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

112 Undergraduate Degrees
90 Graduate Degrees
$57,809 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
7% Acceptance Rate

Where Is Northeastern University?

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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 1
High School Rank 5
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 5
Recommendations 1
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Northeastern?

7% Acceptance Rate
64% Of Accepted Are Women
33% Submit SAT Scores
The acceptance rate at Northeastern is 7%, 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 36% of accepted students are men and 64% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 6%, and the acceptance rate for women is 8%.

Average Test Scores

About 33% 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 740 and 790.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Northeastern University  ( 700 to 760 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Northeastern University  ( 740 to 790 )
200
800
Northeastern received ACT scores from 11% 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 0. Composite scores were between 33 and 35.

ACT English Scores for Northeastern University  ( 34 to 35 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Northeastern University  ( 33 to 35 )
1
36

Can I Afford Northeastern University?

$57,809 Net Price
42% Take Out Loans
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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Northeastern, approximately 42% of students took out student loans averaging $8,278 a year. That adds up to $33,112 over four years for those students.

Northeastern University Undergraduate Student Diversity

15,131 Full-Time Undergraduates
51% Women
36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 15,156 undergraduate students at Northeastern, with 15,131 being full-time and 25 being part-time.

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There are also 7,749 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 15,131 full-time undergraduates at Northeastern, 49% are male and 51% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 2,629
Black or African American 621
Hispanic or Latino 1,375
White 6,796
International Students 2,426
Other Races/Ethnicities 1,284

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.

Northeastern University Nursing Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Registered Nursing 112 6 50 11 179
Nurse Anesthetist 0 0 0 23 23
Nursing Science 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 112 6 50 34 202

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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