• University Profile

Students

9,563  Full- and part-time students

1,796  Degrees conferred annually

   812  International students from 98 countries

Faculty/Staff

91% hold Ph.D. degrees

1:12 Faculty/student ratio (undergraduate)

1:21 Faculty/student ratio (Law School)

Alumni

21,731 Law School

20,269 College of Arts and Sciences

24,488 Sawyer Business School

64,651 Active alumni

1,765 Alumni with degrees from more than one Suffolk school

Finances

$276,877,050 Annual operating budget

Tuition for undergraduates in the Sawyer Business School and College of Arts and Sciences (see Tuition and Fees)

Tuition for Law School (see Tuition and Fees)

$170,011,080 Financial Aid for the College of Arts & Sciences and Sawyer Business School (awarded to 63% of students)

$59,598,421   Financial Aid for Law School (awarded to 85% of students)

Facilities

15 buildings located on Beacon Hill in the heart of downtown Boston

40-acre Robert S. Friedman Field Station at Cobscook Bay, Maine

426-bed Residence Hall at 150 Tremont Street

345-bed Nathan R. Miller Residence Hall at 10 Somerset Street 

274-bed Residence Hall at 10 West Street

Campuses

  • Madrid, Spain
  • Dakar, Senegal 

Affiliations

  • Cape Cod Community College
  • Dean College
  • Merrimack College

Institutes and Research Centers

  • John Joseph Moakley Archive and Institute on Public Policy and Political Leadership
  • Beacon Hill Institute
  • Barbara and Richard M. Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies
  • E.F. McDonnell International Business Institute
  • Institute for Executive Education
  • Center for Advanced Legal Studies
  • Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
  • Center for Global Business Law and Ethics
  • Center for Innovation & Change Leadership
  • Center for International Education
  • Center for Public Management
  • Center for Restorative Justice
  • Center for Teaching Excellence
  • Center for Women’s Health and Human Rights
  • Juvenile Justice Center
  • Center for Crime & Justice Policy Research
  • Poetry Center
  • Suffolk University Political Research Center
  • Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy
  • R.S. Friedman Field Station
  • Sagan Energy Research Laboratory

The Arts

  • The Adams Gallery
  • Suffolk University Art Gallery
  • C. Walsh Theatre

Libraries

  • John Joseph Moakley Law Library
  • Mildred F. Sawyer Library (also serving Madrid and Dakar)
  • New England School of Art & Design at Suffolk University Library

Special Collections

  • Collection of African American Literature
  • John Joseph Moakley Archive and Institute
  • Zieman Poetry Collection

Awards

  • U.S. News Best Colleges 2007 (Best Universities-Master’s in the North)
  • U.S. News Best Colleges 2005 (Best Universities-Master’s in the North)
  • The Princeton Review 2007 edition of The Best 361 Colleges
  • The Princeton Review 2005 edition of The Best 357 Colleges
  • The Princeton Review 2005 Top 25 Most Connected Business Campuses
  • NAFSA: Association of International Educators – Internationalizing the Campus 2004: Profiles of Success at Colleges and Universities – one of eight schools highlighted for exemplary programs in international education
  • The Princeton Review 2006 edition of The Best Northeastern Colleges
  • The Princeton Review 2005 edition of The Best Northeastern Colleges 

Accreditation

  • New England Association of Schools and Colleges
  • AACSB -International  - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
  • American Chemical Society
  • American Bar Association
  • National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration
  • American Association of Law Schools
  • Council for Interior Design Accreditation
  • National Association of Schools of Art and Design
  • American Psychological Association
  • International Association of Counseling Centers
  • ABET - Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology