Mechanical Engineering at Stony Brook University

If you plan to study mechanical 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 approximately 26,782 students attend the school each year. Of the 5,185 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Stony Brook University in 2021, 132 of them were mechanical engineering majors.

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

SUNY Stony Brook Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

SUNY Stony Brook Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The ME major at SUNY Stony Brook is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mechanical 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.

In 2021, 56 students received their master’s degree in ME from SUNY Stony Brook. This makes it the #43 most popular school for ME master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in ME, making the school the #78 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of SUNY Stony Brook ME Graduates

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at SUNY Stony Brook is $59,148. This is less than $65,190, which is the national average of all ME majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

ME Student Demographics at SUNY Stony Brook

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

SUNY Stony Brook Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 132 ME students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from SUNY Stony Brook, about 82% were men and 18% were women. The typical ME bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at SUNY Stony Brook since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% more racial-ethnic minorities in its ME 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 ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	39
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	42
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

SUNY Stony Brook Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 86% of ME master's degrees went to men and 14% 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 ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	23
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

SUNY Stony Brook also has a doctoral program available in ME. In 2021, 7 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Civil Engineering

Careers That ME Grads May Go Into

A degree in ME 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
Mechanical Engineers	11,280	$91,820
Cost Estimators	10,150	$75,730
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,330	$161,670
Engineering Professors	2,900	$127,010
Aerospace Engineers	320	$115,420

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.