Stony Brook University Overview

Stony Brook University is a public institution located 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 student loan default rate at SUNY Stony Brook is 2%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at SUNY Stony Brook.
• For the 2019-2020 academic year, 63% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from SUNY Stony Brook with a bachelor's degree make about $66,678 a year. That's 63% more than those who graduate from other schools.

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.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at SUNY Stony Brook.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#1	Best Value Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#1	Best Value Human Computer Interaction Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Human Computer Interaction Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#9	Best Dietetics & Nutrition Services Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#13	Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#13	Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#21	Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#24	Best Teaching English or French Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#34	Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It

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
#1	Best Linguistics and Computer Science Schools	College Factual
#1	Best Marine Science Graduate Degree Schools	College Factual
#23	Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools	College Factual
#24	Best Liberal Arts General Studies Schools	College Factual
#40	Best Education Graduate Degree Schools	College Factual
#151	Best Health Professions Schools	College Factual

Where Is Stony Brook University?

Contact details for SUNY Stony Brook are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	310 Administration Building, Stony Brook, NY 11794-0701
Phone:	631-632-6000
Website:	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?
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?

You'll need to do what you can to make your application stand out if you plan to apply to SUNY Stony Brook. The school screens its applicants carefully and has a fairly low acceptance rate of 49%. So, don't just throw your admission packet together at the last minute!

Approximately 47% of accepted students are men and 53% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 50%, and the acceptance rate for women is 48%.

Average Test Scores

About 88% 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 600 and 690. Math scores were between 630 and 750.

SUNY Stony Brook received ACT scores from 20% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 25 and 34. Math scores were between 25 and 32. Composite scores were between 26 and 32.

Can I Afford Stony Brook University?

The overall average net price of SUNY Stony Brook is $34,245. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At SUNY Stony Brook, approximately 39% of students took out student loans averaging $6,671 a year. That adds up to $26,684 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at SUNY Stony Brook is 2.0%. 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 18,010 undergraduate students at SUNY Stony Brook, with 16,586 being full-time and 1,424 being part-time.

There are also 8,772 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 16,586 full-time undergraduates at SUNY Stony Brook, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	5,086
Black or African American	1,097
Hispanic or Latino	2,186
White	4,765
International Students	1,818
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,634

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

In 2019-2020, 24,029 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at SUNY Stony Brook has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 60th most popular in New York for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of SUNY Stony Brook

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Stony Brook University was $10,091 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $27,761. The following table shows how SUNY Stony Brook is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Electrical Engineering	#4	#10
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	#13	#13
Engineering	#16	#25
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	#19	#46
Allied Health Professions	#19	#28
Liberal Arts General Studies	#19	#46
Human Resource Management	#43	#128
Health & Medical Administrative Services	#55	#150

Online Affordability Rankings of SUNY Stony Brook Rankings

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Stony Brook University was $10,091 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $27,761. The following table shows how SUNY Stony Brook is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	#13	#16

Online Growth Rankings of SUNY Stony Brook

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Stony Brook University was 186.4%. This is the #296 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
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	4%
Health Professions	11%

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
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	#4
Health Professions	#185

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.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Computer Science	272	0	322	36	630
Nursing	263	17	311	12	603
General Psychology	549	0	20	0	569
Business Administration & Management	425	1	130	0	556
General Biology	493	12	50	0	555
Applied Mathematics	420	0	56	22	498
Health Sciences & Services	442	0	0	0	442
Economics	318	0	6	4	328
Educational Administration	0	217	96	0	313
Social Work	51	0	248	0	299
Mechanical Engineering	132	0	56	7	195
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	0	51	139	190
Sociology	150	0	2	4	156
Medicine	0	0	0	153	153
Political Science & Government	137	0	8	4	149
Human Resource Management	0	8	135	0	143
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	111	0	12	11	134
Mathematics	107	0	10	12	129
Electrical Engineering	65	6	47	8	126
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	0	121	0	121
Allied Health Professions	22	1	88	0	111
General English Literature	93	0	12	5	110
Physics	64	0	26	18	108
Chemistry	76	0	9	17	102
History	81	0	5	5	91
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	10	74	2	86
Computer Engineering	51	0	32	3	86
Human Computer Interaction	83	0	0	0	83
Biomedical Engineering	47	0	24	9	80
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	78	0	0	0	78
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	70	1	0	6	77
Finance & Financial Management	0	6	71	0	77
Information Science	74	0	0	0	74
Music	9	0	14	45	68
Civil Engineering	49	0	6	4	59
Journalism	57	0	0	0	57
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	39	0	4	8	51
Fine & Studio Arts	41	0	5	1	47
Other Engineering	0	0	42	3	45
Dentistry	0	0	0	45	45
Philosophy	29	2	6	7	44
Medical Illustration & Informatics	0	1	41	1	43
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	3	37	0	40
Romance Languages	22	0	12	4	38
Ethnic Studies	16	15	3	1	35
Anthropology	31	0	0	3	34
Chemical Engineering	27	0	4	2	33
Public Health	0	0	32	0	32
Marketing	0	0	30	0	30
Accounting	0	0	28	0	28
Teaching English or French	0	0	28	0	28
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	28	0	0	0	28
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	0	1	26	0	27
Marine Science	0	0	11	16	27
Natural Resources Conservation	27	0	0	0	27
Area Studies	23	0	0	0	23
Computer Information Systems	20	0	1	1	22
Materials Engineering	0	0	11	11	22
Geological & Earth Sciences	13	4	3	2	22
Writing Studies	5	0	15	0	20
Public Policy	0	0	20	0	20
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other)	0	0	16	0	16
General Engineering	14	0	0	0	14
Computational Science	0	12	0	0	12
Astronomy & Astrophysics	12	0	0	0	12
Environmental Design	11	0	0	0	11
Sustainability Science	11	0	0	0	11
Drama & Theater Arts	5	0	6	0	11
Natural Resource Management	0	0	10	0	10
Other Physical Science	10	0	0	0	10
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	0	9	9
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	0	0	9	0	9
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences	0	8	0	0	8
Other Computer & Information Sciences	0	7	0	0	7
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology	7	0	0	0	7
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	0	0	0	6	6
Pharmacology & Toxicology	2	0	0	4	6
Public Relations & Advertising	0	6	0	0	6
Linguistics and Computer Science	0	0	6	0	6
Genetics	0	0	1	4	5
Literature	0	5	0	0	5
Child Development & Psychology	0	4	0	1	5
English Literature (Other)	0	4	0	0	4
Cognitive Science	0	1	0	3	4
Biological & Physical Science	3	0	0	0	3
Other Health Professions	0	0	0	2	2
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	0	0	0	1	1
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences	0	0	0	0	0
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	0	0	0	0	0
Other Business, Management & Marketing	0	0	0	0	0
Communication & Media Studies	0	0	0	0	0
Multilingual Education	0	0	0	0	0
Operations Research	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic Languages	0	0	0	0	0
Medical Science	0	0	0	0	0
International Studies	0	0	0	0	0
Religious Studies	0	0	0	0	0
Other Psychology	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	5,185	352	2,449	661	8,647

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.