Stony Brook University--SUNY is a public institution that was founded in 1957. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 16,003, its setting is suburban, and the campus size is 1,454 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Stony Brook University--SUNY's ranking in the 2014 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, 82.

Stony Brook University is one of 64 schools in the State University of New York (SUNY) system. Located on the North Shore of Long Island, the university is accessible by car, train, and ferry, and many students choose to commute. Freshmen do not have to live on campus.