University Rankings

Stony Brook University is the State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook. It is one of America’s most dynamic public universities, a center of academic excellence and an internationally recognized research institution that is changing the world. After less than 60 years of existence, it’s ranked among the top 100 universities in the nation and the top 40 public universities. It has over 25,000 students enrolled annually in over 2000 undergraduate programs and 140 graduate programs.

Some of the accolades:

• Among the top 1% of higher education institutions in the world (Center for World University Rankings)
• Among the top 100 universities in the nation (U.S.News & World Report)
• Among the top 50 public universities in the nation (U.S.News & World Report)
• Kiplinger’s list of 35 Best Values in public colleges and universities
• Member of the invitation-only Association of American Universities (AAU), comprising the 62 leading research institutions in North America
• Proud home to Nobel laureates, Guggenheim fellows and MacArthur grant winners
• One of only 10 universities nationwide recognized by the National Science Foundation for combining research with undergraduate education

Stony Brook has a collection of geodesic domes at Planting Fields in Oyster Bay, N.Y., to the main 1,040-acre campus in Stony Brook, N.Y. — a powerful incubator of teaching and research innovation as well as a driving engine for the Long Island economy — with satellite locations in Southampton, Manhattan and South Korea.