Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY · Public

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Acceptance rate

49%

Average SAT

1,419

ACT midpoint

Enrollment

18,101

In-state tuition

$10,931

Out-of-state tuition

$32,741

Avg net price

$18,784

4-yr grad rate

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Test scores

Admitted students score between 1330 and 1500 on the SAT (25th–75th percentile).

ACT midpoint: 31

Popular programs at Stony Brook University

Bachelor’s degree programs ranked by Stairway Ranking — a composite letter grade comparing this school’s program against every other school’s in the same major nationally. Ties broken alphabetically.

#	Program	Graduates/yr	Earnings (1yr)	Earnings (4yr)
1	Psychology, General.	591	$32,306	$58,137
2	Biology, General.	549	$25,253	$62,574
3	Business Administration, Management and Operations.	464	$43,329	$72,765
4	Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.	446	$34,538	$77,075
5	Applied Mathematics.	399	$44,972	$82,200
6	Economics.	296	$44,349	$74,965
7	Computer Science.	258	N/A	N/A
8	Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.	219	$94,853	$111,898
9	Political Science and Government.	144	$36,480	$70,243
10	Sociology.	139	$32,912	$58,966
11	Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology.	126	$29,649	$60,648
12	Mathematics.	120	$36,784	$62,727
13	Human Computer Interaction.	101	$59,722	$83,075
14	Mechanical Engineering.	99	$68,729	$91,650
15	English Language and Literature, General.	94	$29,480	$55,210
16	History.	75	$36,426	$50,444
17	Information Science/Studies.	68	$68,007	$89,875
18	Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology.	66	$22,725	$53,747
19	Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services.	63	$24,407	$64,547
20	Physics.	63	$44,562	$65,013