<p>Which is a better school academically? I'm guessing Binghamton.
What about socially? Which has better parties/things to do on the wkend?
Overall, which do students prefer?</p>
<p>Binghamton is better academically....Albany is known to be a hardcore party school...something like UMASS thats what I heard..</p>
<p>Binghamton WAY better all around. Albany is U-G-L-Y! Not to mention, the kids that go there are just looking to skate through. Bing degree much better for jobs and grad schools, and social life on campus is pretty good too.</p>
<p>Dont hate on albany's business school though. Its not bad and has good placement.</p>
<p>I'm not saying its bad..I'm just saying that its not as good as Binghamton's business school.</p>
<p>I thought Albany's business school is better than Binghamton's.</p>
<p>where did you hear that from..</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Best Undergraduate Business Programs
Rank/School Peer
assessment
score
( 5.0 = highest)</p>
<ol>
<li> University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) 4.9 </li>
<li> Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (Sloan) 4.7 </li>
<li> University of CaliforniaBerkeley (Haas) * 4.5 </li>
<li> University of MichiganAnn Arbor * 4.5 </li>
<li> New York University (Stern) 4.3 </li>
<li> U. of North CarolinaChapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler) * 4.3 </li>
<li> Carnegie Mellon University (PA) 4.2 </li>
<li> University of TexasAustin (McCombs) * 4.2 </li>
<li> Univ. of Southern California (Marshall) 4.1 </li>
<li> University of Virginia (McIntire) * 4.1 </li>
<li> Indiana UniversityBloomington (Kelley) * 4.0 </li>
<li> Cornell University (NY) 3.9 </li>
<li> Emory University (Goizueta) (GA) 3.9 </li>
<li> Ohio State UniversityColumbus (Fisher) * 3.9 </li>
<li> U. of IllinoisUrbana-Champaign * 3.9 </li>
<li> Univ. of WisconsinMadison * 3.9 </li>
<li> Washington University in St. Louis (Olin) 3.9 </li>
<li> Pennsylvania State U.University Park (Smeal) * 3.8 </li>
<li> Univ. of MinnesotaTwin Cities (Carlson) * 3.8 </li>
<li> University of Notre Dame (IN) 3.8 </li>
<li> Georgetown University (McDonough) (DC) 3.7 </li>
<li> Purdue Univ.West Lafayette (Krannert) (IN)* 3.7 </li>
<li> University of Arizona (Eller) * 3.7 </li>
<li> Univ. of MarylandCollege Park (Smith) * 3.7 </li>
<li> Arizona State University (Carey) * 3.6 </li>
<li> University of Washington * 3.6 </li>
<li> Babson College (MA) 3.5 </li>
<li> Boston College (Carroll) 3.5 </li>
<li> Michigan State University (Broad) * 3.5 </li>
<li> University of Florida (Warrington) * 3.5 </li>
<li> University of Georgia (Terry) * 3.5 </li>
<li> Wake Forest University (Calloway) (NC) 3.5 </li>
<li> Case Western Reserve Univ. (Weatherhead) (OH) 3.4 </li>
<li> Georgia Institute of Technology * 3.4 </li>
<li> Southern Methodist University (Cox) (TX) 3.4 </li>
<li> Texas A&M Univ.College Station (Mays) * 3.4 </li>
<li> University of Iowa (Tippie) * 3.4 </li>
<li> Boston University 3.3 </li>
<li> Brigham Young Univ.Provo (Marriott) (UT) 3.3 </li>
<li> University of Pittsburgh * 3.3 </li>
<li> CUNYBaruch College (Zicklin) * 3.2 </li>
<li> George Washington University (DC) 3.2 </li>
<li> Syracuse University (Whitman) (NY) 3.2 </li>
<li> University of Arkansas (Walton) * 3.2 </li>
<li> University of ColoradoBoulder * 3.2 </li>
<li> Univ. of South CarolinaColumbia (Moore) * 3.2 </li>
<li> Virginia Tech (Pamplin) * 3.2 </li>
<li> Auburn University (AL)* 3.1 </li>
<li> Bentley College (MA) 3.1 </li>
<li> College of William and Mary (VA)* 3.1 </li>
<li> Florida State University * 3.1 </li>
<li> Georgia State University (Robinson) * 3.1 </li>
<li> Miami UniversityOxford (Farmer) (OH)* 3.1 </li>
<li> Santa Clara University (Leavey) (CA) 3.1 </li>
<li> Tulane University (Freeman) (LA) 3.1 </li>
<li> University of Alabama (Culverhouse) * 3.1 </li>
<li> Univ. of MissouriColumbia * 3.1 </li>
<li> Baylor University (Hankamer) (TX) 3.0 </li>
<li> Pepperdine University (Graziadio) (CA) 3.0 </li>
<li> Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (Lally) (NY) 3.0 </li>
<li> University of Connecticut * 3.0 </li>
