Enrollment
Full-time Undergraduate Admission, Fall 2023
- 96,631
- Applications
- 5,459
- Acceptances
- 5.65%
- Acceptance rate
- 1,488
- Mean SAT score, enrolled freshmen
+ Undergraduate applications and the average SAT score for the incoming freshman class have steadily risen since 2009.
Enrollment, Fall 2023
|
Undergraduate Full-Time | Co-op |
Undergraduate Part-Time |
Total |
Graduate Full-Time | Co-op |
Graduate Part-Time | Co-op |
Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouvé College of Health Sciences | 1,844 | 419 | 0 | 0 | 2,263 | 1,332 | 67 | 234 | 0 | 1,633 |
| College of Arts, Media and Design | 1,286 | 335 | 0 | 0 | 1,621 | 329 | 20 | 31 | 0 | 380 |
| College of Engineering | 2,625 | 1,030 | 0 | 0 | 3,655 | 5,966 | 665 | 195 | 0 | 6,826 |
| College of Professional Studies | 0 | 0 | 1,265 | 0 | 1,265 | 0 | 0 | 5,788 | 273 | 6,061 |
| College of Science | 2,894 | 971 | 0 | 0 | 3,865 | 1,352 | 122 | 191 | 20 | 1,685 |
| College of Social Sciences and Humanities | 1,610 | 387 | 0 | 0 | 1,997 | 590 | 29 | 80 | 0 | 699 |
| D’Amore-McKim School of Business | 3,856 | 1,198 | 0 | 0 | 5,054 | 878 | 36 | 634 | 0 | 1,548 |
| Khoury College of Computer Sciences | 2,644 | 854 | 0 | 0 | 3,498 | 3,868 | 352 | 119 | 4 | 4,343 |
| School of Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 651 | 166 | 77 | 0 | 894 |
| University Programs | 474 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 475 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| Totals | 17,233 | 5,194 | 1,265 | 0 | 23,692 | 14,967 | 1,457 | 7,357 | 297 | 24,078 |
+ The “Co-op” column refers to the number of students in each college enrolled in our cooperative education program as of Fall 2023.
Undergraduate Retention and Graduation Rates
- 96.9%
- Freshman retention (Fall 2022 freshmen)
- 90.4%
- Six-year graduation rate (Fall 2017 cohort)
Financial Aid, AY 2022-2023
- $333,969,300
- Undergraduate scholarships and grants (university-provided)
Costs, AY 2023–2024
- $63,141
- Tuition and fees
- $20,880
- Room and board
Experiential Learning
Northeastern integrates global experience into learning at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels. In addition to the university’s signature cooperative education program, experiential opportunities include research, service, global study, and clubs and activities.
- 329
- Undergraduate Majors (Total)
- 130
- Single Majors
Highest-growth single majors:
- Computer Science
- Health Science
- Biochemistry
- 199
- Combined majors
Highest-growth combined majors:
- Business Administration/Communication Studies
- Business Administration/Economics
- Business Administration/Psychology
Cooperative Education
2022–2023
- 9,425
- Undergraduate Placements
- 3,921
- Graduate Placements
- 3,587
- Employers globally
+ 93% of the graduating class of 2022–23 participated in co-op.
Global Learning
2022–2023
- 3,780 undergraduate students had a global experience, in one of 66 countries
- 262 undergraduate students participated in co-op abroad in 52 countries
- 136 countries are represented in Northeastern’s student body
Advanced Learning
- 36 doctoral programs
- 270 professional doctorate, masters, and certificate programs (in class, online, and in hybrid formats)
Campus Life
- 559
- Student clubs and organizations
- 19
- Varsity sports
- 64
- Club sports
Degrees Conferred
2022–2023
- 232
- Doctorate—PhD
- 208
- Juris Doctor
- 463
- Professional doctorate
- 7,136
- Master’s degrees
- 5,161
- Bachelor’s degrees
- 20
- Post-master’s certificates
Student Diversity
As a global university committed to solving problems of consequence to all, we push to build a community of people from diverse cultures, ideologies, and intellectual traditions.
Enrollment by gender and race/ethnicity, Fall 2023
| Undergraduate | Graduate | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | Male | Other or Unknown |
Total | Female | Male | Other or Unknown |
Total | |
| International | 1,530 | 1,805 | 4 | 3,339 | 7,301 | 8,889 | 19 | 16,209 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1,591 | 1,068 | 9 | 2,668 | 467 | 287 | 5 | 759 |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 10 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Asian | 2,845 | 1,965 | 7 | 4,817 | 752 | 540 | 5 | 1,297 |
| Black or African American | 949 | 419 | 1 | 1,369 | 425 | 216 | 2 | 643 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| White | 5,350 | 4,253 | 28 | 9,631 | 2,519 | 1,797 | 34 | 4,350 |
| Two or more races | 886 | 624 | 2 | 1,512 | 232 | 152 | 0 | 384 |
| Race and ethnicity unknown | 199 | 126 | 4 | 329 | 275 | 143 | 9 | 427 |
| Total | 13,367 | 10,270 | 55 | 23,692 | 11,977 | 12,027 | 74 | 24,078 |
+ Note: UG and GR Fall Enrollment excludes non-degree seeking students.
Use-inspired Research
Our research enterprise is solutions-oriented and spans the world, focusing on interdisciplinary challenges in health, security, and sustainability.
- $282M in external research awards, 2022–2023
Research Institutes *
- Coastal Sustainability Institute (CSI)
- Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute (CPI)
- Global Resilience Institute (GRI)
- Institute for Chemical Imaging of Living Systems (ICILS)
- Institute for Experiential AI (IEAI)
- Institute for Experiential Robotics (IER)
- Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things (WIOT)
- Kostas Research Institute at Northeastern University (KRI)
- Network Science Institute (NSI)
* Office of the Provost Funded Research Institutes (source)
+ Northeastern is an R1 research university, a designation by the Carnegie Classification system for U.S. universities with the highest level of research activity.
Human Resources
Fall 2023
- 3,391
- Faculty
- 4,225
- Staff
- 366
- Research Scientists
Community of Support
- 330,000+
- Alumni
- 181
- Alumni countries
- 49
- Alumni Communities Worldwide
- $118M
- Total giving, FY 2023
Finances, FY 2023
- $1.950B
- Expenses, FY 2023
- $1.682B
- Endowment market value, FY 2023
+ Northeastern’s bond rating from Moody’s Investors Service is A1, with a stable outlook.
Leadership
President and Officers
Joseph E. Aoun
President
David Madigan
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Kenneth Henderson
Chancellor and Senior Vice President for Learning
Michael Armini
Senior Vice President for External Affairs
Diane Nishigaya MacGillivray
Senior Vice President for University Advancement
Mary Ludden
Senior Vice President for Global Network and Strategic Initiatives
Thomas Nedell
Senior Vice President for Finance and Treasurer
Mary B. Strother
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Academic Deans
Gregory D. Abowd
College of Engineering
Jared Auclair
College of Professional Studies (interim)
David De Cremer
D’Amore-McKim School of Business
James Hackney
School of Law
Elizabeth Hudson
College of Arts, Media and Design
Elizabeth Mynatt
Khoury College of Computer Sciences
Carmen Sceppa
Bouvé College of Health Sciences
Hazel Sive
College of Science
Kellee Tsai
College of Social Sciences and Humanities