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 — 2023-2024
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 (2023)
- Covers
- Report year 2023
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
| Program | Tuition | Fees |
|---|---|---|
| Full-time · resident | $56,460 | $1,288 |
| Full-time · nonresident | $56,460 | $1,288 |
| Part-time · resident | $42,346 | $870 |
| Part-time · nonresident | $42,346 | $870 |
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 (2023)
- Covers
- Report year 2023
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
- Living off campus$30,811
- Living at home$21,287
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$56,460
- Mandatory fees$1,288
- Living expenses (off campus, school estimate)$30,811
PreLaw Advisor total$88,559
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 (2023–2024 students)
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Grants and Scholarships (2023)
- Covers
- Report year 2023
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
| Measure | All | Full-time | Part-time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total students | 1,259 | 957 | 302 |
| Receiving grants | 1,034 | 792 | 242 |
| % receiving grants | 82% | 83% | 80% |
| Less than half tuition | 638 | 471 | 167 |
| Half to full tuition | 381 | 313 | 68 |
| Full tuition | 15 | 8 | 7 |
| More than full tuition | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25th percentile grant | Not applicable | $15,000 | $11,063 |
| Median grant | Not applicable | $21,000 | $18,500 |
| 75th percentile grant | Not applicable | $53,920 | $22,500 |
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 (2023)
- Covers
- Report year 2023
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
The school reports that it does not offer conditional scholarships.
- Entering 2022-20230 received · 0 reduced or eliminated
- Entering 2021-20220 received · 0 reduced or eliminated
- Entering 2020-20210 received · 0 reduced or eliminated
Figures are School reported to the ABA under Standard 509.