Accreditation & Accolades

Suffolk University's accreditations from AACSB, NASPAA, and CAHME attest to our recognized excellence across business, public administration, and healthcare programs at the graduate level.

Sawyer Business School is the only business school in the U.S. simultaneously accredited by these three organizations and is routinely awarded for the exceptional quality of its programs and graduates.

Accreditations

AACSB logoThe Sawyer Business School is the only Boston business school to achieve AACSB accreditation for its business administration programs and supplemental accreditation for its accounting programs.

SBS received initial AACSB accreditation in 1989, and the accounting accreditation was initially received in 2001.


NASPAA logoSuffolk's Master of Public Administration (MPA) is a NASPAA-accredited degree program. We’re also the only Boston business school to have earned dual accreditation by AACSB International and NASPAA. SBS received initial NASPAA accreditation in 1980.


CAHME logoSuffolk's Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA) is a CAHME-accredited degree program. We always strive to offer learning opportunities for our students that prepare them to address the challenges they will face as healthcare leaders and managers. The CAHME's initial accreditation was received in 2016.


NECHE logoSuffolk University is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE). Suffolk received this initial NECHE accreditation in 1952.

 

Accolades

US News Best Business Programs 2025 US News Best Business Programs 2025 US News Best MBA Programs 2025

Suffolk University

  • Best National Universities, 2024–2025
  • Among top universities in the country for social mobility

Sawyer Business School

  • Best Colleges, Undergraduate Business Programs, 2025
  • Best Online Programs, MBA, 2025
  • Best Grad Schools, Public Affairs, 2025
  • Only US business school accredited by AACSB, NASPAA, and CAHME for graduate business, public administration, and healthcare programs