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Enrollment

Full-time Undergraduate Admission, Fall 2022

91,000
Applications
6,191
Acceptances
6.80%
Acceptance rate
1,487
Mean SAT score, enrolled freshmen

+ Undergraduate applications and the average SAT score for the incoming freshman class have steadily risen since 2009.

Enrollment, Fall 2022

  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 1,993 | 225 0 | 0 2,218 1,290 | 86 177 | 0 1,553
College of Arts, Media and Design 1,331 | 292 0 | 0 1,623 317 | 32 27 | 0 376
College of Engineering 2,756 | 1,036 0 | 0 3,792 5,281 | 770 203 | 0 6,254
College of Professional Studies 0 | 0 1,325 | 0 1,325 0 | 0 5,785 | 361 6,146
College of Science 2,883 | 750 0 | 0 3,633 1,154 | 91 189 | 5 1,439
College of Social Sciences and Humanities 1,680 | 320 0 | 0 2,000 629 | 48 66 | 3 746
D’Amore-McKim School of Business 3,743 | 1,036 0 | 0 4,779 767 | 78 573 | 0 1,418
Khoury College of Computer Sciences 2,409 | 741 0 | 0 3,150 3,062 | 467 110 | 0 3,639
School of Law 0 | 0 0 | 0 0 640 | 184 14 | 0 838
University Programs 536 | 1 0 | 0 537 0 | 0 2 | 0 2
Totals 17,331 | 4,401 1,325 | 0 23,057 13,140 | 1,756 7,146 | 369 22,411

+ The “Co-op” column refers to the number of students in each college enrolled in our cooperative education program as of Fall 2022.

Undergraduate Retention and Graduation Rates

97.2%
Freshman retention (Fall 2021 freshmen)
91.2%
Six-year graduation rate (Fall 2016 cohort)

Financial Aid, AY 2021-2022

$332,670,885
Undergraduate scholarships and grants (university-provided)

Costs, AY 2022–2023

$59,100
Tuition and fees
$18,430
Room and board

Source: admissions.northeastern.edu/cost-financial-aid/

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.

291
Undergraduate Majors (Total)
104
Single Majors

Highest-growth single majors:

  • Computer Science
  • Health Science
  • Biochemistry
187
Combined majors

Highest-growth combined majors:

  • Business Administration/Communication Studies
  • Business Administration/Economics
  • Business Administration/Psychology

Cooperative Education

2021–2022

8,931
Undergraduate Placements
3,196
Graduate Placements
2,934
Employers globally

+ 95% of the graduating class of 2021-22 participated in co-op.

Global Learning

2021–2022

  • 3,003 undergraduate students had a global experience, in one of 69 countries
  • 294 undergraduate students participated in co-op abroad in 55 countries
  • 145 countries are represented in Northeastern’s student body

Advanced learning

  • 36 doctoral programs
  • 264 professional doctorate, masters, and certificate programs (in class, online, and in hybrid formats)

Campus Life

541
Student clubs and organizations
19
Varsity sports
64
Club sports

Degrees Conferred

2021–2022

254
Doctorate–PhD
186
Juris Doctor
545
Professional doctorate
6,197
Master’s degrees
5,043
Bachelor’s degrees
25
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 2022

  Undergraduate Graduate
  Female Male Other or
Unknown
Total Female Male Other or
Unknown
Total
International 1,536 1,715 2 3,253 6,467 7,897 19 14,383
Hispanic or Latino 1,549 1,024 8 2,581 438 275 2 715
American Indian or Alaska Native 9 7 0 16 3 1 0 4
Asian 2,470 1,745 4 4,219 726 496 5 1,227
Black or African American 939 397 1 1,337 434 219 1 654
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 4 1 0 5 0 1 0 1
White 5,307 4,475 32 9,814 2,743 1,879 29 4,651
Two or more races 851 593 2 1,446 209 129 3 341
Race and ethnicity unknown 234 150 2 386 255 171 9 435
Total 12,899 10,107 51 23,057 11,275 11,068 68 22,411

+ 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.

  • $230.9M in external research awards, 2021–2022

Research Institutes

  • Barnett Institute for Chemical and Biological Analysis
  • Coastal Sustainability Institute
  • Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute
  • Experiential AI Institute
  • Experiential Robotics Institute
  • Global Resilience Institute
  • Kostas Institute for Homeland Security
  • Network Science Institute
  • Chemical Imaging of Living Systems Institute
  • Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things

+ 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 2022

3,028
Faculty
3,656
Staff
311
Research Scientists

Community of Support

300,000+
Alumni
181
Alumni countries
49
Alumni Communities Worldwide
$99.2M
Total giving, FY 2022

Finances, FY 2022

$1.661B
Expenses, FY 2022
$1,541B
Endowment market value, FY 2022

+ 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

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

Ronald Sandler

College of Social Sciences and Humanities (interim)

Carmen Sceppa

Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Hazel Sive

College of Science