2019 Facts and Figures | Northeastern University

Enrollment

Our locations—in Boston; Charlotte, North Carolina; Seattle; Silicon Valley; San Francisco; Toronto; Vancouver; London; Portland, Maine and the Massachusetts communities of Burlington and Nahant—are nodes in our growing global university system. Through this network, we expand opportunities for flexible, student-centered learning and collaborative, solutions-focused research.

Full-time Undergraduate Admission, Fall 2019

62,263: Applications

11,240: Acceptances

18.1%: Acceptance rate

1,463: Mean SAT score, enrolled freshmen

Enrollment, Fall 2019

	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	1,154 \| 289	0	1,443	201 \| 31	29 \| 0	261
Bouvé College of Health Sciences	1,589 \| 363	3	1,955	1,303 \| 34	182 \| 0	1,519
D’Amore-McKim School of Business	3,243 \| 1,049	0	4,292	260 \| 61	970 \| 0	1,291
College of Engineering	2,942 \| 1,031	0	3,973	3,690 \| 592	195 \| 1	4,478
Khoury College of Computer Sciences	1,683 \| 456	0	2,139	1,752 \| 180	58 \| 1	1,991
School of Law	0 \| 0	0	0	528 \| 181	0 \| 0	709
College of Professional Studies	0 \| 0	1,476	1,476	0 \| 0	5,702 \| 0	5,702
College of Science	2,179 \| 697	0	2,876	752 \| 82	114 \| 5	953
College of Social Sciences and Humanities	1,440 \| 360	0	1,800	435 \| 13	54 \| 0	502
University Programs	446 \| 0	0	446	0 \| 0	0 \| 0	0
Totals	14,676 \| 4,245	1,479	20,400	8,894 \| 1,174	7,304 \| 7	17,379

Undergraduate Retention and Graduation Rates

96%: Freshman retention (Fall 2018 freshmen)

89%: Six-year graduation rate (Fall 2013 cohort)

Costs, AY 2019–2020

$52,420: Tuition and fees

$16,930: 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.

130: Undergraduate majors

195: Combined majors

Computer Engineering/Computer Science, Cell and Molecular Biology, Criminal Justice/Psychology

Highest-growth majors

Cooperative Education

2018–2019

11,787: Placements

3,052: Employers globally

+ 97% of the graduating class of 2018–19 participated in co-op.

Global Learning

2018–2019

3,234 undergraduate students had a global experience, in one of 90 countries
511 undergraduate students participated in co-op abroad in 84 countries
141 countries are represented in Northeastern’s student body

Advanced learning

34 research doctorate programs
264 professional doctorate, masters, and certificate programs (in class, online, and in hybrid formats)

Campus Life Experiences

485: Student clubs and organizations

16: Varsity sports

51: Club sports

Degrees Conferred

2018–2019

200: PhD

213: Juris Doctor

549: Professional doctorate

5,234: Master’s degrees

4,708: Bachelor’s degrees

38: 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 2019

	Female	Male	Total	Female	Male	Total
	Undergraduate			Graduate
International	1,699	1,779	3,478	3,825	5,485	9,310
Hispanic or Latino	967	764	1,731	427	236	663
American Indian or Alaska Native	5	5	10	6	4	10
Asian	1,526	1,258	2,784	549	330	879
Black or African American	614	343	957	424	241	665
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	1	2	3	5	2	7
White	4,550	4,589	9,139	2,737	1,937	4,674
Two or more races	524	405	929	145	82	227
Race and ethnicity unknown	680	689	1,369	469	475	944
Total	10,566	9,834	20,400	8,587	8,792	17,379

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.

$178.3M in external research awards, 2018–2019
$144.6M in research expenditures, 2018–2019

Research Institutes

Coastal Sustainability Institute
Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute
Global Resilience Institute
Institute for Chemical Imaging of Living Systems
Institute for Experiential AI
Institute for Experiential Robotics
Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things
Kostas 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.