Engineering at Stony Brook University

If you plan to study engineering, take a look at what Stony Brook University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SUNY Stony Brook is located in Stony Brook, New York and has a total student population of 26,782. Of the 5,185 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Stony Brook University in 2021, 385 of them were engineering majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

SUNY Stony Brook Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Engineering

SUNY Stony Brook Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering progam at SUNY Stony Brook compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering major at SUNY Stony Brook is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	58
	98
Best Value Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	145
Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	220
Best Engineering Schools	282

In 2021, 222 students received their master’s degree in engineering from SUNY Stony Brook. This makes it the #59 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 47 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #74 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at SUNY Stony Brook

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at Stony Brook University.

SUNY Stony Brook Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 385 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Engineering from SUNY Stony Brook in 2020-2021, 80% were men and 20% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Stony Brook University with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	134
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	36
White	116
International Students	36
Other Races/Ethnicities	49

SUNY Stony Brook Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 78% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 22% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Stony Brook University with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	41
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	51
International Students	90
Other Races/Ethnicities	23

SUNY Stony Brook also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 47 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Stony Brook University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	195
Electrical Engineering	126
Computer Engineering	86
Biomedical Engineering	80
Civil Engineering	59
Other Engineering	45
Chemical Engineering	33
Materials Engineering	22
General Engineering	14

Related Majors

• Architecture & Related Services
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Physical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Computer & Information Sciences

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Stony Brook University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Software Applications Developers	52,640	$116,830
Systems Software Developers	19,690	$115,120
Civil Engineers	16,790	$102,250
Industrial Engineers	12,030	$94,700
Mechanical Engineers	11,280	$91,820

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Danski14 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.