• University Profile

Students

9,563 Full-and part-time students

1,796 Degrees conferred annually

   962 International students from 103 countries

Faculty

91 percent hold doctoral degrees

1:12 Faculty/student ratio (undergraduate)

1:17 Faculty/student ratio (Law School)

Alumni

22,540 Law School

22,179 College of Arts and Sciences

26,281 Sawyer Business School

65,000 Active alumni

1,877 Alumni with degrees from more than one Suffolk school

Finances

Annual operating budget - $293,658,450

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

Tuition for the Law School (see Tuition and Fees)

Financial Aid for the College of Arts & Sciences and Sawyer Business School (see Student Financial Services)

Financial Aid for the Law School

Facilities

  • 16 buildings located on Beacon Hill and in 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
  • 197-bed Modern Theatre Residence Hall at West and Washington streets

International Campus

  • Madrid, Spain

Satellite Campuses

  • MBA-North at Riverwalk, Lawrence, Mass.
  • Cape Cod Community College  

Institutes and Research Centers

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

 The Arts

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

Libraries

  • John Joseph Moakley Law Library
  • Mildred F. Sawyer Library (also serving Madrid)
  • 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

Recognition

  • The Princeton Review 2012 edition of The Best 376 Colleges
  • Design Intelligence magazine "2012 America's Best Architecture & Design Schools" ranked the New England School of Art & Design's BFA and MA programs among the "Top 10" interior design programs in the U.S. 
  • The Princeton Review 2011 edition of The Best 373 Colleges
  • The Princeton Review 2011 edition of The Best 300 Business Schools
  • The Princeton Review 2011 edition of The Best Northeastern Colleges
  • DesignIntelligence magazine “2011 America’s Best Architecture & Design Schools” ranked the New England School of Art & Design's BFA and MA programs among the “Top 10” interior design programs in the U.S.
  • The Carnegie Foundation Community Engagement Classification
  • The Princeton Review 2011 edition of the Guide to 311 Green Colleges
  • The Princeton Review 2010 edition of the Guide to 286 Green Colleges
  • Financial Times 2010 edition: EMBA programs ranked in the “Top 100” worldwide
  • GI Jobs magazine 2011 list of "Military Friendly Schools" 
  • U.S. News & World Report 2009 edition: Best Colleges: Most International Students

Accrediting Commissions and Agencies

• New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC)
•The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business - AACSB International
• AACSB for Accounting and Taxation
• American Bar Association
• ABA for Paralegal Applied Legal Studies
• American Chemical Society
• American Psychological Association
• Comunidad de Madrid - Suffolk University Madrid Campus Accreditation
• Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, Inc.
• Foundation for Interior Design Accreditation
• International Association of Counseling Centers
• Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology
• National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration
• National Association of Schools of Art and Design
• State Department of Education for inclusion in the reciprocity privileges of the Interstate    Certification Compact

Membership Affiliation

• Association of American Law Schools