It's OVER 5000!!!

I'm sorry, I couldn't resist the nerd in me. Maybe check your connection to pingtest.net it's a line quality test to see if you're dropping packets. To be honest, that's the only thing I can think of that would account for such a high ping. http://pingtest.net/

A firewall would block it entirely or not. They may have implemented packet shaping but even then, we're talking pings maybe around 130-200 not 2000. try pinging 8.8.8.8 

[Windows key + r] -> type "cmd" -> type "ping 8.8.8.8" with out the quotes and see what the delay to google's dns servers are like.

Then you can start examining tracerts to ico's server (though they have nice big fat pipes to them now, so I doubt it's on their end.)

If it's wifi, the university probably has it setup in a mesh configuration. In that case the networks actual backhaul speeds drop to about 100mbit /s, get 3-5 people streaming HD youtube or netflix on the same node you're on and that would show pings similar to what you're looking at.

I'll stop posting for awhile (tehe)

Thanks for the prompt replies guys, the connection is wired. i did a traceroute to google as well which doesn't really prove much lol. I tried pinging the ico.stardock.com server and it timed out, i dont know if these are the correct servers though. 

Here's a screenshot of what's going on. I have never had this happen before with any other game. 

I'm having the exact same problem, also behind a college router.