STONY BROOK, N.Y., August 19, 2005 -- Stony Brook University has been ranked among the top 100 national universities in America and among the top 50 public national universities in the country in the annual U.S. News & World Report survey released today. The survey marks the fourth time in less than a year that Stony Brook has received either worldwide or national recognition in such a poll.
The University tied for 97th in the U.S. News rating of national universities, which the magazine defines as universities that "offer a wide range of undergraduate majors as well as master's and doctoral degrees; many strongly emphasize research." Stony Brook ranked tied for 45th in the category of top public national universities.
The survey, which appears in the August 29 edition of U.S. News, is based on 15 indicators of academic quality gathered from each institution.
"Stony Brook University is an extraordinary place," said Shirley Strum Kenny, President of Stony Brook University. "Our internationally known faculty enrich the lives of students from all over the globe and our researchers pioneer discoveries that improve the lives of people throughout the world. The rankings -- all of them -- are a tribute to the terrific work our people do."
Stony Brook's engineering program was also selected as one of the nation's best, ranking in a tie for 67th for universities whose highest degree offered is a doctorate. And the University was one of only 36 cited for its undergraduate research/creative ideas -- joining such other institutions as Harvard, Yale, Princeton, the University of California-Berkeley, and MIT.
The University also ranked 24th in "least debt: national universities."
Within the last year, Stony Brook has also been ranked the 136th best university in the world by the London Times Higher Education Supplement, and in the top 50 in North America; ranked 10th among U.S. public universities by the Times; and ranked among the top 150 universities in the world by the Institute for Higher Education in Shanghai.
