English at Stony Brook University

If you plan to study english, 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.

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

SUNY Stony Brook English Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in English Language
• Master’s Degree in English Language

SUNY Stony Brook English Rankings

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

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in english language, making the school the #71 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

English Language Student Demographics at SUNY Stony Brook

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

SUNY Stony Brook English Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of english language bachelor's degrees went to men and 69% went to women. The typical english language bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at SUNY Stony Brook since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	34
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

SUNY Stony Brook English Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of english language master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 27% men graduate in english language each year. SUNY Stony Brook does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 23% more men than average.

Of the students who received a english language master's degree from SUNY Stony Brook, 83% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Careers That English Language Grads May Go Into

A degree in english language 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
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
English Language and Literature Professors	7,700	$92,170

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

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