Computer science at Stony Brook
Stony Brook graduates about 320 computer science majors a year, 7% of its graduating class. That puts it 81st of 691 schools we score for computer science, a standout program at 80 out of 100. Its current catalog lists 73 undergraduate courses in the field, more than 86% of the schools we've counted. Graduates in the major earn a median $91,000 four years out, 1.06× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $11 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Where computer science happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Earth & Space Sciences, Light Engineering, New Engineering Building, Computing Center, Heavy Engineering, Engineering, New Computer Science, Computer Science, Life Sciences, Bioengineering, Institute for Advanced Computational Science, Long Island High Technology Incubator.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 58 · Dorm 29 · Student housing 27 · Dining 8 · Athletics 4 · Library 1.
Nearby in the computer science 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
- Biology 80 · #81
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Stony Brook with every school we score in computer science. 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.