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Stony Brook University

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  1. Families earning under $30k paid $12,943 a year after grants and aid, against a published cost of $30,539.

  2. Students who received federal aid earned a median $74,502 ten years after entering, the 95th percentile among public 4-years.

  3. 76% of students finish within 150% of normal time.

Founded
1957
Enrollment, 2023
32,674
Website
stonybrook.edu

AboutPublic university in Stony Brook, New York, US. Wikipedia ↗

Read the Wikipedia extract

The State University of New York at Stony Brook, commonly referred to as Stony Brook University (SBU), is a public research university in Stony Brook, New York, United States, on Long Island. Along with the University at Buffalo, it is one of the State University of New York system's two flagship institutions. Its campus consists of 213 buildings on over 1,454 acres of land in Suffolk County and it is the largest public university in the state of New York.

From the Wikipedia article “Stony Brook University”, revision 1364004645, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

What it costs

The published sticker cost is $30,539 a year; after grants, families who received aid paid between $12,943 and $27,716 a year depending on income at Stony Brook University.

Statement of cost · Stony Brook University

Family income (per year)
Sticker costPublished yearly cost of attendance, all students
$30,539
What families earning under $30k paidYearly net price after grants, for students receiving federal aid
$12,943
Average net price, all incomesAided students, all family incomes
$18,784
In-state tuition & feesLatest reported, 2024
$10,931

Each figure is reported separately; none is computed from another.

Net price by family income

Pick an income bracket above; the marked point follows. Dollars are what aided families paid each year after grants.

Yearly net price by family income, in dollars

under $30k: $12,943; $30–48k: $15,432; $48–75k: $20,728; $75–110k: $23,424; over $110k: $27,716. Shaded band: middle half of public 4-years, from $8,778 to $16,425; dotted line at the median, $12,780.
  • Shaded: the middle half of public 4-years (all incomes), $8,778 to $16,425. Dotted line: the median, $12,780.
Table of the same numbers
Average yearly net price by family income bracket
Family incomePaid per year
Under $30k$12,943
$30k–$48k$15,432
$48k–$75k$20,728
$75k–$110k$23,424
Over $110k$27,716

College Scorecard, 2023–24 aid cohort (students who received federal aid)

What graduates earn and owe

Ten years after entry, the median federally aided student here earns $74,502; the median graduate who borrowed owes $18,228.

Statement, continued

Earnings, 6 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$59,492
Earnings, 8 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$69,248
Median earnings 10 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
95th percentile among public 4-years
$74,502
Median debt, graduatesStudents who finished and borrowed federal loans.
39th percentile among public 4-years
$18,228
Median debt, all who borrowedEveryone who borrowed, whether or not they finished.
$15,000

Earnings and debt come from federal aid records, so students who never received federal aid are not counted.

Earnings after entry

The shaded band is the middle half of public 4-years at 10 years: $42,655 to $60,720.

6 yrs after entry: $59,492; 8 yrs after entry: $69,248; 10 yrs after entry: $74,502. Median graduate debt: $18,228. Shaded band: middle half of public 4-years at 10 years, from $42,655 to $60,720; dotted line at the median, $50,178.
  • Shaded: middle half of public 4-years, 10 years out ($42,655 to $60,720); dotted line is the median.
  • Dashed: median graduate debt, $18,228.

Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Hollow marks are rungs with no reported value, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Earnings after entry and graduate debt
MeasureDollars
Median earnings, 6 yrs after entry$59,492
Median earnings, 8 yrs after entry$69,248
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry$74,502
Median graduate debt$18,228

College Scorecard, federal tax and aid records

What programs pay

Median earnings five years after completing, by field of study. Small programs are privacy-suppressed and shown as not reported, never zero.

