- The Inkwell
- Massachusetts
- Suffolk University
Boston, MACity: largeZIP 02108Founded 1906
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1906
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral/professional university
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.suffolk.edu
MassachusettsPrivate nonprofit
Suffolk University
Suffolk University is a private nonprofit university in Boston, Massachusetts, with 4,268 undergraduates. It admits 82% of applicants, graduates 58% within six years and costs $40,008 a year after aid.
58%graduate
Admission rate82%
Retention75%
4-year graduation42%
Pell Grant share36%
Federal loans60%
$40,008net price / year
82%admission rate
1216average SAT
58%graduate in 6 years
$75,345median earnings, 10 yrs
$26,976median debt
#273 of 1,704 for earnings#1,657 of 1,739 for lowest net price#727 of 1,738 for graduation rate#931 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $69,359tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $49,556
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $49,556
- Average net price
- $40,008national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$31,517
$30,001–48,000$40,172
$48,001–75,000$30,454
$75,001–110,000$44,993
$110,001+$45,050
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 82%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1216
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 550–670
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 540–630
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 24–28
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college82%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college75%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college58%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college36%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 58%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 42%
- First-year retention
- 75%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 66%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $61,984
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $75,345middle 50%: $51,097–$107,048
- Median debt at graduation
- $26,976
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$107,048
Median, Suffolk University$75,345
Lower quarter$51,097
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 4,268
- Part-time
- 2.4%
- Women / men
- 64% / 36%
- Average age at entry
- 20.2
- First-generation students
- 30%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 36%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 15 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 56%
- Average faculty salary
- $12,891 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $11,805
- Endowment, end of year
- $252,033,632
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White49%
Hispanic16%
Black9.7%
Asian8.1%
Two or more races2.9%
U.S. nonresident12%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Unknown1.8%
17 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management32%
Social sciences12%
Communication & journalism12%
Psychology8.2%
Computer & information sciences6.6%
Visual & performing arts5.6%
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting5.5%
Legal professions5.1%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 168005. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q1056123.