Northeastern University Overview

Northeastern University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Boston, Massachusetts. The location of Northeastern is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

What Is Northeastern University Known For?

• The 1% student loan default rate at Northeastern is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Northeastern.
• In <nil>, 70% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Northeastern with a bachelor's degree make about $88,842 a year. That's 118% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Where Is Northeastern University?

Contact details for Northeastern are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	360 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115-5005
Phone:	617-373-2000
Website:	www.northeastern.edu

How Do I Get Into Northeastern?

You can apply to Northeastern online at: https://www.commonapp.org/

Admission Requirements for Northeastern

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Recommended
Recommendations	Required
SAT or ACT Scores	Required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Northeastern?

The acceptance rate at Northeastern is 18%, which means the school is highly selective when deciding who will be admitted and who won't. Even if you have great grades and test scores, that may not be enough. So be sure to look for ways to make your application memorable.

Approximately 39% of accepted students are men and 61% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 16%, and the acceptance rate for women is 20%.

Average Test Scores

About 28% of students accepted to Northeastern submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 700 and 760. Math scores were between 730 and 790.

Northeastern received ACT scores from 14% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 34 and 35. Math scores were between 30 and 35. Composite scores were between 33 and 35.

Can I Afford Northeastern University?

The overall average net price of Northeastern is $57,809. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Northeastern, approximately 45% of students took out student loans averaging $8,086 a year. That adds up to $32,344 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Northeastern is 0.5%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Northeastern University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 15,747 undergraduate students at Northeastern, with 15,711 being full-time and 36 being part-time.

There are also 12,420 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 15,711 full-time undergraduates at Northeastern, 46% are male and 54% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Northeastern University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	2,890
Black or African American	870
Hispanic or Latino	1,700
White	6,700
International Students	2,352
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,199

Geographic Diversity

Massachusetts students aren't the only ones who study at Northeastern University. At this time, 48 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 146 countries are represented at Northeastern. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Taiwan.

Online Learning at Northeastern University

In 2020-2021, 9,273 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Northeastern has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 20th most popular in Massachusetts for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Northeastern

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Northeastern University was 52.8%. This is the #645 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Northeastern regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By (User:Piotrus) under License

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