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Northeastern University

Private nonprofit, four-year or above, in Boston, Massachusetts.

Students and awards

From NCES’s 2025–26 IPEDS collection.

43,059
Students enrolled during the year
Everyone enrolled at any point in the 12 months, not fall enrollment.
24,663
Undergraduates
18,396
Graduate students

From NCES’s 2025–26 IPEDS collection.

6,004
Bachelor's degrees awarded
0
Associate's degrees awarded
6,514
Master's degrees awarded

Graduation, admissions and price

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

91.0%
Graduation rate
91.0%
Bachelor's within six years

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

5.0%
Applicants admitted
54.0%
Admitted students who enrolled

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

$66,162
Tuition and fees
$88,542
Price in state, living on campus
$88,542
Price out of state, living on campus

Tuition and fees

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

Northeastern University published $66,162 in in-state tuition and fees for 2024–⁠25, against $57,592 for 2021–⁠22

Published in-state tuition and fees for full-time, first-time undergraduates, each academic year, as the college reported them to NCES: the price before any grant, in the dollars of each year. All four years are from one IPEDS release, which restates the years before it.

Source: IPEDS

About this chart

The figures

Northeastern University published $66,162 in in-state tuition and fees for 2024–25, against $57,592 for 2021–22. Published in-state tuition and fees for full-time, first-time undergraduates, each academic year, as the college reported them to NCES: the price before any grant, in the dollars of each year. All four years are from one IPEDS release, which restates the years before it.
Academic yearIn-districtIn-stateOut-of-state
2024–⁠25$66,162$66,162$66,162
2023–⁠24$63,141$63,141$63,141
2022–⁠23$60,192$60,192$60,192
2021–⁠22$57,592$57,592$57,592
The price of a year on campus for an in-state student, 2024–25
ItemPrice
In-state tuition and fees$66,162
Books and supplies$1,000
Food and housing on campus$19,580
Other expenses on campus$1,800
Total, as NCES adds it$88,542

The published price, before any grant or scholarship: what a student is charged, not what a student pays. Each NCES release restates the years before it, so all of these are from the one release.

Faculty pay

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

Full-time instructional staff and average salary by academic rank, 2024–25
RankFull-time staffAverage salary, nine-month basis
Professor564$190,951
Associate professor493$134,193
Assistant professor467$120,046
Instructor122$106,376
Lecturer25$108,393
All ranks1,671$146,980

Full-time, non-medical instructional staff as of November 1. NCES equates 10-, 11- and 12-month contracts to nine months and averages base salary only; supplements and stipends are excluded. Ranks are the college’s own, and the newest collection is provisional.

How this compares

Students enrolled during the year: 43,059
Larger than 99% of the 1,543 colleges in its sector (private nonprofit, four-year or above) that report an enrollment. Compared within its sector, because a two-year college and a research university are not the same kind of place.
Graduation rate: 91%
Higher than 94% of the 1,233 colleges in its sector (private nonprofit, four-year or above) that report one.
Average faculty salary, all ranks: $146,980
Higher than 97% of the 1,464 colleges in its sector (private nonprofit, four-year or above) in NCES's salary survey. Full-time instructional staff, equated to a nine-month contract.

What former students earn and owe

From the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard, used under Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY). Earnings are of students who received federal aid.

$101,903
Median earnings four years after completing
$99,371
Median earnings ten years after entering
$20,000
Median federal debt of graduates
0.0%
Three-year default rate

The college’s entry

Sector
Private nonprofit, four-year or above
Control
Private nonprofit
Grants degrees
Yes
Locale
City, large
County
Suffolk County
IPEDS ID
167358

Sources

Compiled automatically from Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), 2025–26 collection and College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

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