Binghamton University
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Former names
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Triple Cities College (1946–1950) Harpur College (1950–1965) |
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| Motto | From breadth through depth to perspective |
| Type | |
| Established | 1946 |
| Endowment | $97 million |
| President | Harvey G. Stenger |
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Academic staff
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641 |
| Students | 16,887 |
| Undergraduates | 13,569 |
| Postgraduates | 3,369 |
| Location |
Vestal, New York, U.S. 42°05′20″N 75°58′01″W / 42.0888°N 75.9670°WCoordinates: 42°05′20″N 75°58′01″W / 42.0888°N 75.9670°W |
| Campus | Suburban, 887 acres (3.59 km2) |
| Colors | Pantone 342 |
| Athletics | |
| Nickname | Bearcats |
| Mascot | Baxter the Bearcat |
| Affiliations |
State University of New York APLU |
| Website | www |
| University rankings | |
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| National | |
| ARWU | NR |
| Forbes | 174 |
| U.S. News & World Report | 86 |
| Washington Monthly | 51 |
| Global | |
| ARWU | NR |
| QS | 701+ |
| Times | 351-400 |
| U.S. News & World Report | 691 |
The State University of New York at Binghamton, commonly referred to as Binghamton University (BU) or SUNY Binghamton, is a public research university with campuses in Binghamton and Vestal, New York, United States. Since its establishment as Triple Cities College in 1946, the school has evolved from a small liberal arts college to a large doctoral-granting institution. Presently consisting of eight colleges and schools, it is now home to nearly 17,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Binghamton is one of the four university centers in the State University of New York (SUNY) system.
Binghamton University is currently ranked 86th among the 201 national universities in U.S. News & World Report's 2017 America's Best Colleges and Universities ranking; internationally, it is ranked 701+ according to QS University Rankings. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has classified the school as a Research University with high research activity.
Although the university's mailing address is in Binghamton, its main campus is in the nearby town of Vestal, with a secondary education center located in downtown Binghamton. The Vestal campus is listed as a census-designated place with a residential population of 6,177 as of 2010. A third campus, dedicated to health sciences, is scheduled to open in Johnson City in 2017.
Binghamton University was first established in 1946 in Endicott, New York, as Triple Cities College to serve the needs of local veterans returning from World War II. Thomas J. Watson, a founding member of IBM in Broome County, viewed the Triple Cities region as an area of great potential. In the early 1940s he collaborated with a group of local leaders to begin establishing the two-year school as a satellite of private Syracuse University, donating land that would become the school's early home.
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