+14%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Suffolk University rose 14% between 2021 and 2024 ($41.6k → $47.5k).
Massachusetts · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Suffolk University
Boston, Massachusetts. 4,434 undergraduate students. 127 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Suffolk University
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Suffolk University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.4% → 0.0%).
+14%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Suffolk University rose 14% between 2021 and 2024 ($41.6k → $47.5k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Massachusetts
Each tile compares this institution to the Massachusetts median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$67,506+21% · 6→10y
Massachusetts median $56,022$55,856
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry59.9%+13% · '97→'24
Massachusetts median 66.5%$20,500+199% · '97→'20
At program completion4,434+46% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS75.5%-5% · '04→'09
first-time, full-time84.7%-1% · '01→'24
latest cohort$45,380+204% · '00→'24
out-of-state $45,380SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
4.0%Median federal debt $20,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $67,506 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+50%
Suffolk University · completion · 100% rose
32.5% → 48.8%
+46%
Suffolk University · undergrad enrollment rose
2,923 → 4,268
+204%
Suffolk University · in-state tuition rose
$15,618 → $47,550
+204%
Suffolk University · out-of-state tuition rose
$15,618 → $47,550
+199%
Suffolk University · median debt rose
$9,000 → $26,889
-100%
Suffolk University · cohort default rate fell
3.9% → 0.0%
+37%
Suffolk University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$44,800 → $61,452
+40%
Suffolk University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$39,900 → $55,856
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Finance and Financial Management Services.$133,979Business Administration, Management and Operations.$131,472Taxation.$118,682Business/Managerial Economics.$104,858Law.$104,847Accounting and Related Services.$104,716Health and Medical Administrative Services.$100,124Marketing.$95,032Finance and Financial Management Services.$93,638Information Science/Studies.$86,177Public Administration.$85,129Accounting and Related Services.$82,133Marketing.$80,578Political Science and Government.$77,636Business Administration, Management and Operations.$76,970Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations.$69,843Criminal Justice and Corrections.$65,945Communication and Media Studies.$65,400Educational Administration and Supervision.$64,170Economics.$63,804Design and Applied Arts.$62,088Psychology, General.$60,751Sociology.$57,937Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Undergraduate).$56,271
Showing top 24 of 28 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
28 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
EDUCATION · CIP 13
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
Business Administration, Management and Operations.$131,472Marketing.$80,578Finance and Financial Management Services.$93,638Business Administration, Management and Operations.$76,970Accounting and Related Services.$82,133Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations.$69,843Accounting and Related Services.$104,716Taxation.$118,682Marketing.$95,032Business/Managerial Economics.$104,858Finance and Financial Management Services.$133,979
HISTORY · CIP 54
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Suffolk University
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$1,337,612
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 9
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $27,191
- HS-only baseline · MA
- $42,600
- Years to complete
- 6
- CIP family
- 52
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Massachusetts
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Suffolk University graduates earn $X” — not “Suffolk University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Suffolk University caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.