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These rankings by top publications assist students, parents, school counselors and employers with determining the quality and value of a college education. College guide books, established magazines and research institutes that provide annual national rankings are often the first places people start sensible college searches for top or best choices.

Here's what several distinguished national college guides and magazines recently reported about Binghamton's overall academics, affordability and programs:

• #1 in 2009 as a best value among the nation's public colleges for out-of-state students and #7 overall - Kiplinger's Personal Finance
• #4 in the nation and #1 in the Northeast among public universities for top-starting salaries (Forbes, 2008)
• Ranked 16th among public universities and 57th among all public and private universities in the nation (Forbes, 2008)
• Students say (.pdf, 56 KB): "Delivering Ivy League academics and a good social experience at a state school price" - The Princeton Review’s “America's Best Value Colleges” (2008)
• One of the nation's top 50 public universities for the 13th consecutive year - U.S News & World Report (2010)
• Among the top 25 of schools nationally whose students graduate with the least amount of debt - U.S. News & World Report (2010)
• "The premier public university in the northeast" - Fiske Guide To Colleges (2010)
• Ranked #95 based on social mobility, research and service by the Washington Monthly's 2007 College Guide (.pdf, 200 KB) featuring 242 national universities
• Ranked among the top 100 U.S. institutions enrolling 1,000 or more international students -- specifically 65th out of approximately 3,000 schools participating in Open Doors 2008 -- the Institute of International Education (IIE)'s annual census of international students in the U.S.
• Ranked 9th out of nearly 130 schools in New York state for international student enrollment, and among the distinguished company of Columbia, New York University and Cornell
• Included on the top-25 list of major Peace Corps-volunteer producing colleges and universities (2008)
• Binghamton is one of only 15 colleges in the nation, and the only SUNY school, to receive the highest score on The Princeton Review’s second annual “green rating” for campus environmentally-related policies, practices and academic offerings. (The Princeton Review, 2009)

Also, several aspects of Binghamton University are recognized for outstanding academic offerings, value and successes within specific fields of study, employment and interests:

• Binghamton University's School of Management's accounting program is ranked #2 in the nation by BusinessWeek.
• Binghamton University is ranked 18th for its School of Management program among top U.S. public colleges and universities by BusinessWeek (March 10, 2008).
• Corporate recruiters ranked Binghamton 11th among all schools for the quality of its graduates; graduates’ median starting salary of $57,000 (greater than Cornell, Emory and Notre Dame graduates); and students praised “the schools’ intimate feel and responsive administration.”
• Binghamton is included in “America's Best Colleges for Entrepreneurs” by Fortune Small Business (2007).
• Binghamton is #22 on the Reform Judaism Insider's Guide to College (fall 2007) of Top 60 Public Schools Jews choose and #16 on Top 20 schools by percentage of Jews.