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Top 10 Tidbits About Binghamton

10. Our four-year graduation rate places us in the top three in the nation for public research universities
9. We have 20 Division I sports in the America East Conference, and 80% of our students participate in intramural, club or recreation sports
8. Our students come from all over the world; we have even developed a dual-diploma program with a university in Turkey!
7. Our students are academically successful; 87% of our incoming students were in the top 25% of their high school class
6. We are growing!  As admissions demands continue to increase, we are responding with rebuilding two residential communities
5. There are great opportunities for faculty-staff collaboration, especially with a Faculty Master working within each residential community!
4. Our small residential communities and amazing staff create a home-away-from-home for our students
3. We were once again named “the premier public university in the Northeast” by the Fiske Guide to Colleges, 2008 edition
2. 36% of our students come from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds, representing almost every state in the nation and 87 countries
1. Our student-to-staff ratio in the residence halls is 24:1; Binghamton staff isn’t just administrators, they help develop students!