Status

Suffolk University is a private, co-educational, non-sectarian university located in Boston. Founded in 1906, the University offers bachelors, masters and doctoral degree programs in its Law School, College of Arts and Sciences and Sawyer Business School.

Students (as of fall 2012)

  • 9,192 Full-and part-time students
    • 5,919 Undergraduate students from 43 states and 105 countries
    • 1,616 Graduate students from 30 states and 43 countries
    • 1,657 Law students from 46 states and 46 countries
    • 1,291 International students (undergraduate and graduate) from 106 countries
  • 2,557 Degrees conferred annually

Faculty

  • 91 percent hold doctoral degrees
  • 1:12 Faculty/student ratio (undergraduate)
  • 1:17 Faculty/student ratio (Law School)

Alumni (as of fall 2012)

  • 22,292 Law School
  • 23,273 College of Arts and Sciences
  • 27,227 Sawyer Business School
  • 70,850 Active alumni
  • 1,919 Alumni with degrees from more than one Suffolk school

Finances (as of fall 2012)

Facilities

  • 16 buildings located on Beacon Hill and in downtown Boston
  • 40-acre Robert S. Friedman Field Station at Cobscook Bay, Maine
  • 80-acre riverfront property in Passadumkeag, 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 Entrepreneurship
  • 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 and Lifelong Learning 
  • 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 Service
  • 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 2013 edition of The Best 377 Colleges
  • The Princeton Review 2013 edition of The Best 296 Business Schools
  • Design Intelligence magazine "2013 America's Best Architecture & Design Schools" ranked the New England School of Art & Design's MA programs among the "Top 10" interior design programs in the U.S.
  • The Colleges of Distinction eBook, 2012-2013 edition
  • The Princeton Review 2012 edition of The Best 376 Colleges
  • The Princeton Review 2012 Guide to 322 Green 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 Carnegie Foundation Community Engagement Classification

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