unitid 168005 · Boston, MA · private nonprofit 4-year · city (large)
Suffolk University
- enrollment 2023
- 7,239
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
82%
66th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
4,268
91st pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
30%
undergrads on Pell grants
41st pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
61%
finish within 150% time
56th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$65,281
80th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$29,618
after aid, aided students
80th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$67,506
after entry, Title IV students
81st pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$26,889
80th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $24,745 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k24%
- 30-48k13%
- 48-75knot reported
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $62,281
- First-generation students
- 30%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $47,550
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.5× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law. | 350 | — | — |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods. | 157 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 146 | $131,472 | — |
| Marketing. | 97 | $80,578 | $27,000 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | 84 | $93,638 | $27,000 |
| Non-Professional Legal Studies. | 80 | $56,271 | $27,000 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 78 | $76,970 | $27,000 |
| Psychology, General. | 61 | $60,751 | $27,000 |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication. | 60 | — | $27,000 |
| Political Science and Government. | 58 | $77,636 | $27,000 |
| Public Administration. | 53 | $85,129 | — |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 53 | $104,716 | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.