Stony Brook University

THE World University ranking body has provided the rankings for the year 2025, according to which Stony Brook University is not better than Arizona State University as there is a difference of 50 spots in THE World University rankings 2025. 

The table below shows the comparison of the universities of various similarly ranked universities in Italy:

The rankings have been provided by THE (Times Higher Education) since the year 2004. The creation of these rankings is done to know and evaluate the university's performance on the global stage and provide a comprehensive ranking report for the students to make an informed higher education decision.

For the year 2025, Stony Brook University is ranked at #251 among the best universities in the world, the ranking is constant for the year 2024 that is #251 but it has significantly improved from the year 2023 to 2024.  THE rankings 2023 for this university was #301.

ARWU, short for Academic Ranking of the World Universities also known as Shanghai Ranking is known as one of the best ranking bodies in the world. It is one of the three most influential rankings of the world alongside Times Higher Education World University Rankings and QS World University Rankings.

Over 2,500 Universities are ranked by ARWU every year. In the overall ARWU ranking, Stony Brook University ranks at #301 in 2024, which is constant from the year 2023.

One brief comparison among the below-mentioned universities for their global rankings category. In Comparison the Stony Brook University is not ranking better than the University of Massachusetts Amherst. 

Given below are the rankings of Global Universities rankings of the mentioned universities/schools:

US World and News ranked Stony Brook University at rank #227, which is a decline from the last year 2023, which was #206. From the ranking data in hand, it can be inferred that the rankings for the Stony Brook University are declining in best Global Universities by this ranking body. This university receives a rank #58 in the year 2025 which is constant from the year 2024. This ranking declined from the year 2023.

As per the Stony Brook University subject ranking 2024, many of the university courses are ranked among the top in the world. QS has ranked the Stony Brook University at #51 for Nursing. Additionally, it is also ranked #51 for Pharmacy & Pharmacology by QS. THE has also ranked courses offered by Stony Brook University as top programs, namely Psychology, Arts & Humanities, Engineering, and Life Sciences, etc. The programs offered by Stony Brook University are quite popular and are ranked at #176 - 301 by THE in 2024, and according to the same ranking body, this University is ranked at #501 for the year 2025.

Ranked at #67 by Shiksha Popularity Rankings, Stony Brook University is also ranked at #61 for MS (Masters), at #64 in the 'others PG' category, and #84 in MSN.

As compared to the last year, Stony Brook University witnessed an improving trend in its THE (Times Higher Education) ranking which stood at #301 in 2023. Additionally, Stony Brook University ranks #58 in US News 'National University' category in 2024.

According to 'University Ranking' category of QS 2025, Stony Brook University ranks #460, which is declining in comparison to its last year's ranking, i.e., #396 in 2024. Stony Brook University also ranks #251 in THE 'University Ranking' category 2024. As compared to the last year, Stony Brook University witnessed an improving trend in its THE (Times Higher Education) ranking which stood at #301 in 2023. Additionally, Stony Brook University ranks #58 in US News 'National University' category in 2024.

The acceptance rate for Stony Brook University MS is 48%. The moderate percentage shows that students can get admission to master programs if perform well in academics. Students must have a bachelor's degree in a relevant subject and submit crucial documents to get admitted to the Computer Science curriculum. Some of the crucial documents include a statement of purpose, resume, three letters of recommendation, scanned transcripts, GRE scores, and English language requirements.