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FAQs

How big are the Stony Brook CS classes? ›

First-year (100-level) and second-year (200-level) courses typically have 150-200 students.

Understand Relationships between Science or Technology and the Arts, Humanities, or Social Sciences (STAS)

Environmental Engineering (ENE)

The minor also provides coursework on materials and technology development for sustainable development and manufacturing.

EST: Technology and Society.

Stony Brook University--SUNY has an acceptance rate of 49%. Half the applicants admitted to Stony Brook--SUNY who submitted test scores have an SAT score between 1320 and 1500 or an ACT score of 28 and 34.

About Stony Brook University

Among the top 1 percent of higher education institutions in the world (Center for World University Rankings).

The average GPA at Stony Brook is 3.6. This makes Stony Brook Strongly Competitive for GPAs. (Most schools use a weighted GPA out of 4.0, though some report an unweighted GPA.

Stony Brook ranked #1 among public universities in New York, #26 among public universities in the U.S. and #58 nationally in 2024 Best Colleges.

Stony Brook University is known for its science and engineering-you need to work for your grades. People are smart and motivated and it's very easy to find someone to help you.

The College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) is the premier college in the nation focused on the science, design, engineering and management of natural resources and the environment.

Is Stony Brook engineering hard to get into? ›

Stony Brook's overall acceptance rate in recent years has been around 45-50%. To offer more insight into the engineering applicant pool, the average SAT scores for admitted students typically fall within the range of 1330 to 1470.

Stony Brook University--SUNY 2024 Engineering Program & Specialties Rankings. Stony Brook University--SUNY is ranked No. 63 (tie) out of 199 in Best Engineering Schools. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence.

With more than 200 majors, minors and combined-degree programs, Stony Brook is listed among the world's top 1% of universities by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. Kiplinger names Stony Brook as one of the 35 best values in public colleges and universities.

Stony Brook University—SUNY's ranking in the 2024 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, #58.

STONY BROOK

We are the explorers. The curious. We're unbound by tradition and unburdened by our journey.

The student-faculty ratio at Stony Brook University--SUNY is 19:1, and the school has 35.9% of its classes with fewer than 20 students.

Our highly-ranked Computer Science Department teaches concepts and skills for designing, programming, and applying computer systems, and the theoretical and mathematical foundations of computer science.

UC Berkeley's introductory computer science course hit the class maximum of 2,000 enrolled students this semester, seeing an increase from the previous maximum enrollment of 1,961 during the fall 2018 semester. As of print, 1,949 students are enrolled in CS 61A, according to BerkeleyTime.