Suffolk University Business Programs

Suffolk University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Boston, Massachusetts. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

Suffolk University Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Suffolk.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#5	Most Popular Managerial Economics Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#15	Most Popular Entrepreneurial Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#63	Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#106	Most Popular Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Suffolk has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best International & Intercultural Communication Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#2	Best Other Marketing Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#7	Highest Paid Business/Managerial Economics Graduates	College Factual
#12	Best Accounting and Finance Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#34	Best Entrepreneurship Schools	College Factual
#37	Best Entrepreneurial Studies Schools	College Factual

Where Is Suffolk University?

Contact details for Suffolk are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	73 Tremont St., Boston, MA 02108-3901
Phone:	617-573-8754
Website:	www.suffolk.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/suffolkuniversity
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/Suffolk_U

How Do I Get Into Suffolk?

You can apply to Suffolk online at: https://uga.suffolk.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for Suffolk

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	recommended
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Suffolk?

With an acceptance rate of 86%, Suffolk is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 84%, and the acceptance rate for women is 87%.

Average Test Scores

About 86% of students accepted to Suffolk submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 510 and 613. Math scores were between 500 and 590.

Suffolk received ACT scores from 10% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 21 and 26.

Can I Afford Suffolk University?

The overall average net price of Suffolk is $44,562. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Suffolk, approximately 63% of students took out student loans averaging $9,420 a year. That adds up to $37,680 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Suffolk is 4.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Suffolk University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 4,397 undergraduate students at Suffolk, with 4,179 being full-time and 218 being part-time.

There are also 2,433 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,179 full-time undergraduates at Suffolk, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Suffolk University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	321
Black or African American	230
Hispanic or Latino	594
White	2,069
International Students	705
Other Races/Ethnicities	260

Geographic Diversity

Massachusetts students aren't the only ones who study at Suffolk University. At this time, 30 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 112 countries are represented at Suffolk. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Saudi Arabia, and Vietnam.

Online Learning at Suffolk University

In 2019-2020, 2,718 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Suffolk has changed over the last few years.

Online Affordability Rankings of Suffolk

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Suffolk University was $41,648 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Suffolk is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Business/Managerial Economics	#1	#1
Business Economics	#1	#1
Other Economics	#4	#4
Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	#6	#6
Other Marketing	#7	#7
Public Relations	#9	#9
Taxation	#10	#10
Taxation	#10	#10
General Economics	#14	#14
Entrepreneurial Studies	#15	#15
Business Statistics	#15	#15
Entrepreneurship	#18	#18
Supply Chain Management	#21	#21
Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	#23	#23
Management Science	#27	#27
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	#33	#33
International Business	#34	#34
International Business/Trade/Commerce	#34	#34
Organizational Behavior Studies	#36	#36
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	#49	#49
Finance	#51	#51
General Management Information Systems	#59	#59
Management Information Systems	#65	#65
Marketing	#66	#66
Finance & Financial Management	#69	#69

Online Growth Rankings of Suffolk

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Suffolk University was 22.0%. This is the #898 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Suffolk regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Suffolk ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Suffolk.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Business Economics	#1
Business/Managerial Economics	#1
Other Economics	#2
Business Statistics	#6
Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	#6
Other Marketing	#8
Taxation	#10
Taxation	#10
Public Relations	#13
Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	#17
General Economics	#24
Organizational Behavior Studies	#26
Economics	#33
International Business	#34
International Business/Trade/Commerce	#34
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	#36
Finance	#37
Management Science	#42
Public Relations & Advertising	#58
Finance & Financial Management	#59
Supply Chain Management	#61
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	#65
Entrepreneurship	#72
Entrepreneurial Studies	#90
Interior Design Management	#91
Marketing	#137
Human Resource Management	#164
Accounting	#193
Accounting	#325

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Suffolk University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	103	7	131	0	241
Finance	117	0	0	0	117
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	111	0	0	0	111
Accounting	60	2	39	0	101
Management Science	0	0	65	0	65
Entrepreneurship	59	0	0	0	59
Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	0	0	52	0	52
Business Statistics	0	0	36	0	36
Business Economics	24	0	10	0	34
Advertising	31	0	0	0	31
Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	29	0	0	0	29
Other Marketing	12	0	13	0	25
Taxation	0	0	25	0	25
General Economics	15	0	0	1	16
International & Intercultural Communication	11	0	0	0	11
Public Relations	0	0	11	0	11
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	0	1	5	0	6
Financial Planning & Services	5	0	0	0	5
Interior Design Management	0	0	3	0	3
International Business/Trade/Commerce	3	0	0	0	3
General Business/Commerce	2	0	0	0	2
Organizational Behavior Studies	0	0	2	0	2
General Management Information Systems	1	0	0	0	1
International Economics	1	0	0	0	1
Supply Chain Management	0	0	0	0	0
General Organizational Communication	0	0	0	0	0
Political Communication	0	0	0	0	0
Other Economics	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	584	10	392	1	987

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Oxymoron under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.