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Suffolk University Career Outcomes & Earnings

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How much do Suffolk University graduates earn?

The reported median is $74,456 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $68,250 as its benchmark; the difference is $6,206 per year.

Azimuth places Suffolk University at the 84th percentile for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $74,456, in the 83rd percentile nationally.

That is $6,206 above the $68,250 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Graduates earn about $14,014 more than expects for similar students.

That places the gap at the 90th percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures adds $4,046.

The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $9,968. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $329.

Finance offers a high-earning reference point, with median earnings of $90,090 four years after completion. The program-mix model sets a downside earnings scenario of $54,904, a typical scenario of $74,456, and an upside scenario of $85,624.

Other upper-end program results include Information Science/Studies at $86,406 and Accounting at $86,396, four years after completion. The scenarios are modeled rather than observed groups, and the program figures show why earnings can differ across fields.

Further study is relevant when reading the earnings figure. An estimated 29.2% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment.

Because earnings four years after completion cover completers working and not enrolled, those continuing their education are outside that snapshot.

Median earnings · four years after completion
$74,456
Rank for difference from expectations
90th percentile
Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks
Suffolk University reported median
$74,456
Peer schools comparable schools · $6,206 below Suffolk University
$68,250
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $14,014 below Suffolk University
$60,442

School and program earnings use pooled 2017–18 and 2018–19 completion cohorts, measured in 2022 and 2023 and expressed in 2024 dollars. How the model works.

How could earnings differ from the median?

The planning scenarios range from $54,904 to $85,624, around the reported median of $74,456. Compare the lower scenario with Suffolk University borrowing and monthly payments to see how a smaller income could change your plan.

Modeled from the school’s program mix; not salary percentiles or a forecast for one graduate.

Earnings four years after completion
Planning rangeReported median
Lower estimate
$54,904
Median · reported
$74,456
Higher estimate
$85,624

Downside shows a lower-earning scenario based on the college’s mix of programs; upside shows a higher-earning scenario. Typical is the school’s reported median four years after completion. These are planning scenarios, not a forecast of your salary or percentiles of individual graduates.

Why the downside matters explores the risk hidden by medians, using older ten-year entrant data. Read about the move to four-year earnings.

Do Suffolk University graduates earn more than expected?

Azimuth models what we would expect graduates to earn based on who the college enrolls, how selective it is and its local economy. The difference between that expectation and reported earnings is what Azimuth calls value added.

Suffolk University graduates’ reported earnings are $14,014 above that expectation, the 90th percentile for this measure. Unlike a peer comparison, it adjusts for who enrolls.

The breakdown separates the contribution attributed to observed factors from the remaining difference. Neither component establishes how much attending Suffolk University caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

What explains value-added earnings?
Program & institutional factors The part attributed to observed institutional characteristics.
+$4,046
Unexplained remainder What remains after the model’s observed factors.
+$9,968
Total modeled value added The modeled difference from expected earnings.
+$14,014

These are statistical model components, not proven causal effects; the remainder is not a direct measure of teaching quality.

Which fields at Suffolk University report the highest earnings?

Suffolk University’s higher-earning fields center on business and information-oriented options, with a more moderate result among the programs shown. Four years after completion, Finance records median earnings of $90,090 and 114 degrees awarded.

Information Science/Studies follows with median earnings of $86,406 across 38 degrees awarded. Accounting reports median earnings of $86,396 four years after completion, with 63 degrees awarded.

At a more moderate level, Political Science has median earnings of $73,484 and 62 degrees awarded. The figures show that earnings vary across these fields, even among programs with substantial numbers of degrees awarded.

Business accounts for 39.0% of bachelor’s degrees awarded, making it the largest program family at Suffolk University. Published earnings data cover 18 bachelor’s fields, with the largest programs spanning business, communication, and legal studies.

Marketing awarded 121 degrees and had median earnings of $71,855 four years after completion. Finance awarded 114 degrees and had median earnings of $90,090.

Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication awarded 96 degrees and had median earnings of $66,709. Business Administration and Management awarded 93 degrees and had median earnings of $71,855.

Non-Professional Legal Studies awarded 82 degrees and had median earnings of $70,274.

Highest reported four-year program earnings
Finance and Financial Management Services
$90,090
Information Science/Studies
$86,406
Accounting and Related Services
$86,396
Political Science and Government
$73,484
Marketing
$71,855
Business Administration, Management and Operations
$71,855
Economics
$70,886
Non-Professional Legal Studies
$70,274

Explore Suffolk University program cohorts and field ranks for more context.

Further analysis

The program mix points to a broad modeled earnings range by field. In earnings scenarios grounded in that mix, the downside is $54,904, the typical scenario is $74,456, and the upside is $85,624.

Finance is the highest-earning program at $90,090 four years after completion; among the largest programs, Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication is lowest at $66,709.

Suffolk University has a strong early-career earnings picture, with median earnings of $74,456 four years after completion among federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled. Azimuth places that earnings measure in the 83rd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, drawing on an earnings cohort of 1,406 completers.

Program-mix scenarios put typical earnings at $74,456, with a downside scenario of $54,904 and an upside scenario of $85,624. An estimated 29.2% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix.

The high earnings standing and modeled range point to solid early-career pay, though outcomes differ by program mix.

Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: methodology.

Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. About College Azimuth.