binghamton vs albany

nycollegedad
Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:59:09 +0000

The one recommendation I would have is to visit both locations if possible. Albany may not be perfect, but the town of Binghamton is not that great. That being said, all the kids I know of (my son’s friends) who go there all seem to like it.

The business school at binghamton is better, but not by much according to this years US news and world report rankings. Here is the list for your review. Binghamton and Albany are both ranked in the 120’s. If you are looking to study business and want to go to a SUNY school, I think Buffalo has a decent program.

Best Undergraduate Business Programs
Rank/School Peer
assessment
score
( 5.0 = highest)


University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) 4.9
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (Sloan) 4.7
University of California–Berkeley (Haas) * 4.5
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor * 4.5
New York University (Stern) 4.3
U. of North Carolina–Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler) * 4.3
Carnegie Mellon University ¶ 4.2
University of Texas–Austin (McCombs) * 4.2
Univ. of Southern California (Marshall) 4.1
University of Virginia (McIntire) * 4.1
Indiana University–Bloomington (Kelley) * 4.0
Cornell University (NY) 3.9
Emory University (Goizueta) (GA) 3.9
Ohio State University–Columbus (Fisher) * 3.9
U. of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign * 3.9
Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison * 3.9
Washington University in St. Louis (Olin) 3.9
Pennsylvania State U.–University Park (Smeal) * 3.8
Univ. of Minnesota–Twin Cities (Carlson) * 3.8
University of Notre Dame (IN) 3.8
Georgetown University (McDonough) (DC) 3.7
Purdue Univ.–West Lafayette (Krannert) (IN)* 3.7
University of Arizona (Eller) * 3.7
Univ. of Maryland–College Park (Smith) * 3.7
Arizona State University (Carey) * 3.6
University of Washington * 3.6
Babson College (MA) 3.5
Boston College (Carroll) 3.5
Michigan State University (Broad) * 3.5
University of Florida (Warrington) * 3.5
University of Georgia (Terry) * 3.5
Wake Forest University (Calloway) (NC) 3.5
Case Western Reserve Univ. (Weatherhead) (OH) 3.4
Georgia Institute of Technology * 3.4
Southern Methodist University (Cox) (TX) 3.4
Texas A&M Univ.–College Station (Mays) * 3.4
University of Iowa (Tippie) * 3.4
Boston University 3.3
Brigham Young Univ.–Provo (Marriott) (UT) 3.3
University of Pittsburgh * 3.3
CUNY–Baruch College (Zicklin) * 3.2
George Washington University (DC) 3.2
Syracuse University (Whitman) (NY) 3.2
University of Arkansas (Walton) * 3.2
University of Colorado–Boulder * 3.2
Univ. of South Carolina–Columbia (Moore) * 3.2
Virginia Tech (Pamplin) * 3.2
Auburn University (AL)* 3.1
Bentley College (MA) 3.1
College of William and Mary (VA)* 3.1
Florida State University * 3.1
Georgia State University (Robinson) * 3.1
Miami University–Oxford (Farmer) (OH)* 3.1
Santa Clara University (Leavey) (CA) 3.1
Tulane University (Freeman) (LA) 3.1
University of Alabama (Culverhouse) * 3.1
Univ. of Missouri–Columbia * 3.1
Baylor University (Hankamer) (TX) 3.0
Pepperdine University (Graziadio) (CA) 3.0
Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (Lally) (NY) 3.0
University of Connecticut * 3.0
University of Illinois–Chicago * 3.0
University of Kansas * 3.0
University of Kentucky (Gatton) * 3.0
Univ. of Massachusetts–Amherst (Isenberg) * 3.0
Univ. of Nebraska–Lincoln * 3.0
University of Oklahoma (Price) * 3.0
University of Oregon (Lundquist) * 3.0
University of Tennessee * 3.0
University of Utah (Eccles) * 3.0
Clemson University (SC)* 2.9
Fordham University (NY) 2.9
Louisiana State U.–Baton Rouge (Ourso) * 2.9
North Carolina State U.–Raleigh * 2.9
Northeastern University (MA) 2.9
San Diego State University * 2.9
Temple University (Fox) ¶* 2.9
University at Buffalo–SUNY * 2.9
University of Denver (Daniels) 2.9
University of Miami (FL) 2.9
University of Richmond (Robins) (VA) 2.9
Villanova University ¶ 2.9
American University (Kogod) (DC) 2.8
DePaul University (IL) 2.8
Iowa State University * 2.8
Lehigh University ¶ 2.8
Loyola University Chicago 2.8
Marquette University (WI) 2.8
Oklahoma State University * 2.8
Rochester Inst. of Technology (NY) 2.8
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–New Brunswick (NJ)* 2.8
Texas Christian University (Neeley) 2.8
United States Air Force Acad. (CO)* 2.8
University of Alabama–Birmingham * 2.8
Univ. of California–Riverside * 2.8
University of Delaware * 2.8
University of Louisville (KY)* 2.8
University of San Diego 2.8
Colorado State University * 2.7
George Mason University (VA)* 2.7
James Madison University (VA)* 2.7
Kansas State University * 2.7
Loyola Marymount University (CA) 2.7
Seton Hall University (Stillman) (NJ) 2.7
St. Louis University 2.7
Texas Tech University (Rawls) * 2.7
University of Cincinnati * 2.7
University of Houston (Bauer) * 2.7
University of Mississippi * 2.7
U. of North Carolina–Charlotte (Belk) * 2.7
University of San Francisco (McLaren) 2.7
University of Texas–Dallas * 2.7
Washington State University * 2.7
Ball State University (IN)* 2.6
Creighton University (NE) 2.6
Drexel University (LeBow) ¶ 2.6
Gonzaga University (WA) 2.6
Ohio University * 2.6
Oregon State University * 2.6
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–Newark (NJ)* 2.6
St. Joseph’s University (Haub) ¶ 2.6
Univ. of Colo.–Colorado Springs * 2.6
University of Memphis (Fogelman) * 2.6
University of New Mexico (Anderson) * 2.6
Univ. of Wisconsin–Milwaukee * 2.6
California State U.–Los Angeles * 2.5
Cal Poly–San Luis Obispo * 2.5
Fairfield University (CT) 2.5
Kennesaw State University (Coles) (GA)* 2.5
Loyola College in Maryland (Sellinger) 2.5
Northern Illinois University * 2.5
Pace University (Lubin) (NY) 2.5
San Jose State University (CA)* 2.5
Seattle University (Albers) 2.5
Southern Illinois U.–Carbondale * 2.5
SUNY–Albany * 2.5
SUNY–Binghamton * 2.5
University of Alabama–Huntsville * 2.5
University of Central Florida * 2.5
U. of Colo.–Denver and Health Sci. Center * 2.5
University of Dayton (OH) 2.5
University of Nevada–Las Vegas * 2.5
U. of North Carolina–Greensboro (Bryan) * 2.5
University of Northern Colorado (Monfort) * 2.5
University of Rhode Island * 2.5
University of Texas–Arlington * 2.5
University of Vermont * 2.5
Virginia Commonwealth University * 2.5
Washington and Lee University (VA) 2.5
West Virginia University * 2.5