Enrollment Trends at SUNY Stony Brook

The student population at Stony Brook University is 25,710 (17,509 undergraduate and 8,201 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,764 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at SUNY Stony Brook is 68.10% which is increased by 1,672 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 92 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.11 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

2,171 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 21.01% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 25,624 where 25,710 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

68.10% of total students is undergraduate students and 31.90% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,672 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 92 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.11 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in SUNY Stony Brook than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Stony Brook University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	23,946	15,837	8,441	7,396	8,109	3,657	4,452
2013-14	24,143 197	15,992 155	8,603 162	7,389 -7	8,151 42	3,607 -50	4,544 92
2014-15	24,607 464	16,480 488	8,956 353	7,524 135	8,127 -24	3,629 22	4,498 -46
2015-16	25,272 665	16,831 351	9,141 185	7,690 166	8,441 314	3,732 103	4,709 211
2016-17	25,734 462	17,026 195	9,148 7	7,878 188	8,708 267	3,702 -30	5,006 297
2017-18	25,989 255	17,364 338	9,258 110	8,106 228	8,625 -83	3,655 -47	4,970 -36
2018-19	26,256 267	17,522 158	9,033 -225	8,489 383	8,734 109	3,683 28	5,051 81
2019-20	26,814 558	17,909 387	9,045 12	8,864 375	8,905 171	3,786 103	5,119 68
2020-21	26,782 -32	18,010 101	8,956 -89	9,054 190	8,772 -133	3,656 -130	5,116 -3
2021-22	26,608 -174	17,999 -11	8,810 -146	9,189 135	8,609 -163	3,622 -34	4,987 -129
2022-23	25,710 -898	17,509 -490	8,610 -200	8,899 -290	8,201 -408	3,571 -51	4,630 -357
Average	25,624	17,134	8,909	8,225	8,489	3,664	4,826

Stony Brook University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 17,134 where 17,509 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Stony Brook University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	15,837	14,566	7,821	6,745	1,271	620	651
2013-14	15,992	14,892	8,068	6,824	1,100	535	565
2014-15	16,480	15,385	8,361	7,024	1,095	595	500
2015-16	16,831	15,714	8,538	7,176	1,117	603	514
2016-17	17,026	15,858	8,526	7,332	1,168	622	546
2017-18	17,364	16,212	8,630	7,582	1,152	628	524
2018-19	17,522	16,341	8,414	7,927	1,181	619	562
2019-20	17,909	16,697	8,419	8,278	1,212	626	586
2020-21	18,010	16,586	8,217	8,369	1,424	739	685
2021-22	17,999	16,698	8,140	8,558	1,301	670	631
2022-23	17,509	16,406	8,018	8,388	1,103	592	511
Average	17,134	17,134	8,287	7,655	17,134	623	570

Stony Brook University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 8,489 where 8,201 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Stony Brook University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	8,109	5,237	2,684	2,553	2,872	973	1,899
2013-14	8,151	5,152	2,620	2,532	2,999	987	2,012
2014-15	8,127	5,255	2,720	2,535	2,872	909	1,963
2015-16	8,441	5,336	2,760	2,576	3,105	972	2,133
2016-17	8,708	5,419	2,692	2,727	3,289	1,010	2,279
2017-18	8,625	5,558	2,788	2,770	3,067	867	2,200
2018-19	8,734	5,365	2,715	2,650	3,369	968	2,401
2019-20	8,905	5,491	2,840	2,651	3,414	946	2,468
2020-21	8,772	5,399	2,671	2,728	3,373	985	2,388
2021-22	8,609	5,759	2,857	2,902	2,850	765	2,085
2022-23	8,201	5,587	2,769	2,818	2,614	802	1,812
Average	8,489	8,489	2,738	2,677	8,489	926	2,149

Stony Brook University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 30.51% and the percentage of black students is 5.69% at Stony Brook University. 26.56% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Stony Brook University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	75	4,727	1,448	1,997	31	9,686	0
2013-14	34	4,523	1,342	2,128	27	9,295	427
2014-15	33	4,631	1,459	2,258	26	9,703	461
2015-16	36	4,704	1,544	2,382	27	9,766	481
2016-17	35	4,800	1,573	2,585	25	9,763	516
2017-18	43	4,945	1,649	2,710	20	9,543	555
2018-19	30	5,327	1,737	2,852	20	9,542	595
2019-20	18	5,719	1,708	3,003	20	9,347	618
2020-21	17	6,235	1,662	3,285	17	9,407	678
2021-22	16	6,551	1,551	3,343	16	8,675	677
2022-23	17	6,829	1,464	3,316	17	7,844	625
Average	32	5,363	1,558	2,714	22	9,325	512

Stony Brook University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,171 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 8% of total students. The number of online students has increased 21.01% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Stony Brook University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	24,607	1,794	1,035	21,778
2015-16	25,272	1,869	1,362	22,041
2016-17	25,734	2,006	1,770	21,958
2017-18	25,989	1,966	2,706	21,317
2018-19	26,256	1,309	3,157	21,790
2019-20	26,814	1,444	4,325	21,045
2020-21	26,782	12,571	11,458	2,753
2021-22	26,608	3,072	14,521	9,015
2022-23	25,710	2,171	13,828	9,711
Average	25,975	3,134	6,018	16,823

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