Suffolk University

Director of admissions

Gail N. Ellis

Application deadline

03/01

Full-time program application fee

$60

Part-time program application fee

$60

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

3,309

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

1,616

Overall acceptance rate

Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled

545

Number of full-time program applicants

2,660

Number of full-time program acceptances

1,243

Full-time acceptance rate

46.7%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

325

Number of part-time program applicants

649

Number of part-time program acceptances

373

Part-time acceptance rate

57.5%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

220

25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students

25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students

25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students

3-3.5

25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students

155-159

25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students

3-3.4

25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students

151-156

State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar

MA

School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers

86.1%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

86.1%

Total graduates

491

Graduates employed at graduation

N/A

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$55,000

Median private sector starting salary

$73,500

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$125,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

69%

Median public service starting salary

$46,950

Percent employed in academia

1.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

26.0%

Percent employed in government

15.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

10.0%

Percent employed in law firms

45.6%

Percent employed in public interest

1.5%

Percent employed in an unknown field

1.0%

Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge

10.0%

Graduates employed in-state

75%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

1%

Number of states where graduates are employed

24

New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)

82.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

5.5%

East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)

0.7%

West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)

0.7%

South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)

5.7%

East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)

0.0%

West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)

0.5%

Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)

2.3%

Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)

1.6%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: The Career Development Office is dedicated to students and alumni in their search for satisfying legal employment. The office provides self-assessment, resume and cover letter review, workshops to sharpen interviewing and negotiating skills and methods to explore job opportunities. We accomplish these shared goals through information sessions and individual attention.

Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)

78.0%

J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)

10.0%

Professional/other (jobs that require professional skills or training but for which a J.D. is neither preferred nor particularly applicable; e.g., accountant, teacher, business manager, nurse)

10.0%

Nonprofessional/other (job that does not require any professional skills or training or is taken on a temporary basis and not viewed as part of a career path)

2.0%