Northeastern University
Boston, MA · Private nonprofit5.2%
Acceptance rate
1,505
SAT Average
$32,116
Avg net price
15,719
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 6,004Master’s 6,514Doctoral 666 |
| Bachelor’s 1,235Master’s 619Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 960Master’s 1,645Doctoral 40 |
| Bachelor’s 898Master’s 2,683Doctoral 143 |
| Bachelor’s 646Master’s 467Doctoral 13 |
| Bachelor’s 642Master’s 326Doctoral 173 |
| Bachelor’s 525Master’s 94Doctoral 10 |
| Bachelor’s 185Master’s 24Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 166Master’s 83Doctoral 13 |
| Bachelor’s 156Master’s 13Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 117Master’s 32Doctoral 11 |
| Bachelor’s 103Master’s 54Doctoral 4 |
| Bachelor’s 96Master’s 204Doctoral 3 |
| Bachelor’s 67Master’s 49Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 54Master’s 30Doctoral 29 |
| Bachelor’s 33Master’s 13Doctoral 1 |
| Bachelor’s 27Master’s 81Doctoral 1 |
| Bachelor’s 26Master’s 11Doctoral 5 |
| Bachelor’s 20Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 18Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 14Master’s 43Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 9Master’s 25Doctoral 215 |
| Bachelor’s 6Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 1Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 0Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 17Doctoral 5 |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 1Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 0Doctoral 0 |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 0Doctoral None reported |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division I
- Primary conference
- Coastal Athletic Association
Projected sponsored sports17
Athletic participation
542 unique student-athletes · 15 varsity teams
Early Decision I
If Northeastern is your number one college choice, and you are committed to attending if admitted, Early Decision is the admissions program that is right for you.
Binding · CSS Profile, FAFSA due Nov 15
Early Action
CSS Profile, FAFSA due Dec 1
Early Decision II
Binding · CSS Profile, FAFSA due Jan 15
Regular Decision
CSS Profile, FAFSA due Feb 15
· Apply with Common App or Coalition
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $64,990
- Required fees
- $1,172
- Food and housing
- $19,580
- Books and supplies
- $1,000
- Other expenses
- $1,800
- Total
- $88,542
- $73,2362019–2019–20
- $75,7322020–2120–21
- $78,2022021–2221–22
- $81,4222022–2322–23
- $84,7312023–2423–24
- $88,5422024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $32,116 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 49%
- Average share of need met
- 100%
- Average need-based grant
- $64,845
- Required forms
- FAFSA, CSS Profile, and CSS Noncustodial Profile
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from Northeastern University’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
Northeastern University admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
Northeastern University runs two binding Early Decision rounds and a nonbinding Early Action plan. ED applicants were admitted at versus for the regular pool, a edge, and ED admits fill of the class.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Northeastern University admits in-state applicants at 10.4%, out-of-state applicants at 5.2%, and international applicants at 3.9%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
2,736 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. SAT or ACT scores must arrive by Feb 1. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT, down from 28% in 2021–22, and an ACT, down from 14%.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
22% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
6% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 7% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
among first-years who submitted test scores
High-school class rank
Among the 7% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
Northeastern University rates 4 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Standardized test scores
- Very important
- Recommendation(s)
- Very important
- Class rank
- Considered
- Application essay
- Considered
Nonacademic
- Extracurricular activities
- Important
- Talent / ability
- Important
- Character / personal qualities
- Important
- Volunteer work
- Important
- Work experience
- Important
- First generation
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Considered
- Interview
- Not considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Not considered
- State residency
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
Northeastern University leaves 1 Common Data Set answer blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
With the pool size hidden, a student’s odds of clearing the waitlist can’t be computed.
Does disclose: SAT / ACT score bands (C9) · Admissions factor grid (C7) · Early Decision applicants & admits (C21)
Northeastern University’s sticker drops once grant aid is applied, and what a family actually pays depends on income. of first-years received need-based aid; a family with no aid pays the full sticker. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Bars read against the $96,582 sticker. Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $32,116 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 1,344 of 2,736 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
What that meant in 2025–26
Cost of attendance $96,582
Averages among the 1,344 first-years awarded need-based aid.
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Northeastern University offers merit aid only: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Waitlist activity, as reported to the Common Data Set.
Offered a place
Not disclosedAccepted a place
Not disclosedAdmitted off waitlist
Not disclosed97.5% of Northeastern University’s first-years return for a second year and 90.4% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03