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Stony Brook University 2025 Best Colleges Ranking Media Kit

College Factual has released it’s Best Colleges Rankings for 2025 and Stony Brook University has received a top placement. You can read more about this year’s release or scroll down for details on how your school fared in this year’s report.

This page was created to give you an overview of how SUNY Stony Brook fared in College Factual’s Best Colleges Rankings.

2025 Ranking Overview

Nationwide Ranking

SUNY Stony Brook placed #153 out of 2,152 schools analyzed in the 2025 Best Colleges Ranking. This places it in the best 10% of higher education institutions in the United States for students!

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New York Ranking

SUNY Stony Brook has been ranked #14 out of 136 in College Factual’s Best Colleges Ranking. This puts SUNY Stony Brook among the top 10% of higher education institutions in the country for students in the state of New York! See the Best Colleges in New York ranking

This media kit features highlighted rankings from the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree Rankings

Bachelor’s Degree Rankings

Rankings by Major

In addition to the top overall ranking, SUNY Stony Brook has been ranked for quality bachelor’s degree programs:

Ranking Name	Rank	Out Of	Percentile
Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	52	1,055	95.1%
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	52	933	94.4%
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	12	959	98.8%
Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	55	816	93.3%
Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5	231	97.8%
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	46	925	95.0%
Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7	116	94.0%
Best General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	53	883	94.0%
Best Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	67	597	88.8%
Best Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools	50	417	88.0%
Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	142	1,187	88.0%
Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	29	371	92.2%
Best Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	19	199	90.5%
Best Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	33	345	90.4%
Best English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	71	471	84.9%
Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	133	1,150	88.4%
Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	61	481	87.3%
Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	105	609	82.8%
Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	60	460	87.0%
Best Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	44	244	82.0%
Best Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	41	238	82.8%
Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	19	104	81.7%
Best Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	47	265	82.3%
Best Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	127	571	77.8%
Best Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Degree Schools	104	573	81.9%
Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	1	15	93.3%
Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	1	14	92.9%
Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	92	378	75.7%
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	110	540	79.6%
Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	5	64	92.2%
Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	12	175	93.1%
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	15	199	92.5%
Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	2	43	95.4%
Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	93	416	77.6%
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	5	136	96.3%
Best Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	23	97	76.3%
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	3	53	94.3%
Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	2	24	91.7%
Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	9	89	89.9%
Best Writing Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	32	132	75.8%
Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	17	175	90.3%
Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	2	19	89.5%
Best General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	5	70	92.9%
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	11	172	93.6%
Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	8	66	87.9%
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	9	75	88.0%
Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	6	79	92.4%
Best General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	12	173	93.1%
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	6	68	91.2%
Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	5	54	90.7%
Best Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	2	12	83.3%
Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	32	102	68.6%
Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	32	225	85.8%
Best Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	107	384	72.1%
Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	43	149	71.1%
Best Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	12	74	83.8%
Best Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	20	126	84.1%
Best Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	104	320	67.5%
Best Mathematics & Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	88	268	67.2%
Best Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	6	32	81.3%
Best Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	52	176	70.5%
Best Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	26	86	69.8%
Best Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	9	49	81.6%
Best English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	18	102	82.4%
Best Geological & Earth Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	45	144	68.8%
Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	13	89	85.4%
Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	7	44	84.1%
Best Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	6	36	83.3%
Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	28	194	85.6%
Best Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	81	255	68.2%
Best Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	4	21	81.0%
Best English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	9	43	79.1%
Best Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	5	27	81.5%
Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	29	144	79.9%
Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	15	91	83.5%
Best Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	9	52	82.7%
Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	3	13	76.9%
Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	13	60	78.3%
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	8	42	81.0%
Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	8	42	81.0%
Best Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	3	12	75.0%
Best Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	25	114	78.1%
Best Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	11	58	81.0%
Best Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	4	17	76.5%
Best Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	4	16	75.0%
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	19	93	79.6%
Best Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	12	46	73.9%
Best Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	3	10	70.0%
Best Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	12	53	77.4%
Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	21	78	73.1%
Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	10	35	71.4%
Best Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	28	123	77.2%
Best Writing Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	4	13	69.2%
Best Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	5	17	70.6%
Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	10	38	73.7%
Best Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	13	43	69.8%
Best Geological & Earth Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	4	12	66.7%
Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	21	78	73.1%
Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	9	27	66.7%
Best Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	10	34	70.6%
Best Writing Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	8	26	69.2%
Best Geological & Earth Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	7	22	68.2%
Best Mathematics & Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	20	61	67.2%
Best Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	9	29	69.0%

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