Stony Brook vs CU-Boulder

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	Stony Brook University	University of Colorado Boulder
Overview
Location	Stony Brook, New York	Boulder, Colorado
Campus setting	Suburb: Large	City: Midsize
College type	4 year	4 year
Control/business model	Public	Public
Calendar system	Semester	Semester
Degrees offered	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate
Students retention rate	89.0%	87.0%
Common app member	No	Yes
Religious affiliation

Admission
Acceptance rate	48.1%	79.6%
Application fees	Undergraduate: $50 Graduate: $100	Undergraduate: $50 Graduate: $60
SAT range	1300 - 1480	1170 - 1390
ACT range	29 - 33	25 - 31
Students submitting SAT score	37.0%	32.0%
Students submitting ACT score	6.0%	16.0%
Total number of applicants	38,826	54,756
Total number of admissions given out	18,659	43,576
Admitted students who chose to enroll	3,416	6,785
Yield rate	18.3%	15.6%
Test scores (SAT/ACT)	N/A	N/A
High school GPA	Required	Required
Recommendation letters	Required	Not required
High school transcript	Not required	Not required
English proficiency test (e.g. TOEFL)	Required	Required

Tuition and Fees
Sticker price	In state: $34,187 Out of state: $52,107	In state: $29,725 Out of state: $55,543
Average net price	$16,445	$22,532
Tuition	In state: $7,070 Out of state: $24,990	In state: $10,728 Out of state: $36,546
Room & board	Room/dormitory: $9,908 Meal plan: $5,590	$15,220
Available payment plans	Tuition payment plan	Guaranteed tuition plan Tuition payment plan

Financial Aid
Students receiving financial aid (Grants & scholarships)	73.0% Average amount $10,370	53.0% Average amount $9,214
Students receiving federal student loan	37.0% Average amount $4,942	27.0% Average amount $4,986
Students taking out private loans	3.0% Average amount $15,080	6.0% Average amount $24,094

Students and Campus
Undergraduate students	17,999 Men 48.9% Women 51.1%	30,886 Men 54.8% Women 45.2%
Graduate students	8,609 Men 42.1% Women 57.9%	8,114 Men 57.8% Women 42.2%
Racial/ethnic diversity	Moderate	Low
Out-of-state students	11.3%	48.8%
International students	13.3%	7.1%
Campus local/setting	Suburb: Large	City: Midsize
Dormitory capacity	10,420	7,500
First year students are required to live on campus?	No	No
Top 5 states where most U.S. students come from	New York New Jersey Connecticut Pennsylvania Mississippi	Colorado California Texas Illinois New York

Academics
Popular study areas	Health Professions Engineering Computer and Information Science Education Business	Business Engineering Communication and Journalism Visual & Performing Arts Legal Profession
Students to faculty ratio	19:1	18:1
Institutional accreditation	Middle States Commission on Higher Education	Higher Learning Commission

Outcome
Graduation rate	77.7%	74.0%
Dropout rate	7.8%	8.6%
Transferred out	13.4%	15.9%
Alumni salary by major (Top 10)	Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $107,469 Year 2: $114,892 Year 3: $132,337 Dentistry (First Professional Degrees) Year 1: $62,815 Year 2: $72,320 Year 3: $117,786 Educational Administration and Supervision (Graduate/Professional Certificates) Year 1: $112,109 Year 2: $101,964 Year 3: $110,440 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $106,682 Year 2: $105,661 Year 3: $107,071 Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $73,837 Year 2: $76,170 Year 3: $96,347 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $84,511 Year 2: $85,898 Year 3: $90,858 Mechanical Engineering (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $72,326 Year 2: $69,577 Year 3: $80,624 Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (First Professional Degrees) Year 1: $70,272 Year 2: $73,606 Year 3: $78,333 Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $78,983 Year 2: $76,460 Year 3: $77,989 Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $59,148 Year 2: $60,523 Year 3: $77,613	Engineering, General (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $105,752 Year 2: $116,679 Year 3: $121,033 Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering (Doctoral Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $97,071 Year 3: $118,373 Computer Science (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $93,907 Year 2: $94,408 Year 3: $108,458 Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $85,254 Year 2: $89,641 Year 3: $97,860 Mechanical Engineering (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $76,200 Year 2: $75,706 Year 3: $92,272 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $87,191 Year 2: $80,503 Year 3: $87,258 Computer Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $74,023 Year 2: $75,204 Year 3: $86,676 Computer Science (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $69,804 Year 2: $75,921 Year 3: $85,563 Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (Doctoral Degrees) Year 1: $75,633 Year 2: $83,177 Year 3: $85,039 Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $68,440 Year 2: $71,957 Year 3: $83,132

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