Which Stony Brook University major has the lowest debt?

Electrical Engineering graduates leave with a median of $14,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 33 Stony Brook University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Stony Brook University cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $10,931 a year, and $32,741 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $18,784 a year.

How many Stony Brook University programs report graduate pay?

33 bachelor's programs at Stony Brook University report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Stony Brook University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public university
Stony Brook, NY
18,101 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

33 Stony Brook University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($94,853), and Ecology and Evolution the least ($22,725). The median program pays $43,329.

In-state tuition and fees$10,931Per year. Out-of-state $32,741

Average net price after aid$18,784Per year

Graduation rate76%Within 6 years

Admission rate49%Of applicants

All 33 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in New York" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across New York. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in New York
1	NursingAbout 196 graduates a year	$94,853	$106,785	$23,000	21st of 51
2	Medical Laboratory ScienceAbout 35 graduates a year	$92,286	$106,814	$17,538	4th of 8
3	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 29 graduates a year	$92,165	$97,964	$20,538	7th of 13
4	Computer and Information ScienceGraduates a year not reported	$90,673	$139,598	$16,868	3rd of 30
5	Electrical EngineeringAbout 48 graduates a year	$79,571	$95,700	$14,500	7th of 18
6	Computer EngineeringAbout 60 graduates a year	$73,820	$128,966	$22,990	10th of 11
7	Chemical EngineeringAbout 31 graduates a year	$72,868	$100,426	$24,797	6th of 12
8	Civil EngineeringAbout 33 graduates a year	$71,856	Not reported	$17,250	5th of 10
9	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 82 graduates a year	$68,729	$97,629	$20,008	10th of 21
10	Information ScienceAbout 64 graduates a year	$68,007	$101,997	$19,750	4th of 14
11	Human-Computer InteractionAbout 74 graduates a year	$59,722	$89,583	$20,596	1st of 1
12	EngineeringAbout 11 graduates a year	$55,437	$95,741	$20,000	1st of 2
13	Applied MathematicsAbout 341 graduates a year	$44,972	$89,923	$19,000	4th of 6
14	PhysicsAbout 57 graduates a year	$44,562	$85,544	$21,683	5th of 6
15	EconomicsAbout 295 graduates a year	$44,349	$80,632	$21,550	25th of 36
16	Romance LanguagesAbout 9 graduates a year	$43,821	$43,596	$19,212	5th of 19
17	Business AdministrationAbout 493 graduates a year	$43,329	$74,434	$19,500	32nd of 73
18	Biomedical EngineeringAbout 35 graduates a year	$39,035	$92,089	$24,581	11th of 11
19	MathematicsAbout 123 graduates a year	$36,784	$80,309	$22,500	16th of 22
20	Political ScienceAbout 114 graduates a year	$36,480	$77,623	$19,406	20th of 47
21	HistoryAbout 65 graduates a year	$36,426	$59,251	$21,000	9th of 35
22	Health SciencesAbout 401 graduates a year	$34,538	$77,240	$20,780	4th of 7
23	SociologyAbout 115 graduates a year	$32,912	$63,549	$21,250	23rd of 38
24	Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 65 graduates a year	$32,855	$57,395	$24,000	3rd of 6
25	PsychologyAbout 616 graduates a year	$32,306	$60,999	$20,500	26th of 65
26	ChemistryAbout 65 graduates a year	$31,685	$61,248	$22,750	8th of 10
27	Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyAbout 106 graduates a year	$29,649	$73,829	$18,968	8th of 10
28	EnglishAbout 72 graduates a year	$29,480	$53,808	$21,606	18th of 41
29	BiologyAbout 522 graduates a year	$25,253	$68,096	$21,000	58th of 65
30	Linguistics and Language StudiesAbout 39 graduates a year	$24,407	$66,762	$19,001	4th of 4
31	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 45 graduates a year	$24,336	$59,487	$16,277	16th of 17
32	AnthropologyAbout 21 graduates a year	$23,845	$43,848	$19,449	9th of 14
33	Ecology and EvolutionAbout 76 graduates a year	$22,725	$52,375	$20,500	4th of 5

Program names link to the program's own page, and New York ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five New York programs in the field do too.

Some nursing bachelor's programs are for nurses who are already licensed and working (RN-to-BSN). College Scorecard counts them with programs for new students, and their graduates' pay reflects years of nursing experience, so high pay at a program here may not mean higher starting pay for a new nurse.

3 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$94,853
Medical Laboratory Science$92,286
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$92,165
Computer and Information Science$90,673
Electrical Engineering$79,571

Lowest median debt

Electrical Engineering$14,500
Environmental Science and Conservation$16,277
Computer and Information Science$16,868
Civil Engineering$17,250
Medical Laboratory Science$17,538

Largest programs

PsychologyAbout 616 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 522 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 493 graduates a year
Health SciencesAbout 401 graduates a year
Applied MathematicsAbout 341 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $94,853 in their first year, the most of 33 Stony Brook University bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of New York rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels