<p>USNWR is for undergraduate education. This does not mean a University is better or worse. Bingo has a focus for undergraduate and is slightly top in the charts. Stony Brook is a better university overall because their graduate programs and research are far better than Bingo. Overall Stony Brook is a better University. For that reason Mr.Spitzer wanted Buffalo and Stony Brook to be the official flagships of the state of New York.</p>
<p>There is only a 13 school difference between Stony Brook and Binghamton in USNWR which is largely insignificant. But all the other international rankings show that Stony Brook is a better university as a whole</p>