General Psychology at Stony Brook University

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

SUNY Stony Brook is located in Stony Brook, New York and has a total student population of 26,782. Of the 5,185 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Stony Brook University in 2021, 549 of them were general psychology majors.

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

SUNY Stony Brook General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
• Master’s Degree in Psychology

SUNY Stony Brook General Psychology Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at SUNY Stony Brook is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Psychology. 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 General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	74
Most Focused General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	341
Most Focused General Psychology Schools	390
Best General Psychology Schools	499

In 2021, 20 students received their master’s degree in psychology from SUNY Stony Brook. This makes it the #74 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of SUNY Stony Brook Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at SUNY Stony Brook is $29,078. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 2% higher than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at SUNY Stony Brook

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

SUNY Stony Brook General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 76% went to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at SUNY Stony Brook since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its psychology 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 psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	110
Black or African American	40
Hispanic or Latino	102
White	207
International Students	36
Other Races/Ethnicities	54

SUNY Stony Brook General Psychology Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students earned a master's degree in psychology from SUNY Stony Brook. About 70% of these graduates were women and the other 30% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in psychology each year. SUNY Stony Brook does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 10% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	10
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Child Development & Psychology
• Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology

Careers That Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychology 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
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	11,370	$94,140
Psychology Professors	4,840	$99,690
Psychologists	480	$99,640

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.