Enrollment
Full-time Undergraduate Admission, Fall 2024
- 98,425
- Applications
- 5,133
- Acceptances
- 5.22%
- Acceptance rate
- 1475
- Mean SAT score, enrolled freshmen
Enrollment, Fall 2024
|
Undergraduate Full-Time | Co-op |
Undergraduate Part-Time | Co-op |
Total |
Graduate Full-Time | Co-op |
Graduate Part-Time | Co-op |
Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouvé College of Health Sciences | 2,158 | 358 | 1 | 0 | 2,517 | 1,496 | 46 | 310 | 0 | 1,852 |
| College of Arts, Media and Design | 1,334 | 303 | 0 | 0 | 1,637 | 350 | 14 | 42 | 0 | 406 |
| College of Engineering | 2,797 | 958 | 0 | 0 | 3,755 | 5,582 | 472 | 228 | 0 | 6,282 |
| College of Professional Studies | 0 | 0 | 1,311 | 0 | 1,311 | 0 | 0 | 5,788 | 250 | 6,038 |
| College of Science | 3,120 | 922 | 0 | 0 | 4,042 | 1,434 | 156 | 200 | 13 | 1,803 |
| College of Social Sciences and Humanities | 1,772 | 389 | 0 | 0 | 2,161 | 601 | 31 | 98 | 1 | 731 |
| D’Amore-McKim School of Business | 4,299 | 1,219 | 0 | 0 | 5,518 | 733 | 57 | 611 | 1 | 1,402 |
| Khoury College of Computer Sciences | 2,867 | 908 | 0 | 0 | 3,775 | 3,725 | 376 | 145 | 0 | 4,246 |
| School of Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 733 | 141 | 67 | 0 | 941 |
| University Programs | 379 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 379 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| Totals | 18,726 | 5,057 | 1,312 | 0 | 25,095 | 14,662 | 1,293 | 7,497 | 265 | 23,717 |
+ The “Co-op” column refers to the number of students in each college enrolled in our cooperative education program as of Fall 2024.
Undergraduate Retention and Graduation Rates
- 96.9%
- Freshman retention (Fall 2023 freshmen)
- 90.5%
- Six-year graduation rate (Fall 2018 cohort)
Financial Aid, AY 2023-2024
- $332,684,095
- Undergraduate scholarships and grants (university-provided)
Costs, AY 2024–2025
- $66,162
- Tuition and fees
- $19,580
- 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.
- 371
- Undergraduate Majors (Total)
- 141
- Single Majors
Highest-growth single majors:
- Business Administrationon
- Computer Science
- Health Science
- 230
- Combined majors
Highest-growth combined majors:
- Business Administration/Data Science
- Business Administration/Computer Science
- Business Administration/Economics
Cooperative Education
2023–2024
- 10,030
- Undergraduate Placements
- 3,904
- Graduate Placements
- 3,857
- Employers globally
+ 93% of the graduating class of 2023–24 participated in co-op.
Global Learning
2023–2024
- 4,191 undergraduate students had a global experience, in one of 73 countries
- 380 undergraduate students participated in co-op abroad in 53 countries
- 141 countries are represented in Northeastern’s student body
Advanced Learning
- 37 doctoral programs
- 271 professional doctorate, masters, and certificate programs (in class, online, and in hybrid formats)
Campus Life
- 598
- Student clubs and organizations
- 19
- Varsity sports
- 64
- Club sports
Degrees Conferred
2023–2024
- 260
- Doctorate—PhD
- 210
- Juris Doctor
- 432
- Professional doctorate
- 9,855
- Master’s degrees
- 5,424
- Bachelor’s degrees
- 33
- Post-master’s certificates
Student Demographics
Enrollment by gender and race/ethnicity, Fall 2024
| Undergraduate | Graduate | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | Male | Unknown | Total | Female | Male | Unknown | Total | |
| International | 1,452 | 1,770 | 1 | 3,223 | 6,703 | 8,559 | 23 | 15,285 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1,602 | 1,041 | 9 | 2,652 | 428 | 288 | 5 | 721 |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 10 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Asian | 3,168 | 2,260 | 10 | 5,438 | 801 | 601 | 12 | 1,414 |
| Black or African American | 929 | 422 | 2 | 1,353 | 400 | 196 | 3 | 599 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 8 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| White | 5,853 | 4,217 | 28 | 10,098 | 2,606 | 1,848 | 36 | 4,490 |
| Two or more races | 992 | 666 | 3 | 1,661 | 252 | 163 | 2 | 417 |
| Race and ethnicity unknown | 364 | 275 | 2 | 641 | 476 | 297 | 12 | 785 |
| Total | 14,378 | 10,662 | 55 | 25,095 | 11,673 | 11,953 | 91 | 23,717 |
+ 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.
- $296.3M in external research awards, 2023–2024
Research Institutes *
- Center for Drug Discovery (CDD)
- Global Resilience Institute (GRI)
- Institute for Brain Health (IBH) [formerly The Center for Cognitive and Brain Health (CCBH)]
- Institute for Experiential Artificial Intelligence (IEAI)
- Institute for Experiential Robotics (IER)
- Institute for Mechanobiology (IfM)
- Institute for Nanosystems Innovation (NanoSI)
- Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things (WIOT)
- Network Science Institute (NetSI)
- Quantum Materials and Sensing Institute (QMSI)
- The Burnes Center for Social Change
- The Mills Institute
* 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 2024
- 3,488
- Faculty
- 4,876
- Staff
- 277
- Research Scientists
Community of Support
- 330,000+
- Alumni
- 185
- Alumni countries
- 67
- Alumni Communities Worldwide
- $370.1M
- Total giving, FY 2024
Finances, FY 2024
- $2.22B
- Expenses, FY 2024
- $1.853B
- Endowment market value, FY 2024
+ 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
David De Cremer
D’Amore-McKim School of Business
James Hackney
School of Law
Elizabeth Hudson
College of Arts, Media and Design
Beth D. Kochly
Mills College at Northeastern
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