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Common Data Set 2025-2026

Stony Brook University

NY · Public · ~18,600 undergraduates

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Acceptance rate · 2025-2026
48.2%

Stony Brook University's admit rate has risen 6.8 percentage points across the 10 reported years on file.

SAT · 50th
1410
Range 1350–1470
6-yr grad
77.1%
Retention 89.4%
Undergrads
18,615
19:1 student-faculty
Drawn directly from Stony Brook University's officially-published 2025-2026 Common Data Set.
Stony Brook University Admission

At a glance

The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.

Admit rate48.2% SAT (50th)1,410 ACT (50th)32 Undergraduates18,615 6-yr graduation77.1% Retention89.4% Tuition (FT)$31,050 Student–faculty ratio19:1

Recent years

Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.

YearAdmit rateEnrolled6-yr gradRetentionSAT (50th)
2025-202648.2%3,96477.1%89.4%1,410
2024-202549.0%4,042———
2023-202449.0%3,56978.0%——
2022-2023—778.0%87.8%1,410
2021-202248.1%3,41678.0%89.0%—

Schools also worth looking at

Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.

Where Stony Brook University applicants also apply
Binghamton UniversityNY · 37.3% admit · SAT 1410 · 14,559 UG University at BuffaloNY · 80.6% admit · SAT 1295 · 21,192 UG Rutgers University-New BrunswickNJ · 65.3% admit · SAT 1410 · 36,588 UG University of ConnecticutCT · 52.4% admit · SAT 1340 · 20,056 UG Northeastern UniversityMA · 5.6% admit · SAT 1480 · 22,456 UG New York UniversityNY · 9.2% admit · SAT 1520 · 29,060 UG University of Maryland-College ParkMD · 45.0% admit · SAT 1470 · 31,875 UG
Statistically similar — worth a look
George Washington UniversityDC · 47.1% admit · SAT 1390 · 11,495 UG Syracuse UniversityNY · 41.7% admit · SAT 1340 · 15,739 UG University of Massachusetts-AmherstMA · 59.9% admit · SAT 1410 · 24,019 UG University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPA · 59.5% admit · SAT 1370 · 21,388 UG Fordham UniversityNY · 59.3% admit · SAT 1418 · 10,512 UG

What the data says about Stony Brook University

Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.

01

Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.

The schools Stony Brook University applicants most commonly also apply to range from 5.6% admit to 80.6% admit — a 75.0 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.

02

Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 21 percentage points.

Stony Brook University's 77.1% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 20.8 pp.

03

Admit-rate selectivity has held steady across reporting cycles.

Stony Brook University's admit rate has stayed in a narrow 48.1%–49.0% band across 4 reporting cycles — a 1.0% spread.

Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →

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Methodology

The Common Data Set is a standardized reporting form U.S. colleges file annually — sections A through J covering admissions selectivity, enrollment, aid, faculty resources, and outcomes. CollegeNumbers extracts every value directly from each school's officially published CDS PDF, xlsx, docx, or HTML, then normalizes into a unified schema.

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