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How Well Is Stony Brook University Ranked?

2023 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

Stony Brook University was awarded 872 badges in the 2023 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is linguistics and computer science.

Overall Quality

SUNY Stony Brook landed the #206 spot in College Factual's 2023 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,241 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when SUNY Stony Brook held the #289 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

Out of the 143 colleges in New York, SUNY Stony Brook is ranked at #22.

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How Much Money Do SUNY Stony Brook Graduates Make?

The pay for some majors is higher than others, but on average, students who graduate with a bachelor's degree from SUNY Stony Brook make about $66,678 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. This is good news for future SUNY Stony Brook graduates since it is 57% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.