Student Population at Northeastern

The following chart compares Northeastern's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Massachusetts.

Northeastern has similar enrollment size to similarly ranked schools (average: 31,044 students). The enrollment is larger than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Massachusetts average (3,644 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Northeastern University and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 15,644 male and 16,909 female students attending Northeastern. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.93 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at Northeastern.

At Northeastern University, 9,237 students (28.38% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 1,730 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 599 students live in Massachusetts where Northeastern University is located in and 1,048 students have enrolled from other states.