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Stony Brook University, State University of New York

Public university in Stony Brook, New York, United States

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Everything we know

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About

instance of	public university research university public educational institution of the United States
inception	16 September 1957
language used	English
academic calendar type	semester

Location and contact

country	United States
located in the administrative territorial entity	Suffolk County New York Brookhaven
headquarters location	Stony Brook University
street address	100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, NY 11794 310 Administration Building, Stony Brook, NY, 11794
postal code	11794
coordinate location	40.9173, -73.1246
elevation above sea level	39 metre
official website	https://www.stonybrook.edu/ · language of work or name: English http://www.sunysb.edu · language of work or name: English · archive URL: https://web.archive.org/*/http://www.sunysb.edu

People and numbers

count of students	26,782 · September 2020 26,928 · full-time equivalent · 1 September 2021
employees	5,379 · September 2020
admission rate	49% · 2020
admission yield rate	18% · 2020
chairperson	Maurie McInnis · since 1 July 2020

Rankings and recognition

ranking	452 · QS World University Rankings · 2026
Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education	doctoral universities: very high research activity majority undergraduate research doctoral: comprehensive programs, with medical/veterinary school four-year, large, highly residential four-year, full-time, more selective, higher transfer-in arts & sciences plus professions, high graduate coexistence

Finances

endowment	$475,865,786 · 30 June 2022 Earlier figures (1) $473,311,164 · 30 June 2021

Structure and memberships

parent organization or unit	State University of New York
part of	State University of New York
child organization or unit	Thomas Hartman Center for Parkinson' Research, Stony Brook University New York Sea Grant
member of	Digital Library Federation Association of Research Libraries World Wide Web Consortium New York Genome Center arXiv · 2021 8 more ORCID, Inc. · October 2023 Association of American Universities · since 2001 Association of American Colleges and Universities American Council on Education Coalition for Networked Information Association of Public and Land-grant Universities Center for Research Libraries Council on Governmental Relations
athletics program	Stony Brook Seawolves

Other facts

located in the statistical territorial entity	Stony Brook University
number of households	0 · survey methodology · statement supported by: 2016–2020 American Community Survey · 31 December 2020
per capita income	$5,164 · survey methodology · statement supported by: 2016–2020 American Community Survey · 31 December 2020
population	10,409 · census · statement is subject of: 2020 United States Census · 1 April 2020 9,216 · census · 1 April 2010
post town	Stony Brook, NY

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (1)

logo image	Stony Brook University logo.svg

Wikimedia and technical details (5)

Commons category	Stony Brook University
topic's main category	Category:Stony Brook University
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:Stony Brook University alumni
category for employees of the organization	Category:Stony Brook University faculty
social media followers	36,818 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 50762782 · 5 February 2023 15,600 · YouTube channel ID: UC3NxYhOtlHEqzI10SsCaxqw · 25 January 2025 Earlier figures (7) 35,481 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 50762782 · 27 January 2022 34,480 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 50762782 · 1 January 2021 32,179 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 50762782 · 10 May 2018 14,000 · YouTube channel ID: UC3NxYhOtlHEqzI10SsCaxqw · 16 January 2024 12,700 · YouTube channel ID: UC3NxYhOtlHEqzI10SsCaxqw · 18 February 2023 11,200 · YouTube channel ID: UC3NxYhOtlHEqzI10SsCaxqw · 18 March 2022 10,000 · YouTube channel ID: UC3NxYhOtlHEqzI10SsCaxqw · 25 August 2021

Identifiers in other databases (61)

ARCHON code	1773 · subject named as: State University of New York at Stony Brook
ARWU university ID	Stony-Brook-University
BHL creator ID	84269
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BIBSYS ID	90232236
Canadiana Name Authority ID	ncf12085967
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ELMCIP ID	15595 15698
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FAST ID	531185
FIPS 55-3 (locations in the US)	36-71620
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SEVIS school ID	6510
SNARC ID	Q49360
subreddit	SBU
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Times Higher Education World University ID	stony-brook-university
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Wellcome Collection concept ID	fve344j3
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World Higher Education Database ID	IAU-015891
X (Twitter) username	stonybrooku · number of subscribers: 32,179 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 50762782 · 10 May 2018
YouTube channel ID	UC3NxYhOtlHEqzI10SsCaxqw · subject named as: Stony Brook University · number of works: 1,065 · number of subscribers: 8,190 · number of viewers/listeners: 3,044,066 · 11 December 2020
‎Scilit organization ID	1534
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