2018 Facts and Figures | Northeastern University

Enrollment

Northeastern’s network of campuses in and beyond Boston—in Charlotte, the San Francisco Bay Area, Vancouver, Seattle, and Toronto—is designed to expand learning and research opportunities to meet regional and global demand for talent and innovation.

Full-time Undergraduate Admission, Fall 2018

62,272 Applications

12,042 Acceptances

19.3% Acceptance rate

1,469 Mean SAT score, enrolled freshmen

Enrollment, Fall 2018

	Undergraduate Full-Time \| Co-op	Undergraduate Part-Time	Total	Graduate Full-Time \| Co-op	Graduate Part-Time \| Co-op	Total
College of Arts, Media and design	1,182 \| 277	0	1,459	217 \| 24	17 \| 0	258
D'Amore-McKim School of Business	3,186 \| 1,047	0	4,233	244 \| 76	1,033 \| 0	1,353
Khoury College of Computer Sciences	1,430 \| 347	0	1,777	1,441 \| 202	54 \| 0	1,697
College of Engineering	2,855 \| 1,021	0	3,876	3,514 \| 471	198 \| 1	4,184
Bouvé College of Health Sciences	1,741 \| 322	3	2,066	1,318 \| 38	252 \| 0	1,608
School of Law	0 \| 0	0	0	513 \| 196	0 \| 0	709
College of Professional Studies	0 \| 0	1,597	1,597	0 \| 0	5,524 \| 0	5,524
College of Science	2,184 \| 660	0	2,844	662 \| 56	99 \| 1	818
College of Social Sciences and Humanities	1,559 \| 386	0	1,945	405 \| 11	64 \| 0	480
University Programs	490 \| 0	0	490	0 \| 0	0 \| 0	0
Totals	14,627 \| 4,060	1,600	20,287	8,314 \| 1,074	7,241 \| 2	16,631

Undergraduate Retention and Graduation Rates

97% Freshman retention (Fall 2017 freshmen)

88% Six-year graduation rate (Fall 2012 cohort)

Costs, AY 2018–2019

$51,522 Tuition and fees

$16,270 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.

92 Undergraduate majors

142 Combined majors

Bioengineering, Computer Engineering/Computer Science, Computer Science/Biology

Highest-growth majors

Cooperative Education

2017–2018

11,188 Placements

2,943 Employers globally

+ 95% of the graduating class of 2017-18 participated in co-op.

Global learning
2017–2018

3,820 students had a global experience, in one of 88 countries
538 students participated in co-op abroad in 78 countries
139 countries are represented in Northeastern’s student body

Advanced learning

63 research doctorate programs
435 professional doctorate, masters, and certificate programs (in class, online, and in hybrid formats)

Campus Life Experiences

Over 400 Student clubs and organizations

18 Varsity sports

30 Club sports

Degrees Conferred

2017–2018

184 PhD

142 Juris Doctor

539 Professional doctorate

5,490 Master’s degrees

4,485 Bachelor’s degrees

35 Post-master’s certificates

Student Diversity

Northeastern views diversity as a necessity for learning. Diversity offers the breadth and depth of ideas, experiences, and cultural backgrounds that make learning transformative.

Enrollment by gender and race/ethnicity, Fall 2018

	Female	Male	Total	Female	Male	Total
	Undergraduate			Graduate
International	1,778	1,893	3,671	3,311	5,008	8,319
Hispanic or Latino	925	757	1,682	396	213	609
American Indian or Alaska Native	7	5	12	6	5	11
Asian	1,474	1,164	2,638	442	323	765
Black or African American	606	347	953	443	268	711
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	4	1	5	4	2	6
White	4,568	4,596	9,164	2,709	2,030	4,739
Two or more races	469	380	849	142	74	216
Race and ethnicity unknown	649	664	1,313	652	603	1,255
Total	10,480	9,807	20,287	8,105	8,526	16,631

Use-inspired Research

Northeastern’s research enterprise is strategically focused on building interdisciplinary teams to solve global challenges in health, security, and sustainability. Institutes in mission-critical fields fuel research partnerships with industry, government, and academia.

$162.3M in external research awards, 2017–2018
$154.7M in research expenditures, 2017–2018

Research Institutes

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

+ Northeastern is an R1 research university, a designation by the Carnegie Classification system for U.S. universities with the highest level of research activity.