Enrollment Trends at Suffolk

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.

68.06% of total students is undergraduate students and 31.94% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,115 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 451 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.75 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Suffolk than male students.

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

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.

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.

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).

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.