 1974
Professor, UCLA Department of Film; screenwriter, author RICHARD WALTER B.A., 1965
Columnist for Washington Post and ESPN commentator TONY KORNHEISER B.A., English, 1970
Screenwriter, director, author ANDREW BERGMAN B.A., history, 1965, honorary doctor of letters, 1994
President of Disney Land Resort MATTHEW OUIMET B.S., 1980, accounting
U.S. Attorney, Western District of New York PATRICK NEMOYER B.S., management, 1974