The Sawyer Business School is accredited by the AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business and the premier accrediting body for business schools.  

• As of June 2007, less than 10% of the world’s business schools have achieved business and/or accounting accreditation from AACSB.
  
• As of June 2007, less than one third of the US business schools have achieved business and/or accounting accrediatio from AACSB.
  
• The Sawyer Business School is the only business school in Boston to have earned dual accreditation by AACSB International and the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA).

The Business School’s programs in public administration are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA).

The New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc (NEASC) accredits Suffolk University. The Business School is the only school in Boston that has achieved AACSB International accreditation of its accounting and business administration programs.