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Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA · Private nonprofit

Academics

Majors and faculty

The most popular major is Business/Commerce, General (18% of graduates). 16 students for every faculty member, more than at 72% of colleges. 70% of faculty are full-time. Spends $21,813 a year on instruction per student.

Most popular majors

6,004 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates

The top 5 programs account for 45% of graduates; 67 programs in 23 fields awarded at least one.

  1. Business/Commerce, General 52.010118% 1,106
    Graduates in this field earn $113,620 4 years out
  2. Computer and Information Sciences, General 11.010112% 745
    Graduates in this field earn $163,708 4 years out
  3. Health and Medical Administrative Services, Other 51.07995.5% 333
    Graduates in this field earn $80,233 4 years out
  4. Mechanical Engineering 14.19014.6% 278
    Graduates in this field earn $103,384 4 years out
  5. Econometrics and Quantitative Economics 45.06034.1% 244
    Graduates in this field earn $101,423 4 years out

Fastest-growing field: Computer science, 2.9% → 16% of graduates since 2014–15 (960 graduates in 2024–25).

Source:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2014–15 to 2024–25About the data(built 2026-10-12; CPI retrieved 2026-10-12)

Bachelor's degrees awarded July through June, by federal program name (), which can differ from what the college calls a major. A double major counts once, under the ; its other field is a . Earnings are College Scorecard's median for graduates of the program's broader field (), 4 years after completion; see Top-earning majors below.

Top-earning majors here

By earnings 4 years after completion

  1. Computer and Information Sciences, General$163,708 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $115,587

    4 years after completion$163,708
    National median: $92,374Above typical

    4 years out, Pell: $121,049 · Non-Pell: $134,967(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)

    Median federal debt: $22,583 · 1,041 graduates, two most recent years combined

  2. Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration$142,985 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: Too few graduates to report

    4 years after completion$142,985
    National median: $116,539Above typical

    Median federal debt: $31,000 · 129 graduates, two most recent years combined

  3. Computer Engineering$135,416 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $99,499

    4 years after completion$135,416
    National median: $109,015Above typical

    4 years out, Pell: $133,207 · Non-Pell: $108,578(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)

    Median federal debt: $25,002 · 246 graduates, two most recent years combined

  4. International Business$125,162 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $80,848

    4 years after completion$125,162
    National median: $73,201Above typical

    4 years out, Pell: Too few graduates to report · Non-Pell: $82,315(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)

    Median federal debt: $25,625 · 192 graduates, two most recent years combined

  5. Mathematics$125,084 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $76,392

    4 years after completion$125,084
    National median: $69,562Above typical

    4 years out, Pell: Too few graduates to report · Non-Pell: $104,594(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)

    Median federal debt: $21,750 · 174 graduates, two most recent years combined

Bachelor's programs only, among graduates who received federal financial aid and were working (not enrolled in school) in the measurement year.

Students per faculty member vs. every college16 to 1
16 to 1
← Fewer students per facultymore students per faculty member than 72% of 1,892More students per faculty →

The college also reports 15 to 1 in its Common Data Set (27,358 students, 1,796 faculty).

Not the average class size: faculty also teach graduate students and do research, and large lectures can sit alongside small seminars.

Class sizes

64%

of classes have fewer than 20 students; 7% have 50 or more

Under 20 students 20 or moreStudents per class section
Undergraduate class sections by number of students
StudentssectionsShare
2–940513%
10–191,63851%
20–2932810%
30–3935911%
40–492718%
50–991545%
100+602%

This counts class sections, not students: a lecture of 300 is one section, so a student is more likely to sit in a large class than the share of sections suggests. Labs and discussion sections are counted separately and left out here.

Full-time faculty70%
National median: 67%Above typical
Average faculty salary

$146,980

9-month equated, all ranks combined. Pay tracks local cost of living as much as a college's generosity.

Spending and endowment

Fiscal 2023–24. Compared only against other private nonprofit colleges: public and private colleges report finances on different accounting forms that aren't comparable.

Instruction spending per student$21,813
$21,813
← Lessmore than 88% of 1,199More →
Endowment per student$56,764
$56,764
← Lessmore than 64% of 1,065More →

Sources:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2024–25 graduates;College Scorecard Field of Study data, most recent release;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part D), Fall 2024;IPEDS Salaries survey (SAL, instructional staff, all ranks), Fall 2024;College Scorecard, Fall 2024;IPEDS Finance survey, derived per-student figures, 2023–24;Northeastern University Common Data Set 2023–24, Fall 2023;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)