What programs pay at Stony Brook University
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
Psychology, GeneralBachelor's Degree616$60,999$20,500
Biology, GeneralBachelor's Degree522$68,096$21,000
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree493$74,434$19,500
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralBachelor's Degree401$77,240$20,780
Applied MathematicsBachelor's Degree341$89,923$19,000
EconomicsBachelor's Degree295$80,632$21,550
Social WorkMaster's Degree273$69,480not reported
Computer ScienceBachelor's Degree256not reportednot reported
Computer ScienceMaster's Degree246not reportednot reported
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's Degree196$106,785$23,000
Educational Administration and SupervisionGraduate/Professional Certificate177$138,594not reported
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingMaster's Degree169$131,398not reported
Show all 28 programs
Remaining programs
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
Human Resources Management and ServicesMaster's Degree140$91,044not reported
MedicineFirst Professional Degree131$146,211not reported
MathematicsBachelor's Degree123$80,309$22,500
SociologyBachelor's Degree115$63,549$21,250
Political Science and GovernmentBachelor's Degree114$77,623$19,406
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular BiologyBachelor's Degree106$73,829$18,968
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree100$96,348not reported
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasMaster's Degree95$77,265not reported
Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralMaster's Degree0not reportednot reported
DentistryFirst Professional Degree45$180,218not reported
Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralBachelor's Degree0$139,598$16,868
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsMaster's Degree84$154,453not reported
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingFirst Professional Degree8$180,189not reported
Computer EngineeringBachelor's Degree60$128,966$22,990
Health Professions Education, Ethics, and HumanitiesMaster's Degree24not reportednot reported
Applied MathematicsMaster's Degree88not reportednot reported

Source: College Scorecard field-of-study data.

Who goes here

Stony Brook University: 18,101 undergraduates; 39% of students receive Pell grants; 49% of applicants are admitted.

Admission rate

49%

10th percentile among public 4-years

Undergraduates

18,101

85th percentile among public 4-years

Pell share

39%

of undergraduates receive Pell grants

71st percentile among public 4-years

Completion

76%

finish within 150% of normal time

93rd percentile among public 4-years

First-generation

36%

parents did not attend college

Median family income

$36,505

56th percentile among public 4-years

Students by family income

Share of students in each family-income bracket, for students who received federal aid.

  • Under $30k37%
  • $30k–$48k16%
  • $48k–$75k12%
  • $75k–$110k11%
  • Over $110k23%
Show as a table
Students by family income
Family incomeShare of students
Under $30k37%
$30k–$48k16%
$48k–$75k12%
$75k–$110k11%
Over $110k23%

Who Wikipedia remembers

Wikidata records 2,837 people who studied at Stony Brook University, most often in science & academia (69%). That is the archive's memory, not a census.

What the recorded alumni are remembered for

Share of recorded people by field, in a fixed order so schools compare.

Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school, in a fixed order: science & academia 69% (1,467 people); medicine 0.8% (17 people); law 0.3% (7 people); politics & gov 1.6% (33 people); business 1.1% (23 people); engineering & tech 4.2% (90 people); writing & journalism 3.9% (82 people); film & stage 1.3% (27 people); music 2.9% (63 people); visual arts 1.2% (26 people); sports 14% (293 people); religion 0.1% (2 people); military 0.1% (2 people). These are shares of people recorded in Wikidata, the archive's memory, not a census of alumni.
Table of the same numbers
Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school (the archive's memory, not a census)
FieldPeople recordedShare
science & academia1,46768.8%
medicine170.8%
law70.3%
politics & gov331.6%
business231.1%
engineering & tech904.2%
writing & journalism823.9%
film & stage271.3%
music632.9%
visual arts261.2%
sports29313.7%
religion20.1%
military20.1%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

most recorded occupationsresearcher (1,032) · basketball player (264) · university teacher (207) · physicist (91) · computer scientist (68) · mathematician (68) · writer (41) · psychologist (35)

Women among recorded alumni, by birth decade

Counts reflect who the archive records, not a census.

Share of women among recorded alumni, from 67% for the 1930s to 28% for the 2000s. Decades with fewer than 5 recorded people are not drawn, and 2 decades are marked not reported for women. The line breaks at every decade not drawn.

