The State University of New York at Binghamton also known as Binghamton University and SUNY Binghamton is a public research university was founded in 1946. Initially Binghamton University(formerly known as Triple Cities College) was a liberal arts college and has evolved over time to become a large research University. The University has over 17,500 students and campuses in Binghamton, Vestal and Johnson City stretching over an area of more than 930 acres. Binghamton offers more than more than 130 undergraduate courses, 60 Master's, 30 doctorate and 50 Accelerated degrees. Getting your application selected at the Binghamton university is quite difficult as they have an acceptance rate of only 41%. A student has to be really good in studies to get his/her application selected. A minimum of 3.7 GPA has to be maintained to get an application selected in the Binghamton university. A student has to be in the top of his/her class to maintain a GPA of 3.7. If a student wishes to apply through SATs he has to score in the range of 1290 to 1431. With students scoring above 1431 having a fairly high chance of getting their application selected. Students who want to apply through ACTs have to score in the range of 28 to 31. With students scoring above 31 having a greater chance for getting their application selected. Students at the Binghamton University participate in 17 sports, such as Basketball, baseball, football, swimming, golf, tennis and so on. The university generated more than $11.7 million in sports related revenue. The university promotes and encourages the students to take part in the sports/ athletic activities in order to maintain a healthy balance between academics and sports.