2006-2007 University Profile

Students

5,196  Undergraduate

2,016  Graduate

3,833  College of Arts and Sciences

3,379  Sawyer Business School

1,671  Law School

8,883  Total students

   349  Other (non-degree)

1,546  Degrees conferred annually

   948  International students from 95 countries

Faculty/Staff

91% hold Ph.D. degrees

1:12 Faculty/student ratio (undergraduate)

1:21 Faculty/student ratio (Law School)

Alumni

23,971 Law School

18,877 College of Arts and Sciences

22,967 Sawyer Business School

51,349 Active alumni

1,788 Alumni with degrees from more than one Suffolk school

Finances

$219,876,550 Annual operating budget

$24,170 (2007-2008) Tuition for undergraduates at the Sawyer Business School and College of Arts and Sciences (see Tuition and Fees)

$35,948 (2007-2008) Tuition for Law School (see Tuition and Fees)

$54,673,740 Financial Aid for the College of Arts & Sciences and Sawyer Business School (awarded to 50% of students)

$50,020,842 Financial Aid for Law School (awarded to 88% of students)

Facilities

15 buildings located on Beacon Hill in the heart of downtown Boston

40-acre Robert S. Friedman Field Station at Cobscook Bay, Maine

426-bed Residence Hall at 150 Tremont Street

345-bed Nathan R. Miller Residence Hall at 10 Somerset Street 

Campus Map and Virtual Tour

• Campus Map and Virtual Tour

Campuses

• Madrid, Spain
• Dakar, Senegal 

Affiliations

• Cape Cod Community College
• Dean College
• Merrimack College

Institutes and Research Centers

• John Joseph Moakley Archive and Institute on Public Policy and Political History
• Beacon Hill Institute
• E.F. McDonnell International Business Institute
• Center for Teaching Excellence
• Center for International Education
• Center for Public Management
• Center for Restorative Justice
• Center for Women’s Health and Human Rights
• Juvenile Justice Center
• Poetry Center
• Suffolk University Political Research Center
• Rappaport Fellowship

The Arts

• The Adams Gallery
• NESADSU Gallery
• C. Walsh Theatre

Libraries

• John Joseph Moakley Law Library
• Mildred F. Sawyer Library (also serving Madrid and Dakar)
• New England School of Art & Design at Suffolk University Library

Special Collections

• Collection of African American Literature
• John Joseph Moakley Archive and Institute
• Zieman Poetry Collection

Awards

• U.S. News Best Colleges 2007 (Best Universities-Master’s in the North)
• U.S. News Best Colleges 2005 (Best Universities-Master’s in the North)
• The Princeton Review 2007 edition of The Best 361 Colleges
• The Princeton Review 2005 edition of The Best 357 Colleges
• The Princeton Review 2005 Top 25 Most Connected Business Campuses
• NAFSA: Association of International Educators – Internationalizing the Campus 2004: Profiles of Success at Colleges and Universities – one of eight schools highlighted for exemplary programs in international education
• The Princeton Review 2006 edition of The Best Northeastern Colleges
• The Princeton Review 2005 edition of The Best Northeastern Colleges 

Accreditation

• New England Association of Schools and Colleges
• AACSB -International  - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
• American Chemical Society
• American Bar Association
• National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration
• American Association of Law Schools
• Foundation for Interior Design Education and Research
• National Association of Schools of Art and Design
• American Psychological Association
• International Association of Counseling Centers
• ABET - Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology