SUNY Stony Brook Comparisons

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Stony Brook, NY
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Compare with New York Public Colleges

Compare with New York Public Colleges for Stony Brook University
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
Binghamton University Vestal, NY	$364 lower in-state tuition	10% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University at Albany Albany, NY	$65 lower in-state tuition	20% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	$5 higher in-state tuition	25% higher acceptance rate	Compare
CUNY Hunter College New York, NY	$3,549 lower in-state tuition	5% higher acceptance rate	Compare
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York, NY	$3,461 lower in-state tuition	8% higher acceptance rate	Compare
CUNY Queens College Queens, NY	$3,393 lower in-state tuition	15% higher acceptance rate	Compare
CUNY City College New York, NY	$3,591 lower in-state tuition	11% higher acceptance rate	Compare
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY	$3,467 lower in-state tuition	1% lower acceptance rate	Compare
United States Military Academy West Point, New York	$10,931 lower in-state tuition	37% lower acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY at Purchase College Purchase, NY	$1,978 lower in-state tuition	25% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY Brockport Brockport, NY	$2,179 lower in-state tuition	22% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY College at Geneseo Geneseo, NY	$1,932 lower in-state tuition	17% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY Buffalo State University Buffalo, NY	$2,398 lower in-state tuition	24% higher acceptance rate	Compare
CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY	$3,479 lower in-state tuition	9% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Farmingdale State College Farmingdale, NY	$2,305 lower in-state tuition	14% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY Oneonta Oneonta, NY	$2,100 lower in-state tuition	21% higher acceptance rate	Compare
State University of New York at Cortland Cortland, NY	$2,057 lower in-state tuition	11% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY Morrisville Morrisville, NY	$2,106 lower in-state tuition	43% higher acceptance rate	Compare
State University of New York at Oswego Oswego, NY	$2,106 lower in-state tuition	32% higher acceptance rate	Compare
State University of New York at New Paltz New Paltz, NY	$2,359 lower in-state tuition	13% higher acceptance rate	Compare
College of Staten Island CUNY Staten Island, NY	$3,441 lower in-state tuition	43% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY at Fredonia Fredonia, NY	$2,100 lower in-state tuition	29% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY Maritime College Throggs Neck, NY	$2,342 lower in-state tuition	23% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse, NY	$1,628 lower in-state tuition	14% higher acceptance rate	Compare
State University of New York at Plattsburgh Plattsburgh, NY	$1,896 lower in-state tuition	29% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY Polytechnic Institute Utica, NY	$2,306 lower in-state tuition	32% higher acceptance rate	Compare
United States Merchant Marine Academy Kings Point, NY	$10,036 lower in-state tuition	15% lower acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with New York Private Colleges

