+15%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Stony Brook University rose 15% between 2021 and 2024 ($28.4k → $32.7k).
New York · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York. 17,420 undergraduate students. 212 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
Earnings, completion, debt, and enrollment anomalies at Stony Brook
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Stony Brook University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.0% → 0.0%).
+15%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Stony Brook University rose 15% between 2006 and 2009 ($5.6k → $6.5k).
+28%
Public bachelor's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Stony Brook University are 28% above the public bachelor's-predominant peer median ($74.5k vs $58.3k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
Stony Brook earnings, debt, and completion vs. the New York median
Each tile compares this institution to the New York median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$74,502+25% · 6→10y
New York median $48,917$59,492
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry77.8%+34% · '97→'09
New York median 64.2%$15,000+103% · '97→'20
At program completion17,420+65% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS88.7%+3% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time49.0%-21% · '01→'09
latest cohort$10,560+53% · '00→'09
out-of-state $30,350SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How Stony Brook earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings at Stony Brook
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
2.7%Median federal debt $15,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $74,502 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Stony Brook enrollment, completion, and debt over time
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+34%
Stony Brook · completion · 150% rose
49.9% → 67.1%
+122%
Stony Brook · completion · 100% rose
29.3% → 64.8%
+65%
Stony Brook · undergrad enrollment rose
10,974 → 18,101
+53%
Stony Brook · in-state tuition rose
$4,253 → $6,488
+258%
Stony Brook · out-of-state tuition rose
$9,153 → $32,741
+103%
Stony Brook · median debt rose
$9,000 → $18,228
-100%
Stony Brook · cohort default rate fell
5.8% → 0.0%
+25%
Stony Brook · pell share rose
31.7% → 39.4%
+35%
Stony Brook · earnings_median_6yr rose
$44,100 → $59,492
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Stony Brook programs ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Dentistry$180,218Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$180,189Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions$154,453Medicine$146,211Computer and Information Sciences, General$139,598Educational Administration and Supervision$138,594Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$131,398Computer Engineering$128,966Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions$106,814Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$106,785Information Science/Studies$101,997Mechanical Engineering$101,290Chemical Engineering$100,426Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions$97,964Mechanical Engineering$97,629Business Administration, Management and Operations$96,348Engineering, General$95,741Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering$95,700Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions$92,238Biomedical/Medical Engineering$92,089Human Resources Management and Services$91,044Applied Mathematics$89,923Human Computer Interaction$89,583Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language$89,480
Showing top 24 of 55 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
55 Stony Brook programs with earnings, grouped by field
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
EDUCATION · CIP 13
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
FOREIGN LANGUAGES · CIP 16
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
PHYSICAL SCIENCES · CIP 40
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General$77,240Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$131,398Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$106,785Medicine$146,211Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions$92,238Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions$154,453Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions$70,776Dentistry$180,218Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions$106,814Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions$97,964Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$180,189
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
NATURAL RESOURCES & CONSERVATION · CIP 03
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Stony Brook
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$256,637
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 12
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $21,446
- HS-only baseline · NY
- $40,100
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 42
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Institutions similar to Stony Brook in New York
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Stony Brook graduates earn $X” — not “Stony Brook makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Stony Brook caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.