Find Affordable College Courses

What Do You Want to Study?

Legal Professions at Suffolk University

Legal Professions at Suffolk University

Every legal professions school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the legal professions program at Suffolk University stacks up to those at other schools.

Suffolk is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 6,830 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Legal Professions section at the bottom of this page.

  • Undergrad Certificate in Legal Professions (1 - 4 Years)
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Legal Professions
  • Master’s Degree in Legal Professions

The legal professions major at Suffolk is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Legal Professions. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 340 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #14 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal professions majors at Suffolk University.

79% Women
39% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 21% of legal professions bachelor's degrees went to men and 79% went to women.

undefined

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in legal professions at Suffolk are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% more racial-ethnic minorities in its legal professions bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Suffolk University with a bachelor's in legal professions.

undefined
Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 9
Hispanic or Latino 14
White 43
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 10

71% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 29% of legal professions master's degrees went to men and 71% went to women.

undefined

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Suffolk University with a master's in legal professions.

undefined
Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 4
International Students 8
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Legal Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Suffolk University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Law 340
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 86
Legal Professions (Other) 7
Legal Support Services 1

A degree in legal professions can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Suffolk University.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Lawyers 18,420 $165,610
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 7,330 $60,320
Legal Secretaries 3,920 $59,020
Law Professors 610 $137,150
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 590 $63,330

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

Find Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited colleges across the U.S.