Northeastern University Oakland
About
Northeastern University is a private research university with its main campus in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was founded by the Boston Young Men's Christian Association in 1898 as an all-male institute before being incorporated as Northeastern College in 1916, gaining university status in 1922.
Admissions & acceptance rate
How selective is this institution, and how many admitted students choose to enroll?
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 8.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Academic programs at Northeastern
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Northeastern vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Northeastern selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectNortheastern University Oakland | 64% | — | 640 | — | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
Hope International University | 49% | 33.0% | 1,025 | $27,653 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
California Institute of the Arts | 67% | 32.3% | 1,277 | $47,183 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
Notre Dame de Namur University | 7% | 99.9% | 306 | — | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
Pacific Oaks College | — | 34.4% | 1,068 | — | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
La Sierra University | 58% | 91.5% | 1,574 | $26,217 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
| Peer group median | 58% | 34.4% | 1,047 | $27,653 |
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