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Binghamton scholarships and merit aid

Two prices: the posted one, and yours.

Posted price$32,746per year · 2026-27 · ResidentNon-resident $54,846
Yours?depends on the rules below

The short answer

Binghamton awards automatic merit on admission. Binghamton does not publish a GPA or test chart, so you cannot self-calculate the dollars.

Where does your student land?

Verified Jul 2026
2 school sources to explore

Published rules, with the school sources close at hand. Confirm the details before you count on an award.

The award collection

Published scholarships

These amounts and requirements come from the school’s own published pages. Open an award to see who qualifies and how to keep it.

Where does your student land?

  1. President's, Provost's, and Dean's ScholarshipsAmount varies by tier; not publicly publishedAutomaticRenewable
    Published awardAcademic thresholds

    President's, Provost's, and Dean's Scholarships

    Amount varies by tier; not publicly published

    Variable or qualified amountAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    Start with the award’s published eligibility.

    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for President's, Provost's, and Dean's Scholarships

    Who qualifies

    Most scholarships are awarded in the spring for the following aid year and do not require a separate application. The FAFSA is recommended by January 1 because financial need can be an eligibility factor for some institutional scholarships.

    How to keep it

    Renewable annually up to the period listed in the scholarship offer. Recipients must achieve a minimum GPA to renew.

    Worth knowing

    Binghamton does NOT publish dollar amounts, GPA cutoffs, or test-score thresholds for these three named tiers on the public scholarship page. Specific criteria appear only in the individual scholarship offer.

Lights up against Binghamton's published cutoffs. Not an award offer; confirm with the financial aid office. Award terms and residency rules change; some awards differ for in-state and out-of-state students. Always confirm at the school’s source page.

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What makes Binghamton different

SUNY flagship academic public in upstate New York where institutional merit (President's, Provost's, Dean's) is awarded in spring without a separate application and the in-state full cost of attendance lands around $33K — modest merit, low sticker.

Merit tiers11 based on grades or scores
Research checkedJul 2026By our research team

Published academic criteria

Start with the thresholds.

These awards are recorded as automatic on academic criteria. Match the published grades and scores, then check residency, entering year and every additional condition.

  1. Match the published criteria

    Use all requirements together, including residency and the entering class.

  2. Check the application dates

    Confirm the current admission and scholarship deadlines directly with the school.

  3. Know what happens next year

    Check renewal, credit requirements and how other aid affects the award.

The fine print / Three questions to carry forward

Before you count on it.

Does it apply to us? Confirm the entering year, residency and every eligibility condition.

Can we keep it? Check renewal GPA, credits and how long the award lasts.

Can we combine it? Ask how outside scholarships and other school awards change the offer.

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What families often miss

  1. Binghamton recommends submitting the FAFSA by January 1 because financial need can be a factor in some institutional merit scholarships. Skipping it can quietly disqualify a strong student from awards that are nominally 'merit-based' but use need to break ties.

  2. Binghamton states explicitly that 'most scholarships at Binghamton are awarded in the spring for the following aid year.' Families used to schools that bundle merit into the admission decision should expect a multi-month delay.

  3. Out-of-state tuition ($28,970) plus fees and on-campus living pushes Binghamton's non-resident total to $54,846 — substantially higher than its in-state $32,746 figure. Without a meaningful merit award, OOS Binghamton is rarely the lowest-cost public flagship option.

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Who this school may work for

New York residents leveraging the $7,070 in-state tuition rate plus modest institutional scholarships. Out-of-state students should weigh Binghamton's ~$55K non-resident total against private peers with deeper merit — the merit ladder is shallow here.

Cost of attendance$32,746–$54,846 for 2026-27Each bar is the full published cost for that scenario, sized against the highest figure so totals compare at a glance.
Non-resident$54,846
NY resident$32,746
  • Tuition
  • Fees
  • Housing & food
  • Books, transport & personal

Totals are the same on- and off-campus. Fees and housing/food do not vary by residency; only tuition does.

Binghamton cost-of-attendance source

Cost and graduation facts

Federal reporting on who actually enrolls at Binghamton, what they paid after aid, and what happened next — independent of anything the school markets.

Average annual net price by family income at Binghamton, academic year 2021-22 — in-state, Title-IV aid recipients only
Family incomeAverage net price paid
$0–$30,000$12,171
$30,001–$48,000$15,281
$48,001–$75,000$20,347
$75,001–$110,000$23,533
$110,001+$28,475
All income levels (average)$21,620

Sticker price vs. what students actually pay

Published tuition & fees (in-state), AY 2022-23
$10,567
Published tuition & fees (out-of-state), AY 2022-23
$30,447
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22
$21,620

That works out to roughly a 29% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $30,345 (College Scorecard — a separate, federally reported figure, not the published cost of attendance shown above).

Binghamton is a public school; Scorecard's net price figure covers in-state, Title-IV-aid-recipient payers only — there is no comparable federal figure for out-of-state students.

Outcomes for students who enrolled here

Graduation rate (150% of normal time), 2016 cohort
82%
First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort
89%
Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers
$18,500 (~$196/mo on a 10-yr plan)
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21)
$80,596
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22
28%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22
46%

Binghamton merit aid FAQ

  • Does Binghamton publish merit scholarship dollar amounts?

    No. Binghamton names three tiers — President's, Provost's, and Dean's — but does not publish dollar values, GPA cutoffs, or test-score requirements on its public scholarship page. The specific criteria 'will be provided with the scholarship offer.'

  • When does Binghamton award scholarships?

    In spring, for the following aid year. Per Binghamton's site, 'most scholarships at Binghamton are awarded in the spring' and most do not require an additional application — the school uses the admission record and FAFSA to determine awards.

  • Should I submit the FAFSA for Binghamton merit consideration?

    Yes. Binghamton states that financial need can be an eligibility factor for some scholarships and 'highly recommends' submitting the FAFSA by January 1. Strong applicants who skip the FAFSA may miss out on awards they would otherwise have qualified for.

  • How much does Binghamton cost?

    For 2026-27, $32,746 total for New York residents on/off campus, and $54,846 for non-residents on/off campus. Living with parents reduces the totals to $17,798 (NY resident) and $39,898 (non-resident).

  • Are Binghamton scholarships renewable for four years?

    Renewable for the period stated in each individual scholarship offer, which can be shorter than four years. Renewal requires meeting a minimum GPA. Specific renewal length and GPA are communicated in the original offer, not on the public page.

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How Binghamton compares

  • 665 of 749 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.

    Binghamton is one of them. The cohort minority (84 schools) only awards one-year scholarships, which means the four-year value families assume on a brochure quote isn't guaranteed at every school.

Sources used on this page

Every claim is checked against Binghamton’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.

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