Suffolk earned 27 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 0 in the top 1%, 2 in the top 5%, 10 in the top 10% and 15 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #4 of 210 in Most Popular for Law, a top 5% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 27 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 0 / 2
Highest placement: #4 of 210, a top 5% award
Fields of study with a badge: 8
Placements this edition: 215
Badge cutoff: a top 15% placement in a ranking
Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2027. Data as of: July 2026.
How Many Ranking Badges Has Suffolk University Earned?
Suffolk University holds 27 ranking badges across 8 fields of study, 2 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. We update our rankings throughout the year as new data becomes available. The awards below are from the 2027 edition. A check mark sits in the highest award tier the school reached. Read about our data sources and methodologies. If you are an administrator interested in using our badge program to showcase your college’s strengths, please contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
0
Top 5%
2
Top 10%
10
Top 15%
15
Total
27
What Is Suffolk University Known For?
Suffolk University is best known for Legal Professions: 5 of its 26 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Law, Fine & Studio Arts and Public Administration.
Suffolk University earned no athletics badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s sports rankings is #110 of 303 in Softball (D3) (top 37%).
How Does Suffolk University Rank for Online Students?
Suffolk University earned no online-program badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s online-program rankings is #52 of 140 in Most Popular Online for Management Sciences & Methods (top 38%).
How Does Suffolk University Rank for Veterans?
In College Factual’s 2027 veterans rankings, Suffolk University earned 1 badge; its highest placement is #484 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans.
College Factual’s rankings are grounded in U.S. Department of Education data, 2027 edition. Suffolk University appears in 215 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
by our College Data Analytics Team