Stony Brook University - Rankings

Rankings

U.S. News and World Report's 2013 edition of America's Best Colleges ranked SBU 92th on their list of "Best National Universities", and 40th among public universities. The School of Engineering is ranked 56th, Best Medical Schools: Research is ranked 57th, the School of Social Work is ranked 66th, and the School of Medicine and Biological Sciences is ranked 68th for best research." The survey utilizes several measures of academic excellence, assigning weights decided upon by the magazine editors, to reach an overall ranking. In January 2007 it was ranked 34th best value among the country’s public institutions for in-state students by Kiplinger's Personal Finance.

According to the United States National Research Council Rankings of U.S. doctoral programs, Stony Brook is ranked 40th in the average of nonzero scores, 22nd in Biological Sciences, 38th in Arts and Humanities, 44th in Physical Sciences and Math, and 39th in Social and Behavioral Sciences.

In 2009, Stony Brook was ranked as the 173rd best university in the world by the QS World University Rankings. According to the prestigious 2010 QS World University Rankings, Stony Brook University was ranked 194th moving down 21 positions from 2009. Furthermore, the Russian based the Global University Ranking 2009 placed Stony Brook among top 74-77 universities worldwide.

Stony Brook University is home to 16 of the highest ranked programs in graduate education in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2011 "America's Best Graduate Schools." The annual rankings focus on programs in Business, Education, Engineering, Law, and Medicine, and reflect data from surveys of more than 1,500 schools and more than 12,000 graduate programs.

Designated among the top 10 programs were Stony Brook's 4th-ranked Nuclear Physics program under the category of "Physics Specialty"; the 6th-ranked Geometry program categorized as a "Mathematics Specialty"; and the 9th-ranked Clinical Psychology program. The University's graduate program in Topology (categorized as a Mathematics specialty) was ranked 12th; the graduate program in Physics ranked 23rd; the graduate program in Mathematics ranked 24th; Earth Science ranked 34th; Materials Science (categorized as an Engineering specialty) was ranked 37th; the Computer Science graduate program was ranked 44th; and the graduate program in Chemistry ranked 49th.

In addition, the following programs remain in the "Top 50", having been previously ranked by U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Graduate Schools": Physician Assistant ranked 11th, Nursing-Midwifery ranked 29th, Political Science ranked 33rd, Sociology ranked 41st, Psychology ranked 50th and subspecialty: American Politics ranked 20th. In addition, the philosophy department is considered to be among the top programs in the United States for the study of continental philosophy, particularly in the area of phenomenology.

The Wall Street Journal ranked Stony Brook University (SUNY) #8 amongst public universities sending students to elite graduate programs.

The University was also ranked among the top 152 universities in the world by the Institute for Higher Education in Shanghai. It was also ranked among the top 100 universities in North and Latin America, with the Institute grouping it in the category of number 58-77. Joining Stony Brook in that grouping were such institutions as Dartmouth, Massachusetts, and Virginia. In 2001 it became a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), an invitation-only organization of the top 61 research universities in the U.S. In 2007, the Princeton Review (not associated with Princeton University) #12 for Diverse Student Population, and is listed as one of the "Best Northeastern Colleges" and "America's Best Value College". The fall 2008 America's Best Colleges ranked by Forbes.com placed Stony Brook at #332.

Stony Brook is one of 40 public and private universities in the U.S. named a “Best Buy” by Fiske Guide to Colleges.

In 2011, U.S. News ranked these graduate programs in the top 50 in the nation:

• Nuclear Physics: 4th
• Geometry Math: 6th
• Clinical Psychology: 9th
• Topology Math: 12th
• Physician Assistant: 13th
• Physics: 23rd
• Nursing-Midwifery: 24th
• Math: 24th
• Earth Sciences: 34th
• Computer Science: 44th
• Chemistry: 49th