Binghamton University is harder to get into (37% vs 48% admitted), but students with aid paid less there on average (in-state): $18,902 vs $20,907 a year.
Highlighted = the better number: lower price or debt, higher rate or pay.
Sticker price per year (in-state at public colleges)
$31,654
$30,939
Average paid after grants (in-state at public colleges)
$18,902
$20,907
Average paid from out of state, estimated
$42,882
$42,807
What in-state families with aid paid, by income
Measure
Stony Brook University
Binghamton University
Under $30,000
$13,938
$11,463
$30,000–$48,000
$14,754
$13,445
$48,000–$75,000
$20,285
$18,397
$75,000–$110,000
$24,140
$22,349
Over $110,000
$28,664
$28,293
After you start
Measure
Stony Brook University
Binghamton University
Undergrads
18,101
14,655
Graduate within 6 years
78%
84%
Come back for year two
90%
89%
Median earnings 10 years after starting
$83,232
$89,136
Median debt at graduation
$18,500
$17,750
Highlighted only when the gap is at least 5%. "Average paid" is what students who got federal aid paid per year after grants, not a price quote; at public colleges the income rows are in-state students. The out-of-state estimate adds a public college's extra out-of-state tuition to its in-state average; out-of-state students usually get less aid, so many pay more. How we get our numbers