Getting in
For Fall 2025, 64,197 first-year students applied to Stony Brook, 30,930 were admitted and 3,964 enrolled: an acceptance rate of 48.2%.
Source: Stony Brook Common Data Set 2025-2026 (opens in a new tab), section C1. Read Oct 1, 2026.
By residency, first-year applicants, Fall 2025
| Applicants | Applied | Admitted | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-state | 42,719 | 17,065 | 39.9% |
| Out-of-state | 13,031 | 8,198 | 62.9% |
| International | 8,447 | 5,667 | 67.1% |
Source: Stony Brook Common Data Set 2025-2026 (opens in a new tab), section C1, residency table. Read Oct 1, 2026.
By school or major. Stony Brook's Common Data Set reports one first-year acceptance rate for the whole university, with no rate by college or major.
Source: Stony Brook Common Data Set 2025-2026 (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.
Early action. Stony Brook has no early decision plan. Its early action plan is nonbinding and not restrictive, and the Common Data Set gives no early action counts.
Source: Stony Brook Common Data Set 2025-2026 (opens in a new tab), sections C21 and C22. Read Oct 1, 2026.
Programs with extra requirements
For students applying in fall 2026, entering fall 2027
Admission to Stony Brook does not guarantee a place in these restricted majors, which ask for more:
- College of Engineering and Applied Sciences majors. Applicants need 4 units of math, including calculus, and 4 units of science, including physics, for most majors. Strong applicants typically have outstanding grades in high school calculus and physics.
- College of Business (Accounting, Business Management). Successful applicants typically show achievement in mathematics and writing.
- Creative Writing. Submit the Creative Writing Supplemental (a statement of purpose and a writing sample) through the StartSBU Portal by the application deadline.
- Music. Admitted students start as Pre-Music and audition for the major; auditions and placement exams are held at the start of each semester.
- Nursing, Social Work, Respiratory Care, Clinical Laboratory Sciences. Upper-division majors. You enter as a first-year student in another major, take the prerequisites, then apply to the program.
Students admitted to the university but not to their first-choice major can apply to it later by meeting the requirements in the Undergraduate Catalog.
Source: Stony Brook Undergraduate Admissions, First-Year (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.
Majors
68 majors across 1 school. Every bachelor's major in Stony Brook's official Fall 2026 Undergraduate Catalog. Minors, combined degrees and graduate programs are left out.
Bachelor's majors68
- Accounting (BS)
- Africana Studies (BA)
- Anthropology (BA)
- Applied Mathematics and Statistics (BS)
- Art History and Criticism (BA)
- Art, Studio (BA)
- Asian and Asian American Studies (BA)
- Astronomy/Planetary Sciences (BS)
- Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (BS)
- Biochemistry (BS)
- Biology (BA)
- Biology (BS)
- Biomedical Engineering (BE)
- Business Management (BS)
- Chemical and Molecular Engineering (BE)
- Chemistry (BA)
- Chemistry (BS)
- Civil Engineering (BE)
- Climate Science (BS)
- Clinical Laboratory Sciences (BS)
- Coastal Environmental Studies (BS)
- Communication (BA)
- Computer Engineering (BE)
- Computer Science (BS)
- Creative Writing (BFA)
- Data Science (BS)
- Earth and Space Sciences (BA)
- Economics (BA)
- Ecosystems and Human Impact (BA)
- Electrical Engineering (BE)
- Engineering Chemistry (BS)
- Engineering Science (BE)
- English (BA)
- Environmental Design, Policy, and Planning (BA)
- Environmental Humanities (BA)
- Environmental Studies (BA)
- French (BA)
- Geology (BS)
- Globalization Studies and International Relations (BA)
- Health Science (BS)
- History (BA)
- Human Evolutionary Biology (BS)
- Information Systems (BS)
- Italian Studies (BA)
- Journalism (BA)
- Linguistics (BA)
- Marine Sciences (BS)
- Marine Vertebrate Biology (BS)
- Mass Communication (BS)
- Mathematics (BS)
- Mechanical Engineering (BE)
- Media/Art/Culture (BA)
- Multidisciplinary Studies (BA)
- Music (BA)
- Nursing (BS)
- Philosophy (BA)
- Physics (BS)
- Political Science (BA)
- Psychology (BA)
- Psychology (BS)
- Respiratory Care (BS)
- Rhetoric and Writing (BA)
- Social Work (BS)
- Sociology (BA)
- Spanish Language and Literature (BA)
- Sustainability Studies (BA)
- Technological Systems Management (BS)
- Women's and Gender Studies (BA)
Source: Stony Brook Fall 2026 Undergraduate Catalog, Majors (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.
