STONY BROOK, N.Y., January 13, 2006—Stony Brook University has been ranked among the best values in the nation for public universities by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance. Stony Brook ranked 35th, a jump from 89th in 2003, when the finance magazine last ranked public colleges and universities.
According to Kiplinger’s, the criteria used to rank the campuses are academic quality, cost, and financial aid. The top 100 campuses were selected from a pool of more than 500 public four-year colleges and universities.
In the last year, Stony Brook has been ranked as the 136th best university in the world—out of more than 8,300—by the London Times Higher Education Supplement, in the top 50 in North America, and 10th among U.S. public universities; and ranked tied for 97th in the U.S. News and World Report’s ranking of national universities and was tied for 45th in the ranking of public universities. It was also one of only 36 nationwide cited by the U.S News for the integration of research into undergraduate education.
The University was also ranked among the top 152 universities in the world by the Institute for Higher Education in Shanghai.. In addition, Stony Brook was ranked among the top 100 universities in North and Latin America, with the Institute grouping it in the category of number 58-77. Joining Stony Brook in that grouping were such institutions as Dartmouth College, the University of Massachusetts, and the University of Virginia.
For more information on the Kiplinger’s ranking methodology, please visit www.kiplinger.com/tools/colleges.
