2020 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 2020

64,459: Applications

13,199: Acceptances

20.50%: Acceptance rate

1,467: Mean SAT score, enrolled freshmen

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

Enrollment, Fall 2020

	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	1,247 \| 206	0	1,453	218 \| 21	33 \| 0	272
Bouvé College of Health Sciences	1,624 \| 280	0	1,904	1,254 \| 41	197 \| 0	1,492
D’Amore-McKim School of Business	3,625 \| 731	0	4,356	368 \| 47	839 \| 1	1,255
College of Engineering	3,041 \| 915	0	3,956	3,385 \| 344	188 \| 0	3,917
Khoury College of Computer Sciences	2,074 \| 458	0	2,532	1,875 \| 221	81 \| 1	2,178
School of Law	0 \| 0	0	0	492 \| 207	0 \| 0	699
College of Professional Studies	0 \| 0	1,601	1,601	0 \| 0	5,244 \| 123	5,367
College of Science	2,445 \| 582	0	3,027	770 \| 61	150 \| 2	983
College of Social Sciences and Humanities	1,505 \| 265	0	1,770	518 \| 24	52 \| 0	594
University Programs	464 \| 0	0	464	0 \| 0	5 \| 0	5
Totals	16,025 \| 3,437	1,601	21,063	8,880 \| 966	6,789 \| 127	16,762

+ The “Co-op” column refers to the number of students in each college enrolled in our cooperative education program as of Fall 2020.

Undergraduate Retention and Graduation Rates

97%: Freshman retention (Fall 2019 freshmen)

89%: Six-year graduation rate (Fall 2014 cohort)

Costs, AY 2020–2021

$54,360: Tuition and fees

$17,480: Room and board

Source: northeastern.edu/admissions/cost

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.

270: Undergraduate Majors (Total)

99: Single Majors

171: Combined majors

Computer Science, Bioengineering, Computer Engineering/Computer Science

Highest-growth majors

Cooperative Education

2019–2020

9,008: Placements

2,901: Employers globally

+ 94% of the graduating class of 2019–20 participated in co-op.

Global Learning

2019–2020

2,244 undergraduate students had a global experience, in one of 82 countries
453 undergraduate students participated in co-op abroad in 69 countries
143 countries are represented in Northeastern’s student body

Advanced learning

35 research doctorate programs
288 professional doctorate, masters, and certificate programs (in class, online, and in hybrid formats)

Campus Life Experiences

493: Student clubs and organizations

19: Varsity sports

64: Club sports

Degrees Conferred

2019–2020

176: PhD

200: Juris Doctor

741: Professional doctorate

6,000: Master’s degrees

4,742: Bachelor’s degrees

32: 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 2020

	Female	Male	Total	Female	Male	Total
	Undergraduate			Graduate
International	1,653	1,717	3,370	3,656	4,784	8,440
Hispanic or Latino	1,033	865	1,898	454	238	692
American Indian or Alaska Native	7	4	11	3	2	5
Asian	1,853	1,518	3,371	605	401	1,006
Black or African American	691	346	1,037	430	263	693
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	1	1	2	3	2	5
White	4,679	4,733	9,412	2,658	1,965	4,623
Two or more races	617	472	1,089	172	95	267
Race and ethnicity unknown	426	428	854	581	433	1,014
Total	10,960	10,084	21,044	8,562	8,183	16,745

+ Note that 19 undergraduate students and 17 graduate students declined to report their gender.

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.

$180.2M in external research awards, 2019–2020
$158.3M in research expenditures, 2019–2020

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.