Deadlines for Fall 2027
For students applying in fall 2026, entering fall 2027
| Plan | Apply by | Decision | Binding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early Action | November 1 | December 11 or January 29 | No |
| Regular Decision | January 15 | February 26 or March 26 | No |
These are completion deadlines: your application, recommendation and transcript must arrive by the date. Every early action applicant complete by November 1 has a decision by January 29; some hear on December 11. The priority deadline for the honors programs is November 1 and the final deadline is January 15 (Simons STEM Scholars applications are due November 1).
Source: Stony Brook Undergraduate Admissions, First-Year (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.
Early action is nonbinding. Spring 2027 first-year applications are due November 1.
Source: Stony Brook Undergraduate Admissions, How to Apply (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.
Testing
For students applying in fall 2026, entering fall 2027
Stony Brook is test optional: SAT and ACT scores are optional, and admission is a holistic review of your academic record and personal factors. Scores are required for the Scholars for Medicine and Scholars for Dental Medicine programs. If you send scores, they must come directly from the testing agency.
Source: Stony Brook Undergraduate Admissions, First-Year (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.
The Common Data Set also marks the SAT or ACT as considered if submitted, not required, for fall 2027 applicants, and notes that scores are required for the Scholars for Medicine and Scholars for Dental Medicine honors programs.
Source: Stony Brook Common Data Set 2025-2026 (opens in a new tab), section C8. Read Oct 1, 2026.
Applying next year?
For students applying in fall 2027, entering fall 2028
Not announced yet. When we checked Stony Brook's admission pages on October 1, 2026, we found no announced changes for fall 2028 entry. The deadlines and rules above are for fall 2027 entry.
Source: Stony Brook Undergraduate Admissions, First-Year (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.
Cost, and what families paid after aid
The published cost of a year at Stony Brook, 2026-2027:
| Item | In-state | Out-of-state |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $7,070 | $31,050 |
| Fees | $3,860 | $3,860 |
| Housing (on campus) | $12,291 | $12,291 |
| Meal plan | $7,450 | $7,450 |
| Books | $900 | $900 |
| Transportation | $840 | $840 |
| Personal expenses | $2,408 | $2,408 |
| Total | $34,819 | $58,799 |
Stony Brook's estimated yearly cost for a full-time undergraduate living on campus, as of 02/20/2026; tuition is set by SUNY, usually in June, so the charges can change. Housing is the standard double room rate. Full-time students are also billed for health insurance unless they show other coverage, which is not in the totals.
Source: Stony Brook Undergraduate Admissions, Tuition and Costs 2026-2027 (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.
Average net price per year, by family income, 2023-24:
| Family income | Paid after grants |
|---|---|
| $0 to $30,000 | $12,943 |
| $30,001 to $48,000 | $15,432 |
| $48,001 to $75,000 | $20,728 |
| $75,001 to $110,000 | $23,424 |
| Over $110,000 | $27,716 |
| All incomes | $18,784 |
What first-year, full-time, in-state students who received federal aid paid after grants and scholarships, by family income, in 2023-24, the latest year the Department of Education publishes. Your own price comes from Stony Brook's aid offer.
Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.
Similar schools
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Admitted: each school's latest first-year acceptance rate, so the year can differ from school to school; each school's page names its year and source. Average net price: what federal aid recipients paid per year after grants, 2023-24, and the in-state figure for a public university.