Outcomes
What it pays
Former students earn a median $92,538 ten years after enrolling, more than at 97% of colleges; 91% graduate within six years. Four years of net price is about 2.2 years of that salary.
Earnings
Earnings climb with time
Staying and finishing
Retention
come back for year two
Graduation
graduate within six years
National median graduation rate: 59%
What graduates owe
$24.3K
According to Northeastern University's most recent Common Data Set, 43% of its Class of 2023 graduates (2,774 students) borrowed from any source: federal, institutional, state, or private, averaging $35,092 among those who did.
Counts students who started here as first-time students and earned a bachelor's; the federal median counts federal loans only, including students who left without a degree.
Everyone who starts here, 8 years later
Students who entered in fall 2016, including and part-time students. The graduation rate counts only first-time, full-time students and treats a transfer out as not finishing.
91 of 100 students who start here earn a degree or certificate here within 8 years; 5 more are enrolled at another college. (4,217 students)
All entering students, by whether they had a Pell Grant.
40 of 100 finish within 4 years, 91 within 6, and 91 within 8.
| Earned a credential within | 4 yrs | 6 yrs | 8 yrs |
|---|---|---|---|
| All students | 40% | 91% | 91% |
| Started in college here | 32% | 91% | 92% |
| Transferred in | 74% | 90% | 90% |
Transfer students' clock starts when they arrive here, not when they first started college.
National median: 60% of all entering students earn a credential at the college they started at within 8 years.
Do lower-income students finish?
Pell Grant recipients: 90%, the same as students with no need-based federal aid (90%). First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years; entered fall 2018.
- Pell Grant recipients311 students
90% · the same as students with neither
- Subsidized loan, no Pell Grant631 students
92% · 2 points above students with neither
- Neither Pell nor subsidized loan1,796 students
90% · comparison group
By race and ethnicity
First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years, from the College Scorecard's most recent release. Groups under 30 students aren't shown.
- White1,217 students
91% · 1 point above all students
- Asian425 students
94% · 3 points above all students
- Hispanic/Latino298 students
88% · 3 points below all students
- Black157 students
88% · 3 points below all students
- Two or more races151 students
89% · 1 point below all students
- International349 students
88% · 3 points below all students
- American Indian/Alaska Native3 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander1 students
Not shown: under 30 students
Cost vs. earnings
The 300 most-applied-to colleges plus Northeastern University. Top-left is lower cost and higher earnings.
↑ Median earnings 10 years after entry (higher = more)
Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;College Scorecard, Entered fall 2023;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2023–24;Northeastern University Common Data Set 2023–24, Class of 2023About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)