Binghamton University, also known as the State University of New York at Binghamton, is a public university located in Vestal, New York. The school is the smallest of the four university centers in the SUNY system, with a total enrollment of more than 14,000 students. The Fiske Guide to Colleges has labeled Binghamton University, "The Premier Public University in the Northeast," a quote that has become prominent in the school's marketing. The school was founded in 1946 as Triple Cities College of Syracuse University, and became part of the State University of New York in 1950. Today, Binghamton has become the nadir of public universities in New York. The university's mission focuses on the two areas of quality and accessability (i.e. affordability), which is reflected in their consistantly