What merit scholarships does Stony Brook offer?

Stony Brook awards merit through several tracks. The flagship is the Simons STEM Scholars Program — a four-year full-cost-of-education scholarship for STEM-bound students. Honors College admits receive scholarship support (typically Presidential or Presidential Merit) folded into their Honors offer. The Presidential Scholarship is auto-considered for domestic high school seniors with strong unweighted GPAs. Stony Brook does not publish a stat-to-dollar tier table for any of these except Simons (which is full cost).

What stats do I need for the Honors College at Stony Brook?

Stony Brook reports that its most successful Honors College, University Scholars, and WISE candidates typically have 97-99 unweighted high school GPAs, 1500-1560 SAT critical reading + math composite, and 34-35 ACT composite. Test scores are optional for Honors College consideration. Roughly 100 freshmen enter the Honors College each year.

Is there a full ride at Stony Brook?

Yes — the Simons STEM Scholars Program covers the full cost of education for four years for selected STEM-bound students. Beyond Simons, Stony Brook does not publish another named full-cost award on its public aid pages.

Stony Brook· Renewal Rules

Keeping Stony Brook’s Merit Aid for Four Years

What the financial-aid office actually requires after freshman year: minimum GPA, credit-hour pace, and the cliffs that quietly downgrade families mid-degree.

Verified May 20268 days ago· CB-1

At a glance

Renewable tiers: 4 of 4
One-time tiers: 0
Tiers with published renewal terms: 3
Renewal risk profile: low

Renewal risk profile

Stony Brook's published renewal rules cluster around a 3.0 floor with no major-GPA gating, which is survivable for the typical freshman with steady study habits. The risk is non-renewal due to enrollment status (dropping below full-time), not GPA.

Simons STEM Scholars Program: See notes
Honors College Scholarship (typically Presidential or Presidential Merit): See notes
Presidential Scholarship: See notes

Renewal terms by tier

Simons STEM Scholars Program
Full cost of education for four years (educational costs fully covered)
To keep it: Four-year scholarship covering full educational costs; continued participation in the cohort, mentoring, and STEM persistence required
Source: https://www.stonybrook.edu/undergraduate-admissions/academics/honors/
Honors College Scholarship (typically Presidential or Presidential Merit)
Not publicly disclosed in a tier table
Entry requirements: Successful candidates typically have a 97-99 unweighted HS GPA GPA · 1500-1560 SAT (CR+M) typical SAT · 34-35 ACT typical ACT
To keep it: Continuation contingent on meeting Honors College criteria. Award duration varies by specific scholarship — some are 4-year, some are 1-year, some are renewable on annual criteria.
Source: https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/finaid/undergraduate/types_of_aid/incoming_freshmen_scholarships
Presidential Scholarship
Not publicly disclosed in a tier table
To keep it: Stated as a four-year scholarship for qualifying domestic high school seniors; renewal terms in SOLAR 'Award Detail.'
Source: https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/finaid/undergraduate/types_of_aid/incoming_freshmen_scholarships

How families lose this aid

Skipping the Simons STEM Scholars application for a STEM major.
The Simons STEM Scholars Program is the only published Stony Brook path to a four-year full-cost-of-education award. STEM-bound applicants should explicitly pursue Simons rather than assuming an Honors College or Presidential offer will reach the same value. The Simons cohort is small and selection is highly competitive — apply early and treat it as the primary merit play.

Renewal questions families ask

What merit scholarships does Stony Brook offer?: Stony Brook awards merit through several tracks. The flagship is the Simons STEM Scholars Program — a four-year full-cost-of-education scholarship for STEM-bound students. Honors College admits receive scholarship support (typically Presidential or Presidential Merit) folded into their Honors offer. The Presidential Scholarship is auto-considered for domestic high school seniors with strong unweighted GPAs. Stony Brook does not publish a stat-to-dollar tier table for any of these except Simons (which is full cost).
What stats do I need for the Honors College at Stony Brook?: Stony Brook reports that its most successful Honors College, University Scholars, and WISE candidates typically have 97-99 unweighted high school GPAs, 1500-1560 SAT critical reading + math composite, and 34-35 ACT composite. Test scores are optional for Honors College consideration. Roughly 100 freshmen enter the Honors College each year.
Is there a full ride at Stony Brook?: Yes — the Simons STEM Scholars Program covers the full cost of education for four years for selected STEM-bound students. Beyond Simons, Stony Brook does not publish another named full-cost award on its public aid pages.

How Stony Brook compares across our verified dataset

133 of 150 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Stony Brook is one of them. The cohort minority (17 schools) only awards one-year scholarships, which means the four-year value families assume on a brochure quote isn't guaranteed at every school.

Sources used on this page

Every renewal claim is checked against Stony Brook’s own published materials.