Enrollment Trends at Suffolk

The student population at Suffolk University is 6,356 (4,326 undergraduate and 2,030 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,566 (19.77%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Suffolk is 68.06% which is decreased by 1,115 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 451 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 57 male students for every 100 female students, down from 81 in 2015.
31 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -65.17% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 7,020 where 6,356 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 7,922 students in 2016 and was lowest at 6,356 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 7,922 to 6,356 students, a net loss of 1,566 (19.8%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Suffolk University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	7,922	5,441	2,505	2,936	2,481	1,030	1,451
2016-17	7,461 -461	5,191 -250	2,358 -147	2,833 -103	2,270 -211	950 -80	1,320 -131
2017-18	7,201 -260	5,030 -161	2,310 -48	2,720 -113	2,171 -99	889 -61	1,282 -38
2018-19	7,186 -15	5,044 14	2,263 -47	2,781 61	2,142 -29	888 -1	1,254 -28
2019-20	7,169 -17	4,862 -182	2,136 -127	2,726 -55	2,307 165	946 58	1,361 107
2020-21	6,830 -339	4,397 -465	1,861 -275	2,536 -190	2,433 126	966 20	1,467 106
2021-22	6,647 -183	4,227 -170	1,735 -126	2,492 -44	2,420 -13	899 -67	1,521 54
2022-23	6,734 87	4,381 154	1,655 -80	2,726 234	2,353 -67	855 -44	1,498 -23
2023-24	6,697 -37	4,484 103	1,653 -2	2,831 105	2,213 -140	826 -29	1,387 -111
2024-25	6,356 -341	4,326 -158	1,540 -113	2,786 -45	2,030 -183	772 -54	1,258 -129
Average	7,020	4,738	2,002	2,737	2,282	902	1,380

Suffolk University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,738 where 4,326 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Suffolk University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,441	5,108	2,350	2,758	333	155	178
2016-17	5,191	4,906	2,226	2,680	285	132	153
2017-18	5,030	4,762	2,172	2,590	268	138	130
2018-19	5,044	4,836	2,155	2,681	208	108	100
2019-20	4,862	4,665	2,043	2,622	197	93	104
2020-21	4,397	4,179	1,760	2,419	218	101	117
2021-22	4,227	4,043	1,637	2,406	184	98	86
2022-23	4,381	4,213	1,571	2,642	168	84	84
2023-24	4,484	4,341	1,581	2,760	143	72	71
2024-25	4,326	4,178	1,472	2,706	148	68	80
Average	4,738	4,738	1,897	2,626	4,738	105	110

Suffolk University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,282 where 2,030 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Suffolk University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,481	1,195	477	718	1,286	553	733
2016-17	2,270	1,153	482	671	1,117	468	649
2017-18	2,171	1,111	456	655	1,060	433	627
2018-19	2,142	1,139	459	680	1,003	429	574
2019-20	2,307	1,249	521	728	1,058	425	633
2020-21	2,433	1,299	511	788	1,134	455	679
2021-22	2,420	1,345	472	873	1,075	427	648
2022-23	2,353	1,377	488	889	976	367	609
2023-24	2,213	1,372	509	863	841	317	524
2024-25	2,030	1,583	589	994	447	183	264
Average	2,282	2,282	496	786	2,282	406	594

Suffolk University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 50.31%. The percentage was 47.03% 10 years ago and Suffolk still has a high percentage of white students. 7.10% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.31% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 13.47% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 47.03% to 50.31%. Asian enrollment grew from 7.04% to 7.10%. Black student enrollment increased from 6.41% to 8.31%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 10.33% to 13.47%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7161 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7587 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Suffolk University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	14	558	508	818	3	3,726	139
2016-17	8	546	470	779	4	3,673	143
2017-18	9	514	417	766	4	3,726	149
2018-19	9	485	407	801	5	3,729	174
2019-20	8	493	422	831	7	3,693	160
2020-21	11	496	422	826	1	3,669	154
2021-22	11	492	426	808	1	3,620	188
2022-23	8	457	494	890	3	3,571	217
2023-24	5	444	486	936	2	3,478	229
2024-25	13	451	528	856	3	3,198	165
Average	10	494	458	831	3	3,608	172

Suffolk University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

31 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 0% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -65.17% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Suffolk University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	7,922	89	300	7,533
2016-17	7,461	68	306	7,087
2017-18	7,201	80	492	6,629
2018-19	7,186	72	444	6,670
2019-20	7,169	88	829	6,252
2020-21	6,830	139	2,579	4,112
2021-22	6,647	261	2,746	3,640
2022-23	6,734	215	3,014	3,505
2023-24	6,697	101	2,484	4,112
2024-25	6,356	31	2,162	4,163
Average	7,020	114	1,536	5,370

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Enrollment Trends at Suffolk

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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