Stony Brook University
Stony Brook University admitted 49% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1330–1500 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid for in-state students was $18,902 a year. Within six years, 77% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 49%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1330–1500
- ACT middle 50%
- 29–33
Cost
- In-state cost of attendance, before aid
- $31,654 a year
- Average in-state net price after aid
- $18,902 a year
- In-state net price for families earning under $30,000
- $13,938 a year
- In-state tuition and fees
- $10,931 a year
- Out-of-state tuition and fees
- $34,911 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 77%
- Students who return for a second year
- 90%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $83,232 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $18,500
Students
- Undergraduates
- 18,101
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 43%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 19 to 1
- Campus setting
- Suburb
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Health professions
- 16%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 15%
- Psychology
- 12%
- Business, management and marketing
- 11%
- Computer and information sciences
- 9%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Santa Clara University CA · 48% admitted
- George Washington University DC · 47% admitted
- Rhodes College TN · 50% admitted
- St Olaf College MN · 48% admitted
- Stevens Institute of Technology NJ · 48% admitted
- Soka University of America CA · 43% admitted
More colleges in New York
- New York University NY · 9.2% admitted
- University at Buffalo NY · 74% admitted
- CUNY Hunter College NY · 54% admitted
- CUNY Bernard M Baruch College NY · 48% admitted
- Cornell University NY · 8.8% admitted
- Syracuse University NY · 46% admitted
- Binghamton University NY · 39% admitted
- CUNY New York City College of Technology NY · 80% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.