Suffolk University Student Population and Demographics

Suffolk Student Population

There are 6,356 students including 4,326 undergraduate and 2,030 graduate students at Suffolk University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 5,761 full-time and 595 part-time students with gender distribution of 2,312 male and 4,044 female students.

Suffolk University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 31 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Suffolk University has a total enrollment of 6,356 with a gender distribution of 36.38% male (2,312 students) and 63.62% female (4,044 students). There are 1,540 male and 2,786 female students in undergraduate school and 772 male and 1,258 female students are attending graduate school at Suffolk University.

Student Population By Gender
Suffolk University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	6,356	2,312	4,044
Undergraduate	4,326	1,540	2,786
Graduate	2,030	772	1,258
Full-time	5,761	2,061	3,700
Part-time	595	251	344

[Chart] Suffolk University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Suffolk University has 5,761 full-time and 595 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 4,178 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 148 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 1,583 students are full-time and 447 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Suffolk University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	6,356	5,761	595
Undergraduate	4,326	4,178	148
Graduate	2,030	1,583	447
Men	2,312	2,061	251
Women	4,044	3,700	344

[Chart] Suffolk University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Suffolk University, 31 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,162 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 6,356 students.

In undergraduate schools, 786 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,407 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Suffolk University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	6,356	4,326	2,030
Online Exclusively	31	0	31
In Some Online Classes	2,162	786	1,376
Not In Online Classes	4,163	3,540	623

[Chart] Suffolk University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Suffolk University. There are 13 American Indian/Native American, 3,198 White, 528 Black/African American, 451 Asian, 856 Hispanic, 3 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 171 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Suffolk University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	6,356	2,312	4,044
American Indian/Native American	13	6	7
Asian	451	164	287
Black/African American	528	166	362
Hispanic	856	212	644
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	1	2
White	3,198	1,181	2,017
Two More	165	56	109
Race Un-Known	294	115	179

[Chart] Suffolk UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Suffolk University.

Age Distribution
Suffolk University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	6,356	4,326	2,030
Under 18	253	253	0
Age 18-19	1,942	1,940	2
Age 20-21	1,663	1,582	81
Age 22-24	1,259	400	859
Age 25-29	766	100	666
Age 30-34	244	28	216
Age 35-39	112	9	103
Age 40-49	87	9	78
Age 50-64	29	5	24
Over 64	1	0	1
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Suffolk University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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