It is part of the State University of New York (SUNY).

The school is located in the Town of Dickinson, just north of the City of Binghamton, New York.

SUNY Broome serves students from a single campus on Upper Front Street in Dickinson, New York, though some classes are taught in Waverly, Owego, and within the City of Binghamton at smaller classroom centers.

The campus' fifteen buildings comprise 610,000 square feet (57,000 m2) of space and feature athletic facilities such as baseball fields, soccer field, publicly accessible tennis courts, the Dick Baldwin Gym, named after the third winningest college basketball coach across both two- and four-year colleges, and the SUNY Broome Ice Center - a 758-seat hockey arena that is used by a variety of different local ice hockey & figure skating organizations throughout the community.

The SUNY Broome Hornets participate in the NJCAA as a member of Region III.