unitid 167358 · Boston, MA · private nonprofit 4-year · city (large)
Northeastern University
- enrollment 2023
- 39,566
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
5%
1st pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
17,326
99th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
12%
undergrads on Pell grants
7th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
91%
finish within 150% time
94th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$84,641
95th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$30,915
after aid, aided students
83rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$92,538
after entry, Title IV students
96th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$24,250
48th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $2,264 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k16%
- 30-48k10%
- 48-75k12%
- 75-110k16%
- 110k+45%
- Median family income
- $80,225
- First-generation students
- 19%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $66,162
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 3.8× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business/Commerce, General. | 958 | $110,708 | $24,000 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 833 | — | — |
| Computer Engineering. | 767 | — | — |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 558 | $149,127 | $23,001 |
| Engineering, Other. | 333 | — | — |
| Engineering, General. | 241 | $133,840 | — |
| Mechanical Engineering. | 231 | $104,723 | $25,893 |
| Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies. | 208 | — | — |
| Applied Mathematics. | 188 | — | — |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods. | 188 | $118,016 | — |
| Business/Commerce, General. | 176 | $145,441 | — |
| Economics. | 169 | $98,280 | $24,500 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.