Health Professions at Stony Brook University

Every health professions school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the health professions program at Stony Brook University stacks up to those at other schools.

SUNY Stony Brook is located in Stony Brook, New York and has a total student population of 26,782. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 617 students received their master's degree in health professions.

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

SUNY Stony Brook Health Professions Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Health Professions
• Doctorate Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at SUNY Stony Brook

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SUNY Stony Brook offers distance education options for health professions at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

SUNY Stony Brook Health Professions Rankings

There were 352 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #73 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at SUNY Stony Brook

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

SUNY Stony Brook Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 617 students who earned a master's degree in Health Professions from SUNY Stony Brook in 2020-2021, 20% were men and 80% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from SUNY Stony Brook, 53% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 37% of degree recipients. That is 1% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	92
Black or African American	48
Hispanic or Latino	64
White	326
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	81

Concentrations Within Health Professions

The following health professions concentations are available at Stony Brook University. 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
Nursing	340
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	190
Medicine	153
Allied Health Professions	89
Dentistry	45
Medical Illustration & Informatics	43
Health & Medical Administrative Services	40
Public Health	32
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	31
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	27
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences	8
Other Health Professions	2

Careers That Health Professions Grads May Go Into

A degree in health professions 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
Personal Care Aides	199,060	$27,640
Home Health Aides	191,820	$26,240
Registered Nurses	182,490	$85,610
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	112,510	$70,770
Nursing Assistants	91,400	$37,010

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.