$67,506
median earnings, 10 years after starting
Suffolk University is a private nonprofit 4-year college in Boston, Massachusetts with 4,268 undergraduates and 2,030 graduate students. Its average net price after grants is $29,618 a year (tuition and fees $47,550). It admits 82% of applicants and 61% of students finish within 6 years. Former students earn a median $67,506 a year 10 years after they started, and graduates leave with a median $26,889 in federal student loans.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
$29,618
US median $17,138
Tuition and fees
$47,550
US median $11,837
Admission rate
82%
US median 78%
Completion rate
61%
Within 6 years, US 58%
Median debt
$26,889
About $285 a month
Earnings at 10 years
$67,506
Rank 447 of 5,094 in the US
Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
Net price by family income
Average yearly cost after grants, for students who get aid
- Net price
- $29,618
- Tuition and fees
- $47,550
- Cost of attendance
- $65,281
- Students with a need-based grant
- 30%
- Students with federal loans
- 55%
- Net price, family income under $30K
- $24,745
- Net price, family income $30K to $48K
- $25,711
- Net price, family income $48K to $75K
- $25,702
- Net price, family income $75K to $110K
- $29,654
- Net price, family income over $110K
- $36,264
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2015-16 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Tuition and fees went from $33,934 in 2015-16 to $47,550 in 2024-25.
Admission, completion and retention
Share of applicants admitted, of students who finish and of first-year students who come back
Admission and students
- Admission rate
- 82%
- Average SAT
- 1,216
- SAT reading, middle
- 600
- SAT math, middle
- 580
- ACT, middle
- 26
- Undergraduates
- 4,268
- Graduate students
- 2,030
- Part-time students
- 2.4%
- Women
- 64%
- Students per teacher
- 15
- Completion rate
- 61%
- Retention rate
- 75%
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Programs
- 115
- Endowment
- $252.0M
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
Median earnings 10 years after starting rank 447 of 5,094 US colleges and 31 of 106 in Massachusetts (1 = highest).
| Measure | College | MA median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | $29,618 | $24,402 | $22,320 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | $47,550 | $34,256 | $31,170 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | 82% | 71% | 74% | 78% |
| Completion rate | 61% | 69% | 57% | 58% |
| Retention rate | 75% | 79% | 77% | 75% |
| Median debt | $26,889 | $21,882 | $24,287 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | $55,856 | $46,320 | $44,392 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | $67,506 | $53,104 | $52,928 | $40,813 |
Best-paid programs
Median earnings 1 year after graduation
Same kind: US private nonprofit 4-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid. 70% of borrowers lowered their balance within 3 years. 76% earn more than a typical high school graduate 6 years after starting.
Programs
115 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LawProfessional | Professional | 350 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative MethodsMaster's | Master's | 157 | $37,754 | $70,783 | $104,109 | $124,807 |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's | Master's | 146 | $42,540 | $88,668 | $125,542 | $103,485 |
| MarketingBachelor's | Bachelor's | 97 | $27,000 | $44,424 | $71,855 | $69,303 |
| Finance and Financial Management ServicesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 84 | $27,000 | $55,914 | $90,090 | $83,343 |
| Non-Professional Legal StudiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 80 | $27,000 | $44,354 | $70,274 | $61,959 |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 78 | $26,926 | $52,803 | $71,855 | $68,257 |
| Psychology, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 61 | $27,000 | $38,020 | $54,117 | $50,706 |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied CommunicationBachelor's | Bachelor's | 60 | $26,012 | $44,863 | $66,709 | $63,560 |
| Political Science and GovernmentBachelor's | Bachelor's | 58 | $26,000 | $44,845 | $73,484 | $63,293 |
| Public AdministrationMaster's | Master's | 53 | $41,000 | $78,504 | $92,015 | $81,408 |
| Accounting and Related ServicesMaster's | Master's | 53 | $40,539 | $72,794 | $107,236 | $95,833 |
| Health and Medical Administrative ServicesMaster's | Master's | 52 | $41,162 | $74,054 | $99,661 | $89,981 |
| Accounting and Related ServicesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 45 | $27,000 | $59,704 | $86,396 | $76,194 |
| Biology, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 39 | $27,000 | $42,852 | $67,377 | $57,214 |
| Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 39 | $27,000 | $44,884 | $68,752 | $61,027 |
| Information Science/StudiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 34 | $25,982 | $56,780 | $86,406 | $85,294 |
| SociologyBachelor's | Bachelor's | 31 | $27,000 | $37,802 | $61,032 | $52,657 |
| Computer ScienceBachelor's | Bachelor's | 24 | $27,000 | $60,259 | Withheld | $107,009 |
| English Language and Literature/Letters, OtherBachelor's | Bachelor's | 20 | $24,875 | $41,252 | $38,139 | $46,634 |
| Criminal Justice and CorrectionsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 20 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Design and Applied ArtsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 20 | $27,000 | $47,415 | $60,159 | $51,490 |
| JournalismBachelor's | Bachelor's | 19 | $20,543 | $33,628 | $57,220 | $56,278 |
| Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationBachelor's | Bachelor's | 19 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $50,497 |
| Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsMaster's | Master's | 19 | $41,000 | $50,911 | $76,289 | $59,571 |
In the area
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Questions and answers
How much does Suffolk University cost?
$29,618 a year is the average net price at Suffolk University after grants and scholarships. Tuition and fees are $47,550, and the full cost of attendance with housing, food and books is $65,281. Families earning under $30,000 pay $24,745 on average.
What is the acceptance rate at Suffolk University?
82% of applicants are admitted to Suffolk University. The average SAT score of admitted students is 1,216 and the middle ACT score is 26. The median admission rate of colleges in Massachusetts is 71%.
How much do Suffolk University graduates earn?
$67,506 a year is the median pay of former Suffolk University students who work, 10 years after they started ($55,856 after 6 years). That ranks 447 of 5,094 US colleges and 31 of 106 in Massachusetts. Its best-paid program one year after graduation is Business/Managerial Economics (Master's) at $153,437.
How much student debt do Suffolk University graduates have?
$26,889 is the median federal student loan debt of Suffolk University graduates, about $285 a month over 10 years. The median across US colleges is $13,271. 55% of undergraduates take out federal loans.
What is the graduation rate at Suffolk University?
61% of first-time, full-time students at Suffolk University finish within 6 years. 75% of first-year students come back for a second year. The median of private nonprofit 4-year colleges is 57%.
What are the most popular majors at Suffolk University?
Law (350 professional graduates), Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (157 master's graduates), Business Administration, Management and Operations (146 master's graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 115 programs.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.