SUNY Stony Brook earned 135 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 7 in the top 1%, 48 in the top 5%, 43 in the top 10% and 37 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #2 of 534 in Top Ranked for Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 135 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 7 / 48
Highest placement: #2 of 534, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 19
Placements this edition: 450
Badge cutoff: a top 15% placement in a ranking
Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2027. Data as of: July 2026.
How Many Ranking Badges Has Stony Brook University Earned?
Stony Brook University holds 135 ranking badges across 19 fields of study, 55 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. Each ranking is recalculated when updated data becomes available. These badges come from the 2027 edition. For every ranking, the check mark shows the top tier achieved. See our data sources and methodologies. If you are an administrator interested in using our badge program to showcase your college’s strengths, please contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
7
Top 5%
48
Top 10%
43
Top 15%
37
Total
135
What Is Stony Brook University Known For?
Stony Brook University is best known for Health Professions: 17 of its 100 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science, Nursing and Liberal Arts General Studies.
How Does Stony Brook University Rank for Online Students?
In College Factual’s 2027 online-program rankings, Stony Brook University earned 2 badges across 2 online programs, 1 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #7 of 257 in Most Popular Online for Educational Administration.
How Does Stony Brook University Rank for Veterans?
In College Factual’s 2027 veterans rankings, Stony Brook University earned 31 badges, 3 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #115 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans.
Each ranking here is calculated from federal education data, 2027 edition. Stony Brook University appears in 450 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
by our College Data Analytics Team