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SUNY Stony Brook Salaries

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Salaries by Major at Stony Brook University

How much money do Stony Brook University graduates make and which majors earn the most upon graduating? Six years after enrolling, alumni who are working have average earnings of $41,800 per year. After ten years, graduates earn $59,300 on average.

In terms of specific areas of study, the following is a ranking of degree programs by the median first-year starting salaries for SUNY Stony Brook graduates.

The undergraduate degree which initially pays the highest is Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions with a median starting salary of $86,100 followed by Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing paying $82,600 and Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions graduates who have a median starting income of $75,100 .

Looking at post-graduate and doctorate students, those completing the Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (First Professional Degree) program rank first with a median initial income of $132,300 followed by Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's Degree) at $110,100 and Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's Degree) who earn $104,900 .

Note about salary data: First year earnings data are aggregated by the US Department of Education and analyzes IRS reported income for Stony Brook University graduates who received federal financial aid in the form of grants or loans. Not all graduates or fields of study are represented as data for some degree programs are omitted for privacy purposes.

Median first-year earnings for Stony Brook University graduates ranked by degree type and major
Major Earnings
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (First Professional Degree) $132,300
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's Degree) $110,100
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's Degree) $104,900
Educational Administration and Supervision (Graduate/Professional Certificate) $99,000
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Bachelor’s Degree) $86,100
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor’s Degree) $82,600
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions (Bachelor’s Degree) $75,100
Computer and Information Sciences (Bachelor’s Degree) $71,300
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (First Professional Degree) $69,200
Mechanical Engineering (Master's Degree) $67,600
Liberal Arts and Sciences Studies and Humanities (Master's Degree) $66,000
Dentistry (First Professional Degree) $65,600
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Master's Degree) $64,700
Computer Engineering (Bachelor’s Degree) $60,500
Medicine (First Professional Degree) $60,500
Information Science/Studies (Bachelor’s Degree) $58,700
Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor’s Degree) $58,500
Engineering (Bachelor’s Degree) $56,800
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's Degree) $55,500
Human Resources Management and Services (Master's Degree) $54,500
Chemical Engineering (Bachelor’s Degree) $51,900
Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degree) $50,100
Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's Degree) $46,500
Social Work (Master's Degree) $45,800
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering (Bachelor’s Degree) $43,000
Physics (Bachelor’s Degree) $42,200
Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor’s Degree) $41,000
Applied Mathematics (Bachelor’s Degree) $38,800
Economics (Bachelor’s Degree) $36,700
Chemistry (Bachelor’s Degree) $34,500
Journalism (Bachelor’s Degree) $34,000
Psychology (Bachelor’s Degree) $32,600
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences (Bachelor’s Degree) $32,400
Sociology (Bachelor’s Degree) $31,300
Music (Doctoral Degree) $29,900
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other (Bachelor’s Degree) $28,700
Political Science and Government (Bachelor’s Degree) $26,900
English Language and Literature (Bachelor’s Degree) $26,600
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (Bachelor’s Degree) $26,200
History (Bachelor’s Degree) $23,900
Biology (Bachelor’s Degree) $23,800
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology (Bachelor’s Degree) $21,200
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services (Bachelor’s Degree) $19,100

Primary data source, U.S. Department of Education https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?id=196097 IPEDS survey and College Scorecard data for Stony Brook University.