Business & finance at Stony Brook
Stony Brook graduates about 493 business & finance majors a year, 11% of its graduating class. That puts it 161st of 650 schools we score for business & finance, a strong program at 67 out of 100. Its current catalog lists 75 undergraduate courses in the field, more than 30% of the schools we've counted. Graduates in the major earn a median $73,000 four years out, 1.07× what the same major pays nationally.
Where business & finance happens
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 58 · Dorm 29 · Student housing 27 · Dining 8 · Athletics 4 · Library 1.
Nearby in the business & finance ranking
Other strong majors at Stony Brook
- Health & pre-med fields 87 · #14
- Nursing 83 · #19
- Sociology & anthropology 83 · #73
- Chemistry & biochem 81 · #67
- Public policy & social work 81 · #34
- Computer science 80 · #81
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Stony Brook with every school we score in business & finance. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.