<li> University of IllinoisChicago * 3.0 </li>
<li> University of Kansas * 3.0 </li>
<li> University of Kentucky (Gatton) * 3.0 </li>
<li> Univ. of MassachusettsAmherst (Isenberg) * 3.0 </li>
<li> Univ. of NebraskaLincoln * 3.0 </li>
<li> University of Oklahoma (Price) * 3.0 </li>
<li> University of Oregon (Lundquist) * 3.0 </li>
<li> University of Tennessee * 3.0 </li>
<li> University of Utah (Eccles) * 3.0 </li>
<li> Clemson University (SC)* 2.9 </li>
<li> Fordham University (NY) 2.9 </li>
<li> Louisiana State U.Baton Rouge (Ourso) * 2.9 </li>
<li> North Carolina State U.Raleigh * 2.9 </li>
<li> Northeastern University (MA) 2.9 </li>
<li> San Diego State University * 2.9 </li>
<li> Temple University (Fox) (PA)* 2.9 </li>
<li> University at BuffaloSUNY * 2.9 </li>
<li> University of Denver (Daniels) 2.9 </li>
<li> University of Miami (FL) 2.9 </li>
<li> University of Richmond (Robins) (VA) 2.9 </li>
<li> Villanova University (PA) 2.9 </li>
<li> American University (Kogod) (DC) 2.8 </li>
<li> DePaul University (IL) 2.8 </li>
<li> Iowa State University * 2.8 </li>
<li> Lehigh University (PA) 2.8 </li>
<li> Loyola University Chicago 2.8 </li>
<li> Marquette University (WI) 2.8 </li>
<li> Oklahoma State University * 2.8 </li>
<li> Rochester Inst. of Technology (NY) 2.8 </li>
<li> Rutgers, the State University of New JerseyNew Brunswick (NJ)* 2.8 </li>
<li> Texas Christian University (Neeley) 2.8 </li>
<li> United States Air Force Acad. (CO)* 2.8 </li>
<li> University of AlabamaBirmingham * 2.8 </li>
<li> Univ. of CaliforniaRiverside * 2.8 </li>
<li> University of Delaware * 2.8 </li>
<li> University of Louisville (KY)* 2.8 </li>
<li> University of San Diego 2.8 </li>
<li> Colorado State University * 2.7 </li>
<li> George Mason University (VA)* 2.7 </li>
<li> James Madison University (VA)* 2.7 </li>
<li> Kansas State University * 2.7 </li>
<li> Loyola Marymount University (CA) 2.7 </li>
<li> Seton Hall University (Stillman) (NJ) 2.7 </li>
<li> St. Louis University 2.7 </li>
<li> Texas Tech University (Rawls) * 2.7 </li>
<li> University of Cincinnati * 2.7 </li>
<li> University of Houston (Bauer) * 2.7 </li>
<li> University of Mississippi * 2.7 </li>
<li> U. of North CarolinaCharlotte (Belk) * 2.7 </li>
<li> University of San Francisco (McLaren) 2.7 </li>
<li> University of TexasDallas * 2.7 </li>
<li> Washington State University * 2.7 </li>
<li> Ball State University (IN)* 2.6 </li>
<li> Creighton University (NE) 2.6 </li>
<li> Drexel University (LeBow) (PA) 2.6 </li>
<li> Gonzaga University (WA) 2.6 </li>
<li> Ohio University * 2.6 </li>
<li> Oregon State University * 2.6 </li>
<li> Rutgers, the State University of New JerseyNewark (NJ)* 2.6 </li>
<li> St. Joseph's University (Haub) (PA) 2.6 </li>
<li> Univ. of Colo.Colorado Springs * 2.6 </li>
<li> University of Memphis (Fogelman) * 2.6 </li>
<li> University of New Mexico (Anderson) * 2.6 </li>
<li> Univ. of WisconsinMilwaukee * 2.6 </li>
<li> California State U.Los Angeles * 2.5 </li>
<li> Cal PolySan Luis Obispo * 2.5 </li>
<li> Fairfield University (CT) 2.5 </li>
<li> Kennesaw State University (Coles) (GA)* 2.5 </li>
<li> Loyola College in Maryland (Sellinger) 2.5 </li>
<li> Northern Illinois University * 2.5 </li>
<li> Pace University (Lubin) (NY) 2.5 </li>
<li> San Jose State University (CA)* 2.5 </li>
<li> Seattle University (Albers) 2.5 </li>
<li> Southern Illinois U.Carbondale * 2.5 </li>
<li> SUNYAlbany * 2.5 </li>
<li> SUNYBinghamton * 2.5 </li>
<li> University of AlabamaHuntsville * 2.5 </li>
<li> University of Central Florida * 2.5 </li>
<li> U. of Colo.Denver and Health Sci. Center * 2.5 </li>
<li> University of Dayton (OH) 2.5 </li>
<li> University of NevadaLas Vegas * 2.5 </li>
<li> U. of North CarolinaGreensboro (Bryan) * 2.5 </li>
<li> University of Northern Colorado (Monfort) * 2.5 </li>
<li> University of Rhode Island * 2.5 </li>
<li> University of TexasArlington * 2.5 </li>
<li> University of Vermont * 2.5 </li>
<li> Virginia Commonwealth University * 2.5 </li>
<li> Washington and Lee University (VA) 2.5 </li>
<li> West Virginia University * 2.5</li>
</ol>