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Binghamton University—SUNY

NY · Public · Mid-Atlantic · National university · Top 100 tier · 14,654 undergraduates (medium)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate38.6%
Early roundNot reported by roundEarly-round counts not in the CDS
Regular round†Not reported by roundEarly-round counts not in the CDS

† Not reported by round: this school publishes an overall admit rate but not applicant and admit counts for each round, so early and regular rates can’t be shown.

Trends, Fall 2020–Fall 2024

Admission rates

Overall
0%25%50%'20'21'22'23'2443.0%44.2%41.7%38.6%no data

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

Early Action, non-binding · School admissions page ↗What this means:

Testing

Testing policy

Fall 2027
Test-optionalSchool testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026
Fall 2028
Fall 2028 policy not yet announced.School testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026

Superscoring

What this means:

SAT
Superscores
ACT
Superscores

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Test-optional for fall 2027 entry. No SAT/ACT cross-combining; do not self-report a superscore.

How to send scores

Self-report accepted; official scores only after admission/enrollment

School’s words: “If you self-reported scores and then enroll at Binghamton, you must submit official scores from the testing organization by May 15.”

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡53%SAT 44% + ACT 9%

‡ Est. % submitting scores adds the share of enrolled first-years who submitted the SAT to the share who submitted the ACT.

Submitted SAT44%
1,423 students
Submitted ACT9%
297 students

Score ranges (middle 50%)

Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2024. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.

SAT composite
1360–1480 median 1420
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
660–730 median 700
500800
SAT Math
680–760 median 720
500800
ACT composite
31–34 median 32
2036

Trends, Fall 2020–Fall 2024

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
0%50%100%'20'21'22'23'24100%67.0%5.0%48.0%53.0%99.0%54.0%4.0%39.0%44.0%31.0%13.0%1.0%9.0%9.0%

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
1600150014001300'20'21'22'23'241320–1440144013201320–1460146013201340–1510151013401350–1470147013501360–148014801360

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
3634323028'20'21'22'23'2429–32322930–33333029–34342930–33333031–343431

Waitlist admit rate

Share of students who stayed on the waitlist and were later admitted, by entering class.

  • 2024: 20%
  • 2023: 19%
  • 2022: 10%
  • 2021: 10%
  • 2020: 14%

What is a waitlist? How is it different from a deferral?

Test policy in each Common Data Set

History only. The current policy is under Testing above.

  1. Fall 2027 CDS not available2025-26 CDS
  2. Fall 2026 Required for some2024-25 CDS
  3. Fall 2025 Not reported2023-24 CDS
  4. Fall 2024 Not reported2022-23 CDS
  5. Fall 2023 Not reported2021-22 CDS
  6. Fall 2022 Not reported2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 CDS not available2019-20 CDS

Sources