Social Work at Stony Brook University

If you plan to study social work, 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, 51 students received a bachelor's degree in social work from SUNY Stony Brook.

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

SUNY Stony Brook Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work
• Master’s Degree in Social Work

SUNY Stony Brook Social Work Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks social work programs across the country. The following shows how SUNY Stony Brook performed in these rankings.

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 social work major at SUNY Stony Brook is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Social Work. 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
Best Social Work Schools	348

In 2021, 248 students received their master’s degree in social work from SUNY Stony Brook. This makes it the #25 most popular school for social work master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in social work, making the school the #73 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of SUNY Stony Brook Social Work Graduates

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at SUNY Stony Brook is $22,965. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,866 for all social work students.

Social Work Student Demographics at SUNY Stony Brook

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

SUNY Stony Brook Social Work Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 51 social work majors earned their bachelor's degree from SUNY Stony Brook. Of these graduates, 14% were men and 86% were women. The typical social work bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at SUNY Stony Brook since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its social work 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 social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

SUNY Stony Brook Social Work Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 248 students earned a master's degree in social work from SUNY Stony Brook. About 85% of these graduates were women and the other 15% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 12% men graduate in social work each year. SUNY Stony Brook does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

Of the students who received a social work master's degree from SUNY Stony Brook, 55% 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 social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	33
Hispanic or Latino	48
White	136
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	23

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

Related Majors

• Public Policy

Careers That Social Work Grads May Go Into

A degree in social work 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
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	28,530	$58,050
Healthcare Social Workers	13,290	$62,280
Social and Community Service Managers	13,110	$86,700
Substance Abuse Social Workers	11,470	$62,130
Social Workers	5,790	$67,120

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.