Is Stony Brook test optional?

We haven't confirmed Stony Brook's test policy for 2026–27. Check their admissions site; many colleges have changed their policy since 2020.

What is Stony Brook's acceptance rate?

49% of applicants were admitted in 2025–26, according to the college's Common Data Set or, where that's missing, IPEDS, the federal college survey. In fall 2024, 27,406 of 55,880 applicants were admitted. Applications rose 64%, from 34,146 in 2015 to 55,880 in 2024, and Stony Brook's admit rate went from 41% to 49%.

What ACT score do you need for Stony Brook?

4% of first-year students sent an ACT, and they scored 30–34, with a median of 32. On the official ACT–SAT concordance, their SAT range of 1350–1470 works out to about 29–33.

How many students get off the waitlist at Stony Brook?

3,462 of the 5,191 students who stayed on the waitlist were admitted, or 67%, per the Common Data Set 2025–26.

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What SAT score do you need for Stony Brook? (Middle 50%: 1350–1470)

First-year students at Stony Brook who sent an SAT scored 1350–1470, with a median of 1410 (Common Data Set 2025–26). Stony Brook admits 49% of applicants.

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Where your score lands at Stony Brook

First-year students who sent an SAT: 1350–1470, median 1410

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Stony Brook by the numbers

Admit rate: 49%
Middle 50% SAT: 1350–1470
Median SAT: 1410
About on the ACT: 29–33
Sent an SAT: 38%

Test policy not confirmed for 2026–27 · SAT range from the Common Data Set, 2025–26; admit rate from it or IPEDS

Stony Brook admit rate over 10 years

Applications rose 64%, from 34,146 in 2015 to 55,880 in 2024, and Stony Brook's admit rate went from 41% to 49%.

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Fall	Applied	Admitted	Admit rate
2024	55,880	27,406	49%
2023	50,341	24,670	49%
2022	40,513	19,908	49%
2021	38,826	18,659	48%
2020	37,083	18,138	49%
2019	37,079	16,370	44%
2018	37,828	15,880	42%
2017	35,313	14,899	42%
2016	34,999	14,233	41%
2015	34,146	13,995	41%

In fall 2024, 4,042 of the 27,406 admitted students enrolled. Applicants and admits from IPEDS, the federal college survey, by fall of entry.

What each SAT score means at Stony Brook

Which tier your score puts them in, and whether it's worth sending.

Your SATTierSend it?*

Under 1300Far reachHold
1300–1340ReachHold
1350–1400TargetHold
1410 and upTargetSend

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Tiers here use only your SAT and their admit rate. Essays, activities and recommendations still decide most admissions at selective colleges. *Send it? assumes they're test optional; we haven't confirmed their policy.

Stony Brook SAT sections, ACT and class rank

Scores of enrolled first-year students who sent one, by percentile.

Test	25th	Median	75th
SAT Math	680	720	760
SAT Reading and Writing	650	690	730
SAT total	1350	1410	1470
ACT composite	30	32	34

Of enrolled first-year students, 38% sent an SAT and 4% sent an ACT. Common Data Set 2025–26.

Top 10% of their class: 59%; of new students who reported a rank

Stony Brook waitlist

Waitlist

10,563 applicants were offered a spot, 5,191 took it, and 3,462 were admitted from it.

67%of students who stayed on the waitlist got in

Common Data Set 2025–26.

Stony Brook cost and outcomes

What students pay after grants, how many finish, and what they earn.

Average net price: $18,784; per year, after grants
Graduate in 6 years: 76%
Median earnings: $74,502; 10 years after starting
Undergraduates: 25,003

College Scorecard, 2022–23, from the US Department of Education. Net price averages federal-aid students across family incomes.

Colleges like Stony Brook

Similar SAT ranges and admit rates.

Sources

Stony Brook Common Data Set 2025–26
SAT and ACT ranges, early decision, waitlist, GPA and class rank, as the college reported them.
College Navigator (IPEDS)
Applications, admissions and enrollment by year, from the federal college survey.
College Scorecard
Net price, graduation rate and earnings, from the US Department of Education.
Stony Brook website
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There's no cutoff. The middle 50% of first-year students who sent an SAT scored 1350–1470, and the median was 1410. At 1410 or higher you're above half of them. Stony Brook admits 49% of applicants.

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