Stony Brook University Overview
Stony Brook University is a public institution situated in Stony Brook, New York. Stony Brook is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.
What Is Stony Brook University Known For?
- The 3% student loan default rate at SUNY Stony Brook is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
- The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at SUNY Stony Brook.
- In 2017-2018, 63% of the faculty were full-time.
- Students who graduate from SUNY Stony Brook with a bachelor's degree make about $57,600 a year. That's 41% more than those who graduate from other schools.
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Stony Brook University Rankings
Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.
SUNY Stony Brook has been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.
Rank | Ranking Name | Share |
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#39 | Most Popular Online Graduate Certificate Schools | Tweet It - Post It |
Program Level Awards
These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at SUNY Stony Brook.
Awards From Around the Web
The following table lists some notable awards SUNY Stony Brook has earned from around the web.
Rank | Ranking Name | Source |
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#2 | Best Colleges for Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | College Factual |
#4 | Best Colleges for Allied Health Professions | College Factual |
#8 | Best Colleges for Mathematics & Statistics | College Factual |
#15 | Best Colleges for Nursing | College Factual |
#15 | Best Colleges for Computer Information Systems | College Factual |
#54 | Best Colleges for Psychology | College Factual |
Where Is Stony Brook University?

Contact details for SUNY Stony Brook are given below.
Contact Details | |
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Address: | 310 Administration Building, Stony Brook, NY 11794 |
Phone: | 631-632-6000 |
Website: | https://www.stonybrook.edu |
Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/stonybrooku |
Twitter: | https://twitter.com/stonybrooku |
How Do I Get Into SUNY Stony Brook?
You can apply to SUNY Stony Brook online at: https://www.stonybrook.edu/undergraduate-admissions/apply/freshman/application-procedures/
Admission Requirements for SUNY Stony Brook
Submission | Required? |
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High School GPA | required |
High School Rank | recommended |
High School Transcript | required |
College Prep Program | required |
Recommendations | required |
SAT or ACT Scores | required |
TOEFL | required |
How Hard Is It To Get Into SUNY Stony Brook?
Approximately 48% of accepted students are men and 52% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 42%, and the acceptance rate for women is 43%.
Average Test Scores
About 77% of students accepted to SUNY Stony Brook submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 590 and 680. Math scores were between 620 and 730.
Can I Afford Stony Brook University?
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.
Student Loan Debt
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At SUNY Stony Brook, approximately 42% of students took out student loans averaging $6,384 a year. That adds up to $25,536 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at SUNY Stony Brook is 2.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
Stony Brook University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are also 8,734 graduate students at the school.
Gender Diversity
Of the 16,341 full-time undergraduates at SUNY Stony Brook, 51% are male and 49% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity
The racial-ethnic breakdown of Stony Brook University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity | Number of Grads |
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Asian | 4,355 |
Black or African American | 1,140 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1,917 |
White | 5,125 |
International Students | 2,365 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1,439 |
Geographic Diversity
New York students aren't the only ones who study at Stony Brook University. At this time, 30 states are represented by the student population at the school.
Over 114 countries are represented at SUNY Stony Brook. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.
Online Learning at Stony Brook University
The following chart shows how the online learning population at SUNY Stony Brook has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 12th most popular in New York for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2017-2018.
Online Growth Rankings of SUNY Stony Brook
The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Stony Brook University was -6.0%. This is the #2,507 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at SUNY Stony Brook regardless of major.
The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of SUNY Stony Brook majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.
Major | 1-Year Growth Rate |
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Allied Health Professions | 9% |
Business, Management & Marketing | 7% |
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services | 22% |
Electrical Engineering | 33% |
Engineering | 25% |
Health & Medical Administrative Services | 28% |
Health Professions | 1% |
Human Resource Management | 23% |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities | 9% |
Liberal Arts General Studies | 9% |
Nursing | 8% |
The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at SUNY Stony Brook ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at SUNY Stony Brook.
Major | Growth Rate Rank | |
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Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services | #28 | |
Electrical Engineering | #50 | |
Allied Health Professions | #111 | |
Engineering | #131 | |
Human Resource Management | #173 | |
Teacher Education Subject Specific | #224 | |
Educational Administration | #276 | |
Health & Medical Administrative Services | #402 |
When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.
Stony Brook University Undergraduate Concentrations
The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.
References
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
- College Factual
- National Center for Education Statistics
- Image Credit: By Danski14 under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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