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Nursing at Stony Brook University

Nursing at Stony Brook University

What traits are you looking for in a nursing school? To help you decide if Stony Brook University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's nursing program.

SUNY Stony Brook is located in Stony Brook, New York and approximately 26,782 students attend the school each year.

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

SUNY Stony Brook Nursing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
  • Master’s Degree in Nursing

SUNY Stony Brook Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at SUNY Stony Brook is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Nursing. 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 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #209 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nursing Student Demographics at SUNY Stony Brook

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

SUNY Stony Brook Nursing Bachelor’s Program

81% Women
56% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 19% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 81% went to women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at SUNY Stony Brook since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities in its nursing 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 nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 48
Black or African American 18
Hispanic or Latino 36
White 82
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 11

SUNY Stony Brook Nursing Master’s Program

89% Women
31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 11% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

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Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from SUNY Stony Brook, 61% 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 nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 9
Black or African American 14
Hispanic or Latino 27
White 103
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 16

Concentrations Within Nursing

If you plan to be a nursing major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Stony Brook University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing 263
Nursing Administration 131
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing 58
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing 52
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing 49
School Nursing 46
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery 2
Women’s Health Nurse/Nursing 2

Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in nursing 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
Registered Nurses 182,490 $85,610
Medical and Health Services Managers 25,830 $143,030
Nurse Practitioners 13,710 $120,970
Nursing Instructors and Professors 4,380 $91,900
Nurse Anesthetists 1,770 $191,130

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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