Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing at Stony Brook University

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

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 Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing section at the bottom of this page.

SUNY Stony Brook Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing

SUNY Stony Brook Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Rankings

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychiatric/mental health nursing, making the school the #7 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Student Demographics at SUNY Stony Brook

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

SUNY Stony Brook Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Program

67% Women

27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of psychiatric/mental health nursing master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in psychiatric/mental health nursing each year. SUNY Stony Brook does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 17% more men than average.

Of the students who received a psychiatric/mental health nursing master's degree from SUNY Stony Brook, 60% 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 psychiatric/mental health nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Careers That Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychiatric/mental health 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
Nurse Practitioners	13,710	$120,970
Nursing Instructors and Professors	4,380	$91,900

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
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