Enrollment Trends at Northeastern

The student population at Northeastern University is 30,013 (16,302 undergraduate and 13,711 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,319 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Northeastern is 54.32% which is decreased by 338 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 2,657 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.10 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

1,058 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 511.56% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 23,116 where 30,013 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

54.32% of total students is undergraduate students and 45.68% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 338 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 2,657 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.10 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in Northeastern.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Northeastern University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	27,694	16,640	8,219	8,421	11,054	5,348	5,706
2013-14	20,053 -7,641	13,223 -3,417	6,427 -1,792	6,796 -1,625	6,830 -4,224	3,665 -1,683	3,165 -2,541
2014-15	19,798 -255	13,510 287	6,685 258	6,825 29	6,288 -542	3,349 -316	2,939 -226
2015-16	19,940 142	13,697 187	6,800 115	6,897 72	6,243 -45	3,344 -5	2,899 -40
2016-17	20,381 441	13,473 -224	6,648 -152	6,825 -72	6,908 665	3,812 468	3,096 197
2017-18	21,489 1,108	13,825 352	6,715 67	7,110 285	7,664 756	4,353 541	3,311 215
2018-19	21,627 138	13,909 84	6,743 28	7,166 56	7,718 54	4,520 167	3,198 -113
2019-20	22,207 580	14,202 293	6,883 140	7,319 153	8,005 287	4,632 112	3,373 175
2020-21	22,905 698	15,156 954	7,351 468	7,805 486	7,749 -256	4,386 -246	3,363 -10
2021-22	28,167 5,262	15,747 591	7,221 -130	8,526 721	12,420 4,671	6,465 2,079	5,955 2,592
2022-23	30,013 1,846	16,302 555	7,153 -68	9,149 623	13,711 1,291	7,113 648	6,598 643
Average	23,116	14,517	6,986	7,531	8,599	4,635	3,964

Northeastern University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 14,517 where 16,302 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Northeastern University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	16,640	14,135	7,056	7,079	2,505	1,163	1,342
2013-14	13,223	13,204	6,418	6,786	19	9	10
2014-15	13,510	13,492	6,678	6,814	18	7	11
2015-16	13,697	13,664	6,785	6,879	33	15	18
2016-17	13,473	13,444	6,632	6,812	29	16	13
2017-18	13,825	13,786	6,701	7,085	39	14	25
2018-19	13,909	13,864	6,725	7,139	45	18	27
2019-20	14,202	14,156	6,862	7,294	46	21	25
2020-21	15,156	15,131	7,342	7,789	25	9	16
2021-22	15,747	15,711	7,199	8,512	36	22	14
2022-23	16,302	16,278	7,138	9,140	24	15	9
Average	14,517	14,517	6,867	7,394	14,517	119	137

Northeastern University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 8,599 where 13,711 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Northeastern University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	11,054	4,895	2,495	2,400	6,159	2,853	3,306
2013-14	6,830	4,753	2,483	2,270	2,077	1,182	895
2014-15	6,288	5,130	2,729	2,401	1,158	620	538
2015-16	6,243	5,357	2,876	2,481	886	468	418
2016-17	6,908	6,053	3,364	2,689	855	448	407
2017-18	7,664	6,830	3,919	2,911	834	434	400
2018-19	7,718	6,921	4,093	2,828	797	427	370
2019-20	8,005	7,241	4,216	3,025	764	416	348
2020-21	7,749	6,917	3,934	2,983	832	452	380
2021-22	12,420	11,189	5,900	5,289	1,231	565	666
2022-23	13,711	12,570	6,566	6,004	1,141	547	594
Average	8,599	8,599	3,870	3,207	8,599	765	757

Northeastern University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 32.87% and the percentage of black students is 4.19% at Northeastern University. 13.63% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Northeastern University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	32	1,892	1,390	1,338	5	12,351	607
2013-14	15	1,600	632	1,066	3	8,831	534
2014-15	10	1,753	624	1,103	7	8,828	597
2015-16	13	1,903	646	1,116	5	8,568	595
2016-17	13	1,994	660	1,160	4	8,218	647
2017-18	9	2,163	644	1,296	2	8,397	668
2018-19	8	2,279	712	1,402	4	8,271	705
2019-20	9	2,452	750	1,501	5	8,367	796
2020-21	8	3,103	834	1,670	1	8,961	948
2021-22	12	3,713	1,236	2,180	3	9,705	1,132
2022-23	12	4,092	1,258	2,296	4	9,865	1,283
Average	13	2,449	853	1,466	4	9,124	774

Northeastern University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,058 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 4% of total students. The number of online students has increased 511.56% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Northeastern University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	19,798	173	1,315	18,310
2015-16	19,940	206	1,219	18,515
2016-17	20,381	240	1,396	18,745
2017-18	21,489	249	1,443	19,797
2018-19	21,627	173	1,838	19,616
2019-20	22,207	209	2,115	19,883
2020-21	22,905	663	10,390	11,852
2021-22	28,167	1,286	7,987	18,894
2022-23	30,013	1,058	6,469	22,486
Average	22,947	473	3,797	18,678

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