“it told me what to ask and what the renewal GPA looked like, which I was not going to find on my own”Melissa
What makes Binghamton different
Binghamton rewards academic excellence across multiple tiers, offering substantial merit support to strong students.
Merit tiers4See who qualifies
Research checkedJul 2026By our research team
Selection beyond grades and scores
Start with the selection process.
These awards are not recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read each award's selection rules, application steps and dates. Meeting a minimum is not an award offer.
Read the selection rules
Look for the school's stated criteria and whether an additional application is needed.
Check the application dates
Confirm the current admission and scholarship deadlines directly with the school.
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.
A printable research summary, source links and room for your questions.
See what could change an award+
Straight from the aid office
What Binghamton's aid office says
Per the Office of Financial Aid, Binghamton University, August 2026. How we verify
GPA requirement for institutional scholarships
Is there a specific high school GPA required for Presidents/Provosts/Deans scholarships?
There is no specific high school GPA required for these institutional scholarships.
“Regarding institutional scholarships (Presidents/Provosts/Deans), there is no specific high school GPA required.”
How scholarship recipients are selected
How does the university decide who receives these scholarships?
Every admitted student is fully reviewed based on their admissions application, including academic merit, extracurriculars, essay, and other submitted information.
“Every admitted student is reviewed fully based on their admissions application, which of course includes their academic merit, plus extracurriculars, essay and any other submitted information.”
GPA required to renew scholarships
What GPA is needed to renew these scholarships each year?
Different scholarships require different GPAs to renew from year to year, ranging from 2.0 to 3.5 depending on the scholarship.
“Various scholarship will require different GPAs to renew year to year, ranging from 2.0 to 3.5, depending on the scholarship.”
Effect of outside scholarships on aid
Do outside scholarships reduce institutional aid?
The only aid affected by outside scholarships is the NYS Excelsior scholarship, which is reduced by any tuition-based scholarship.
“Regarding outside scholarships, the only affected fund would be the NYS Excelsior scholarship, which is reduced by any tuition-based scholarship.”
See costs and school data+
Who this school may work for
High-achieving students with solid academic records who want a top-tier public university experience will find competitive merit opportunities here.
Published yearly cost: Approximately $32,746 for 2026-2027. 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 income
Average 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%
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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.