- The Inkwell
- New York
- Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NYSuburb: largeZIP 11794Founded 1957
- Sector
- Public
- Founded
- 1957
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral: very high research activity (R1)
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.stonybrook.edu
New YorkPublic
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook University is a public university in Stony Brook, New York, with 18,101 undergraduates. It admits 49% of applicants, graduates 77% within six years and costs $18,902 a year after aid.
77%graduate
Admission rate49%
Retention90%
4-year graduation64%
Pell Grant share43%
Federal loans35%
$18,902net price / year
49%admission rate
1419average SAT
77%graduate in 6 years
$83,232median earnings, 10 yrs
$18,500median debt
#167 of 1,704 for earnings#787 of 1,739 for lowest net price#232 of 1,738 for graduation rate#240 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $31,654tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $10,931
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $34,911
- Average net price
- $18,902national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$13,938
$30,001–48,000$14,754
$48,001–75,000$20,285
$75,001–110,000$24,140
$110,001+$28,664
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 49%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1419
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 650–730
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 680–770
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 29–33
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college49%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college90%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college77%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college43%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 77%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 64%
- First-year retention
- 90%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 78%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $65,198
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $83,232middle 50%: $56,638–$118,535
- Median debt at graduation
- $18,500
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$118,535
Median, Stony Brook University$83,232
Lower quarter$56,638
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 18,101
- Part-time
- 5.3%
- Women / men
- 51% / 49%
- Average age at entry
- 21.2
- First-generation students
- 36%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 43%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 19 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 62%
- Average faculty salary
- $14,008 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $22,608
- Endowment, end of year
- $786,159,357
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White25%
Hispanic16%
Black6.1%
Asian36%
Two or more races3.1%
U.S. nonresident9.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Unknown4.5%
20 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Health professions16%
Biological & biomedical sciences15%
Psychology12%
Business & management11%
Computer & information sciences9.0%
Social sciences7.4%
Engineering6.9%
Mathematics & statistics6.0%
keep comparing
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Same Carnegie class, similar price
| College | Net price | Grad. | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa State University Ames, IA | $18,517 | 77% | $67,568 |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN | $18,314 | 74% | $65,090 |
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| New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ | $18,783 | 72% | $90,769 |
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 196097. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q969850.