Compare with New York Private Colleges for Stony Brook University
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
New York University New York, NY	$51,865 higher in-state tuition	40% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Cornell University Ithaca, NY	$58,383 higher in-state tuition	40% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	$54,597 higher in-state tuition	3% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	$60,914 higher in-state tuition	45% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Fordham University Bronx, NY	$53,984 higher in-state tuition	10% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Colgate University Hamilton, NY	$59,375 higher in-state tuition	35% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of Rochester Rochester, NY	$56,149 higher in-state tuition	9% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Barnard College New York, NY	$58,957 higher in-state tuition	40% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY	$60,099 higher in-state tuition	30% lower acceptance rate	Compare
St. John's University New York Queens, NY	$42,089 higher in-state tuition	34% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	$53,150 higher in-state tuition	14% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Pace University New York, NY	$42,359 higher in-state tuition	27% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Hofstra University Hempstead, NY	$46,729 higher in-state tuition	19% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Marist University Poughkeepsie, NY	$36,819 higher in-state tuition	8% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY	$48,343 higher in-state tuition	18% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY	$56,359 higher in-state tuition	28% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Adelphi University Garden City, NY	$38,179 higher in-state tuition	17% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Manhattan University Riverdale, NY	$42,469 higher in-state tuition	30% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Pratt Institute Main Brooklyn, NY	$50,914 higher in-state tuition	24% higher acceptance rate	Compare
The New School New York, NY	$47,763 higher in-state tuition	14% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Ithaca College Ithaca, NY	$42,609 higher in-state tuition	20% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Hamilton College Clinton, NY	$58,029 higher in-state tuition	35% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Siena College Loudonville, NY	$35,649 higher in-state tuition	20% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Clarkson University Potsdam, NY	$48,467 higher in-state tuition	28% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Long Island University Brookville, NY	$31,501 higher in-state tuition	37% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Bard College Annandale-On-Hudson, NY	$55,505 higher in-state tuition	3% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville, NY	$55,931 higher in-state tuition	13% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Union College Schenectady, NY	$58,108 higher in-state tuition	5% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Le Moyne College Syracuse, NY	$29,399 higher in-state tuition	34% higher acceptance rate	Compare
St Lawrence University Canton, NY	$54,969 higher in-state tuition	5% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Hobart William Smith Colleges Geneva, NY	$54,186 higher in-state tuition	15% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Albany, NY	$30,544 higher in-state tuition	4% higher acceptance rate	Compare
New York Institute of Technology Old Westbury, NY	$35,629 higher in-state tuition	32% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Yeshiva University New York, NY	$40,869 higher in-state tuition	7% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Houghton University Houghton, NY	$7,499 higher in-state tuition	40% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Elmira College Elmira, NY	$28,045 higher in-state tuition	28% higher acceptance rate	Compare
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art New York, NY	$35,889 higher in-state tuition	28% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Touro University New York, NY	$11,519 higher in-state tuition	12% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Jewish Theological Seminary of America New York, NY	$56,426 higher in-state tuition	0% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Webb Institute Glen Cove, NY	$52,283 higher in-state tuition	35% lower acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with Regional Public Colleges

Compare with Regional Public Colleges for Stony Brook University
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Main Campus University Park, PA	$9,713 higher in-state tuition	12% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Maryland College Park College Park, MD	$878 higher in-state tuition	4% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of Virginia Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	$10,872 higher in-state tuition	32% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of Delaware Newark, DE	$5,879 higher in-state tuition	22% higher acceptance rate	Compare
George Mason University Fairfax, VA	$3,289 higher in-state tuition	38% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA	$6,841 higher in-state tuition	11% higher acceptance rate	Compare
William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	$14,983 higher in-state tuition	15% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Rutgers University New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	$6,998 higher in-state tuition	9% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	$10,113 higher in-state tuition	3% higher acceptance rate	Compare
United States Naval Academy Annapolis, Maryland	$10,931 lower in-state tuition	40% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of Vermont Burlington, VT	$8,127 higher in-state tuition	16% higher acceptance rate	Compare
The College of New Jersey Ewing, NJ	$8,701 higher in-state tuition	13% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Maryland Baltimore County Baltimore, MD	$2,325 higher in-state tuition	23% higher acceptance rate	Compare
New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ	$9,043 higher in-state tuition	16% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Mary Washington Fredericksburg, VA	$3,709 higher in-state tuition	31% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of New Hampshire Main Campus Durham, NH	$8,271 higher in-state tuition	39% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell, MA	$6,035 higher in-state tuition	34% higher acceptance rate	Compare
William Paterson University of New Jersey Wayne, NJ	$4,773 higher in-state tuition	41% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Baltimore Baltimore, MD	$939 lower in-state tuition	30% higher acceptance rate	Compare
United States Coast Guard Academy New London, Connecticut	$10,931 lower in-state tuition	27% lower acceptance rate	Compare
St. Mary's College of Maryland St. Mary's City, MD	$4,367 higher in-state tuition	20% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Wilkes Barre Dallas, PA	$3,349 higher in-state tuition	48% higher acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with Regional Private Colleges

