Northeastern University
Northeastern University admitted 5.2% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1440–1540 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $29,060 a year. Within six years, 91% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 5.2%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1440–1540
- ACT middle 50%
- 33–35
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $88,412 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $29,060 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $69,289 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 91%
- Students who return for a second year
- 97%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $99,371 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $20,000
Students
- Undergraduates
- 17,326
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 16%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 16 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Business, management and marketing
- 21%
- Computer and information sciences
- 16%
- Engineering
- 15%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 11%
- Health professions
- 11%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Colby College ME · 7.1% admitted
- Bowdoin College ME · 7.1% admitted
- Yale University CT · 3.9% admitted
- Dartmouth College NH · 5.4% admitted
- Duke University NC · 5.7% admitted
- Vanderbilt University TN · 5.9% admitted
More colleges in Massachusetts
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA · 60% admitted
- Boston University MA · 11% admitted
- University of Massachusetts-Boston MA · 84% admitted
- University of Massachusetts-Lowell MA · 83% admitted
- Boston College MA · 16% admitted
- Bridgewater State University MA · 88% admitted
- Harvard University MA · 3.6% admitted
- Berklee College of Music MA · 44% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.