Allied Health Professions at Stony Brook University

If you plan to study allied health professions, 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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 students received a bachelor's degree in allied health from SUNY Stony Brook.

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

SUNY Stony Brook Allied Health Professions Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Allied Health
• Master’s Degree in Allied Health

SUNY Stony Brook Allied Health Professions Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The allied health major at SUNY Stony Brook is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Allied Health Professions. 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 Allied Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools	10
Most Popular Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	122
Best Allied Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	140
Best Value Allied Health Professions Schools	915

In 2021, 88 students received their master’s degree in allied health from SUNY Stony Brook. This makes it the #19 most popular school for allied health master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of SUNY Stony Brook Allied Health Graduates

The median salary of allied health students who receive their bachelor's degree at SUNY Stony Brook is $80,124. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 56% higher than the national average of $51,384 for all allied health bachelor's degree recipients.

Allied Health Student Demographics at SUNY Stony Brook

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

SUNY Stony Brook Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

The allied health program at SUNY Stony Brook awarded 22 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 18% of these degrees went to men with the other 82% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 48% more racial-ethnic minorities in its allied health 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 allied health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

SUNY Stony Brook Allied Health Professions Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of allied health master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

Of the students who received a allied health master's degree from SUNY Stony Brook, 51% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the allied health master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 39% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	17
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	45
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

SUNY Stony Brook also has a doctoral program available in allied health. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Health Professions
• Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences
• Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Bioethics/Medical Ethics

Careers That Allied Health Grads May Go Into

A degree in allied health 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
Health Specialties Professors	22,170	$127,230
Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics	17,520	$44,120
Physician Assistants	12,060	$117,000
Surgical Technologists	5,750	$55,310
Respiratory Therapists	5,740	$74,890

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.