Counts only people the archive records with a gender. Hollow marks are decades with no women reported or fewer than 5 recorded, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Recorded alumni by birth decade
BornWomenMenShare women
1900snot reported5not reported
1920snot reported2not reported
1930s6367%
1940s276330%
1950s3513321%
1960s316034%
1970s144125%
1980s136018%
1990s115317%
2000s82128%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

Wikipedia attention, by month

Wikipedia attention

monthly views

Monthly Wikipedia article views from 2015-07 to 2026-06; peak 72,961 in 2016-03.
Table of the same numbers
Wikipedia article views by month
MonthViews
2026-0613,928
2026-0514,527
2026-0416,089
2026-0315,302
2026-0217,449
2026-0114,199
2025-1215,541
2025-1116,872
2025-1019,019
2025-0917,698
2025-0819,112
2025-0716,993
2025-0615,262
2025-0517,800
2025-0419,005
2025-0323,449
2025-0218,252
2025-0120,242
2024-1219,362
2024-1119,864
2024-1020,089
2024-0920,731
2024-0819,775
2024-0716,908
2024-0616,779
2024-0526,004
2024-0421,349
2024-0325,032
2024-0222,113
2024-0126,044
2023-1223,355
2023-1122,067
2023-1022,834
2023-0922,808
2023-0822,036
2023-0720,451
2023-0621,084
2023-0520,480
2023-0420,468
2023-0324,641
2023-0220,212
2023-0120,095
2022-1219,378
2022-1118,434
2022-1019,468
2022-0919,619
2022-0819,813
2022-0716,864
2022-0615,597
2022-0519,090
2022-0418,418
2022-0321,027
2022-0218,387
2022-0121,304
2021-1217,078
2021-1118,285
2021-1018,570
2021-0938,934
2021-0820,320
2021-0719,455
2021-0615,684
2021-0517,998
2021-0418,833
2021-0321,297
2021-0216,060
2021-0118,050
2020-1218,642
2020-1117,640
2020-1018,062
2020-0916,835
2020-0816,430
2020-0717,470
2020-0616,044
2020-0521,674
2020-0425,204
2020-0325,579
2020-0230,170
2020-0125,982
2019-1228,860
2019-1125,188
2019-1025,768
2019-0923,339
2019-0822,838
2019-0719,876
2019-0620,287
2019-0523,917
2019-0423,124
2019-0326,989
2019-0220,942
2019-0122,709
2018-1222,554
2018-1124,175
2018-1027,328
2018-0921,440
2018-0821,007
2018-0719,365
2018-0619,208
2018-0520,044
2018-0419,970
2018-0322,912
2018-0218,173
2018-0119,487
2017-1218,560
2017-1120,879
2017-1018,741
2017-0919,780
2017-0817,980
2017-0717,442
2017-0615,780
2017-0517,464
2017-0420,254
2017-0322,660
2017-0220,594
2017-0124,239
2016-1219,079
2016-1121,625
2016-1021,938
2016-0920,236
2016-0820,966
2016-0715,500
2016-0616,669
2016-0517,645
2016-0421,803
2016-0372,961
2016-0219,640
2016-0121,633
2015-1218,826
2015-1119,068
2015-1021,403
2015-0920,037
2015-0817,944
2015-0715,724

Source: Wikimedia pageviews.

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These are the nearest neighbors in the same sector. The list is not an ordering.

Sources & caveats

Figures come from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Built 2026-07-17.

not reported
Not reported: suppressed for privacy or never collected. It is not zero, and nothing has been filled in.
Percentiles
A percentile compares this school with others in its own sector (for example, public 4-year schools). It describes position, not quality.
Earnings
Earnings cover students who received federal (Title IV) aid, measured from the year they entered. Students who never received federal aid are not included.
Provenance notes
  • U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
  • Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
  • Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.
  • Wikidata is not an alumni census: a person appears only when volunteer editors record them. Counts measure the archive's memory - access x achievement x documentation - never placement rates or institutional quality.
  • Images are from Wikimedia Commons under free licenses. Render the credit line (artist + license) with every image.

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