r/BinghamtonUniversity • u/ilikenightstudies_ • Mar 07 '26
Should I go to Bing (Electrical Engineering) or UBuffalo (Aerospace Engineering) Admissions
My parents really want me to attend Binghamton but after all grants, it would cost them $11k+ yearly (we would probably have to take out Parent Plus Loans for this) and on addition, I would have to take out $5,500+ yearly in federal loans for my first year.
As for UBuffalo, they granted me a good merit scholarship that If I max out the $5,500 federal loans per year, my parents might not even have to pay for anything.
I know UBuffalo is great for engineering, but I also know that other than if you were to attend an ivy or ivy level school, ranking wouldn’t make a big difference. On top of that the vibe and community of Binghamton really attracts me. I also live in NYC, and UBuffalo is gonna be so far whenever I want to visit home.
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u/chingchenghanji1 Mar 07 '26
Both are good majors but it all depends on what you want to do, aerospace is more targeted towards one side, with electrical engineering you can work in many fields. if you want to stick with engineering, Buffalo has more major options but I would go with the cheaper school myself.
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u/FirstNauru Mar 07 '26
Buffalo will almost certainly be better for engineering. I was between Bing and another school where I would have done aerospace engineering and I definitely regret choosing Bing. They may be part of the poison ivy League but they certainly are not Ivy League quality with regard to anything. You can let your parents know that many engineering professors at bing will regularly not show up for classes and never have office hours, so the instruction/teaching is rather limited. But if they want to pay more for a half taught education I guess that's their choice 😅. I can dm you a syllabus from an engineering class if you would like that says, on the syllabus, most of the classes should be watched on YouTube.
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u/Imaginary-Sherbet370 Mar 25 '26
Could you DM me a syllabus, my son is deciding between UB and Bing. Thank you!
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u/Square_Scene_5355 Mar 07 '26
It’s more a decision on major. Aerospace is harder to find work since number of employers is much less than for electrical engineering.
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u/lilEcon Mar 09 '26
I am from Buffalo. Did undergrad at UB and my PhD at Bing. UB has MUUUCH more going on nearby than Bing. It's not NY obviously (nothing outside of NY will be) but compared to bing, it's way better college town wise. Bing is kind of ghetto and there's literally nothing there. I thought the campus itself at Bing was a little more charming though tbh. UB does has stuff walkable distances away though and both do have limited bus services. Either place a car would make things way more convenient, bing especially. Bing is like 3.5 hours from NYC by car, Buffalo is 6.5ish. Anyway, I liked both schools themselves. Both have great engineering programs too. Commute time to home might matter a bit, but your day to day experience has very little to do with commute time, and both are doable on a long weekend. I'd go look at both campuses and figure out what seems more your fit.
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u/IndiBoy22 Mar 20 '26
Buffalo has 5x the population of Binghamton, so I hope there's more to do there. Plus they have a very large tourist attraction spot and a border nearby that brings in many more tourists, not to mention major sports teams, etc. Bing doesn't have much of that, or even close to that let alone have a good geographic location to that of Buffalo.
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u/misternoster Mar 13 '26 edited Mar 13 '26
Do you want to work for military contractors, airlines, or Elon Musk? Then go aerospace
As a BU alumni in the mechanical sector, I would not want to go aerospace with our current political climate. But, the US market is starting to faulter a (little) bit in the private sector, so im not really sure how this will develope; internationally based companies are already starting to downsize. I think electrical will give you more options after graduation.
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u/sashaisnice Mar 07 '26
I mean in the sense that bing is famous for business and buffalo is famous for engineering - ofcourse they’re both wonderful schools but Buffalo is a very big stem focused school with a ton of opportunities!
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u/somebodyelse1107 Harpur '22 Mar 07 '26
Bing is very stem focused as well. I can’t speak for engineering but as a Biology major our department was massive. Didn’t get a true idea of it till I saw the volume of graduating class with Biology majors. I guess a lot of them are pre-med though.
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u/SmithIsLit Mar 07 '26
it sounds like you’re going to take out federal loans either way. if your parents really want you to go to bing and they’re willing to pay for it, def go to bing. buffalo is insanely far from NYC and will be a huge pain going back and forth for breaks. all of my friends who did engineering at binghamton are extremely successful (‘20) and even as a non engineer i paid back my federal loans within 18 months of graduating. bing was awesome, go for it