SAT Scores Trends at SUNY Stony Brook

SAT Scores Over Time

The 2025 SAT score is 1420 at SUNY Stony Brook. Over the past 11 years, the average SAT score is 1247 (25^th percentile) and 1443 (75^th percentile). Compared to similar schools, the submitted SAT scores are competitive and high at SUNY Stony Brook.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in SAT scores at Stony Brook University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• SAT Total
• SAT Math
• SAT EBRW

Year	Total			Math			Evidence-Based Reading and Writing
	25th	50th	75th	25th	50th	75th	25th	50th	75th
2015-16	1,150	1,265	1,380	600	660	720	550	605	660
2016-17	1,150	1,260	1,370	600	655	710	550	605	660
2017-18	1,210	1,310	1,410	620	675	730	590	635	680
2018-19	1,230	1,325	1,420	630	685	740	600	640	680
2019-20	1,230	1,335	1,440	640	695	750	590	640	690
2020-21	1,230	1,335	1,440	630	690	750	600	645	690
2021-22	1,300	1,390	1,480	670	720	770	630	670	710
2022-23	1,320	1,410	1,500	680	730	780	640	680	720
2023-24	1,320	1,410	1,490	680	730	770	640	680	720
2024-25	1,330	1,420	1,500	680	730	770	650	690	730
Average	1247	1346	1443	643	697	749	604	649	694

^*SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing replaces SAT critical reading and writing since year 2017.

^**The SAT Writing score is excluded from the total scores for year from 2011 to 2016.

ACT Scores Over Time

The 2025 ACT score is 31 at SUNY Stony Brook. Over the past 11 years, the average ACT score of the last 11 years is 27 (25^th percentile) and 32 (75^th percentile). Compared to similar schools, the submitted ACT scores are competitive and high at SUNY Stony Brook.

The following table and chart show the changes in ACT scores at Stony Brook University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• ACT Composite
• ACT Math
• ACT English

Year	Composite			English			Math
	25th	50th	75th	25th	50th	75th	25th	50th	75th
2015-16	26	29	31	25	29	32	26	29	32
2016-17	26	29	31	24	28	31	26	29	32
2017-18	26	29	31	24	28	32	26	29	32
2018-19	26	29	31	24	29	33	26	29	31
2019-20	26	29	32	24	29	33	26	29	32
2020-21	26	29	32	25	30	34	25	29	32
2021-22	29	31	33	28	31	34	27	30	33
2022-23	28	31	34	27	32	35	28	30	34
2023-24	28	31	33	27	32	34	27	30	33
2024-25	29	31	33	29	33	35	27	31	34
Average	27	30	32	26	30	33	26	29	33

Compare SAT Score Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares Stony Brook University' SAT score to similar schools.