Health Sciences & Services at Stony Brook University

If you are interested in studying health sciences and services, 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 approximately 26,782 students attend the school each year. Of the 755 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Stony Brook University in 2021, 442 of them were health sciences and services majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health Sciences & Services section at the bottom of this page.

SUNY Stony Brook Health Sciences & Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Science

SUNY Stony Brook Health Sciences & Services Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks health science programs across the country. The following shows how SUNY Stony Brook performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health science major at SUNY Stony Brook is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health Sciences & Services. 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 Focused Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	51
Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	111
Most Focused Health Sciences & Services Schools	141

How Much Do Health Science Graduates from SUNY Stony Brook Make?

The median salary of health science students who receive their bachelor's degree at SUNY Stony Brook is $33,206. This is 6% higher than $31,369, which is the national average for all health science bachelor's degree recipients.

Health Science Student Demographics at SUNY Stony Brook

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

SUNY Stony Brook Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Program

Of the 442 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in health science from SUNY Stony Brook in 2021, 30% were men and 70% were women. The typical health science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at SUNY Stony Brook since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% more racial-ethnic minorities in its health science 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 health science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	134
Black or African American	61
Hispanic or Latino	87
White	115
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	40

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

Concentrations Within Health Sciences & Services

If you plan to be a health science major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Stony Brook University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences	442

Related Majors

• Other Health Professions
• Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences
• Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Bioethics/Medical Ethics

Careers That Health Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in health science 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
Community Health Workers	6,590	$44,340

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.