Boston, Massachusetts
Suffolk University Law School
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 1953
- Institution type
- Private
- J.D. formats
- Full-time and Part-time and Distance education J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 155
- Median GPA
- 3.58
- Resident tuition
- $62,610
- First-year class
- 544
- Bar-required jobs
- 76.3%
- First-time bar passage
- 80.8%
Tuition & mandatory fees — 2025-2026
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Tuitions and Fees/Living Expenses/Cond. Scholarships (2025)
- Covers
- Report year 2025
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
| Program | Tuition | Fees |
|---|---|---|
| Full-time · resident | $62,610 | $1,436 |
| Full-time · nonresident | $62,610 | $1,436 |
| Part-time · resident | $46,958 | $1,078 |
| Part-time · nonresident | $46,958 | $1,078 |
Living expenses (school estimates)
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Tuitions and Fees/Living Expenses/Cond. Scholarships (2025)
- Covers
- Report year 2025
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
- Living on campus$34,706
- Living off campus$34,706
- Living on a military base$34,706
Annual estimates for single students, as reported by the school. Books, transportation and insurance are not itemized in ABA disclosures.
Estimated annual cost (calculation)
- Tuition$62,610
- Mandatory fees$1,436
- Living expenses (off campus, school estimate)$34,706
PreLaw Advisor total$98,752
Sum of the school-published figures above. It is not the school’s official cost of attendance and assumes no scholarship.
Model costs with your own scholarship offers →Grants & scholarships (2025–2026 students)
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Grants and Scholarships (2025)
- Covers
- Report year 2025
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
| Measure | All | Full-time | Part-time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total students | 1,194 | 886 | 308 |
| Receiving grants | 962 | 738 | 224 |
| % receiving grants | 81% | 83% | 73% |
| Less than half tuition | 646 | 484 | 162 |
| Half to full tuition | 288 | 234 | 54 |
| Full tuition | 24 | 17 | 7 |
| More than full tuition | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 25th percentile grant | Not applicable | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| Median grant | Not applicable | $22,445 | $20,000 |
| 75th percentile grant | Not applicable | $40,000 | $25,000 |
The ABA publishes grant percentiles by full-time/part-time status only. These describe past awards; they do not indicate what any applicant will receive.
Conditional scholarships
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Tuitions and Fees/Living Expenses/Cond. Scholarships (2025)
- Covers
- Report year 2025
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
The school reports that it does not offer conditional scholarships.
- Entering 2024-20250 received · 0 reduced or eliminated
- Entering 2023-20240 received · 0 reduced or eliminated
- Entering 2022-20230 received · 0 reduced or eliminated
Figures are School reported to the ABA under Standard 509.