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Enrollment

Full-time Undergraduate Admission, Fall 2021

75,244
Applications
13,829
Acceptances
18.38%
Acceptance rate
1,484
Mean SAT score, enrolled freshmen

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

Enrollment, Fall 2021

  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 2021.

Undergraduate Retention and Graduation Rates

97%
Freshman retention (Fall 2020 freshmen)
91%
Six-year graduation rate (Fall 2014 cohort)

Costs, AY 2021–2022

$56,500
Tuition and fees
$17,810
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.

318
Undergraduate Majors (Total)
208
Combined majors

Computer Science, Bioengineering, Business Administration/Communication Studies

Highest-growth majors

Cooperative Education

2020–2021

7,764
Placements
2,935
Employers globally

+ 95% of the graduating class of 2020-21 participated in co-op.

Global Learning

2020–2021

  • 1,019 undergraduate students had a global experience, in one of 53 countries
  • 413 undergraduate students participated in co-op abroad in 65 countries
  • 135 countries are represented in Northeastern’s student body

Advanced learning

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

Campus Life

523
Student clubs and organizations
19
Varsity sports
64
Club sports

Degrees Conferred

2020–2021

196
Doctorate–PhD
193
Juris Doctor
353
Professional doctorate
5,854
Master’s degrees
4,897
Bachelor’s degrees
28
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 2021

  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.

  • $181.2M in external research awards, 2020–2021

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 2021

3,359
Faculty
3,036
Staff
346
Research Scientists

Community of Support

282,143
Alumni
179
Alumni countries
$194.4M
Total giving, FY 2021

Finances, FY 2021

$1.435B
Expenses, FY 2021
$1.47B
Endowment market value, FY 2021

+ Northeastern’s bond rating from Moody’s Investors Service is A1, with a “stable” outlook.

Leadership

President and Cabinet

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 MacGillivray

Senior Vice President for University Advancement

Mary Ludden

Senior Vice Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor

Thomas Nedell

Senior Vice President for Finance and Treasurer

Karl Reid

Senior Vice Provost and Chief Inclusion Officer

Mary B. Strother

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Madeleine Estabrook

Senior Advisor for Global Student Experience

Robert Jose

Senior Advisor for Diversity and Inclusion

David Luzzi

Senior Advisor for Research

Deanna Raineri

Senior Advisor for Enterprise Learning Partnerships

Academic Deans

Gregory D. Abowd

College of Engineering

James Hackney

School of Law

Elizabeth Hudson

College of Arts, Media and Design

Elizabeth Mynatt

Khoury College of Computer Sciences

Uta Poiger

College of Social Sciences and Humanities

Carmen Sceppa

Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Radhika Seshan

College of Professional Studies

Hazel Sive

College of Science

Emery Trahan

D’Amore-McKim School of Business (interim)