by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual produces its Best Quality Schools rankings on a yearly basis to recognize those graduate schools that provide an excellent educational experience and are dedicated to helping their students succeed. Our methodology places a high weight on things such as post-graduation wages, time to graduate, and student-per-faculty ratio. Post-graduation debt, faculty and staff diversity, and other factors are also taken into account.
Northeastern University landed the #69 spot in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking out of a pool of 1149 colleges and universities that were eligible for this year's ranking. So, the school is among the best in the nation with its Top 10% ranking. As a result, Northeastern is a recipient of this year's Best Master's Schools badge.
Northeastern also ranked #8 for Best Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts.
Northeastern was ranked #182 in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking out of the 676 schools that were included in the ranking.
Northeastern also ranked #11 for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Massachusetts.
The total graduate student population at Northeastern is made up of 43.4% women and 56.6% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 14.3% of the graduate student population at Northeastern. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at Northeastern. Around 55.0% of graduate students are international. For more details on graduate school diversity at the school, check out the chart below. If you click on it, you'll be taken to a page with more details.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $25,801 | $25,801 |
| Fees | $294 | $294 |
Graduate students earning a master's degree from Northeastern enter careers with an average starting salary of $69,661. That's about 19% higher than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
Doctorate degree recipients from Northeastern earn an average salary of $80,214 during the early years of their career. That's good news for those graduates since it is 7% higher than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of Northeastern University.
Contact details for Northeastern are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 360 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115-5005 |
| Phone: | 617-373-2000 |
| Website: | www.northeastern.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/northeastern |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/northeastern |
In 2020-2021, 26.0% of the graduate students at Northeastern University took at least one class online. Approximately 9.3% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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