Compare with Regional Private Colleges for Stony Brook University
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
Harvard University Cambridge, MA	$50,745 higher in-state tuition	45% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Princeton University Princeton, NJ	$51,757 higher in-state tuition	44% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	$54,299 higher in-state tuition	43% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Boston University Boston, MA	$57,171 higher in-state tuition	38% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	$57,755 higher in-state tuition	44% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Yale University New Haven, CT	$56,319 higher in-state tuition	45% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Villanova University Villanova, PA	$56,845 higher in-state tuition	22% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Georgetown University Washington, DC	$57,086 higher in-state tuition	36% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	$59,771 higher in-state tuition	33% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Brown University Providence, RI	$60,481 higher in-state tuition	44% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	$51,465 higher in-state tuition	44% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Northeastern University Boston, MA	$55,231 higher in-state tuition	44% lower acceptance rate	Compare
George Washington University Washington, DC	$56,779 higher in-state tuition	2% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	$51,481 higher in-state tuition	30% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	$57,337 higher in-state tuition	44% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA	$56,881 higher in-state tuition	20% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Tufts University Medford, MA	$59,773 higher in-state tuition	38% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI	$51,757 higher in-state tuition	30% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Emerson College Boston, MA	$46,125 higher in-state tuition	2% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	$54,049 higher in-state tuition	23% lower acceptance rate	Compare
American University Washington, DC	$47,840 higher in-state tuition	13% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Babson College Wellesley, MA	$46,221 higher in-state tuition	32% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Amherst College Amherst, MA	$59,549 higher in-state tuition	40% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Lafayette College Easton, PA	$54,467 higher in-state tuition	18% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Bentley University Waltham, MA	$50,069 higher in-state tuition	4% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of Richmond University of Richmond, VA	$54,299 higher in-state tuition	27% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA	$54,563 higher in-state tuition	42% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Brandeis University Waltham, MA	$57,149 higher in-state tuition	9% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ	$42,239 higher in-state tuition	24% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Williams College Williamstown, MA	$57,629 higher in-state tuition	41% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Providence College Providence, RI	$52,619 higher in-state tuition	2% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Wesleyan University Middletown, CT	$59,411 higher in-state tuition	33% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Haverford College Haverford, PA	$59,757 higher in-state tuition	37% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Fairfield University Fairfield, CT	$47,419 higher in-state tuition	16% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Muhlenberg College Allentown, PA	$51,874 higher in-state tuition	23% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Colby College Waterville, ME	$58,669 higher in-state tuition	42% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Wellesley College Wellesley, MA	$56,245 higher in-state tuition	35% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Middlebury College Middlebury, VT	$56,669 higher in-state tuition	38% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Endicott College Beverly, MA	$29,719 higher in-state tuition	22% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Bryant University Smithfield, RI	$41,746 higher in-state tuition	16% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ	$52,531 higher in-state tuition	1% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Loyola University Maryland Baltimore, MD	$46,219 higher in-state tuition	26% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA	$55,709 higher in-state tuition	10% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Saint Joseph's University Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA	$42,329 higher in-state tuition	40% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Salve Regina University Newport, RI	$39,169 higher in-state tuition	19% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Dickinson College Carlisle, PA	$54,719 higher in-state tuition	7% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Trinity College Hartford, CT	$59,839 higher in-state tuition	20% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME	$56,901 higher in-state tuition	42% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, PA	$59,863 higher in-state tuition	21% lower acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with National Colleges

Compare with National Colleges for Stony Brook University
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
University of Florida Gainesville, FL	$4,550 lower in-state tuition	25% lower acceptance rate	Compare
The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	$757 higher in-state tuition	22% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of Michigan Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	$6,805 higher in-state tuition	33% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	$4,272 higher in-state tuition	40% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of Georgia Athens, GA	$519 higher in-state tuition	11% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	$1,937 lower in-state tuition	34% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA	$5,017 higher in-state tuition	6% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Ohio State University Main Campus Columbus, OH	$2,313 higher in-state tuition	12% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of California Irvine Irvine, CA	$4,791 higher in-state tuition	20% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of Wisconsin Madison Madison, WI	$672 higher in-state tuition	4% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of Washington Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	$2,042 higher in-state tuition	10% lower acceptance rate	Compare
North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	$2,132 lower in-state tuition	7% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of California Berkeley Berkeley, CA	$5,416 higher in-state tuition	38% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Purdue University Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	$939 lower in-state tuition	1% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	$5,483 higher in-state tuition	16% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	$4,735 higher in-state tuition	29% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus Atlanta, GA	$1,127 higher in-state tuition	35% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of California San Diego La Jolla, CA	$5,827 higher in-state tuition	22% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Champaign, IL	$5,073 higher in-state tuition	7% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	$10,995 higher in-state tuition	9% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Minnesota Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	$6,283 higher in-state tuition	31% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL	$1,833 lower in-state tuition	39% higher acceptance rate	Compare

Data source: NCES / IPEDS https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?id=196097.

Last updated: August 2026