Information Science at Stony Brook University

If you are interested in studying information science, you may want to check out the program at Stony Brook University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SUNY Stony Brook is located in Stony Brook, New York and has a total student population of 26,782. Of the 449 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Stony Brook University in 2021, 74 of them were information science majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Information Science section at the bottom of this page.

SUNY Stony Brook Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IS

SUNY Stony Brook Information Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IS progam at SUNY Stony Brook compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IS major at SUNY Stony Brook is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Information Science. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	22
Most Popular Information Science Schools	48
	51
Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	64
	89
Best Value Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	92
Best Information Science Schools	104
Most Focused Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	106
Best Value Information Science Schools	151
Most Focused Information Science Schools	198

Earnings of SUNY Stony Brook IS Graduates

The median salary of IS students who receive their bachelor's degree at SUNY Stony Brook is $50,971. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $52,802 for all IS students.

IS Student Demographics at SUNY Stony Brook

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IS majors at Stony Brook University.

SUNY Stony Brook Information Science Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 74 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in IS from SUNY Stony Brook. About 80% were men and 20% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its IS bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Stony Brook University with a bachelor's in IS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	28
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	23
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

SUNY Stony Brook also has a doctoral program available in IS. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Information Science

If you plan to be a IS major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Stony Brook University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Information Science	74

Related Majors

• Other Computer & Information Sciences
• Computer Information Systems
• Computer Science

Careers That IS Grads May Go Into

A degree in IS can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Stony Brook University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Computer and Information Systems Managers	27,070	$190,310
Systems Software Developers	19,690	$115,120
Computer Science Professors	3,030	$105,860
Computer and Information Research Scientists	1,430	$131,220

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Danski14 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.