Northeastern University Computer Science Programs

Northeastern University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

Where Is 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

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How Do I Get Into Northeastern?

You can apply to Northeastern online at: https://www.commonapp.org/

Admission Requirements for Northeastern

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Northeastern?

The acceptance rate at Northeastern is 7%, which means the school is highly selective when deciding who will be admitted and who won't. Even if you have great grades and test scores, that may not be enough. So be sure to look for ways to make your application memorable.

Approximately 36% of accepted students are men and 64% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 6%, and the acceptance rate for women is 8%.

Average Test Scores

About 33% of students accepted to Northeastern submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 700 and 760. Math scores were between 740 and 790.

Northeastern received ACT scores from 11% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 34 and 35. Math scores were between 30 and 0. Composite scores were between 33 and 35.

Can I Afford Northeastern University?

The overall average net price of Northeastern is $57,809. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Northeastern, approximately 45% of students took out student loans averaging $8,086 a year. That adds up to $32,344 over four years for those students.

Northeastern University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 15,747 undergraduate students at Northeastern, with 15,711 being full-time and 36 being part-time.

There are also 12,420 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 15,711 full-time undergraduates at Northeastern, 46% are male and 54% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Northeastern University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	2,890
Black or African American	870
Hispanic or Latino	1,700
White	6,700
International Students	2,352
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,199

Geographic Diversity

Massachusetts students aren't the only ones who study at Northeastern University. At this time, 48 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 146 countries are represented at Northeastern. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Taiwan.

Online Learning at Northeastern University

In 2022-2023, 7,527 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Northeastern has changed over the last few years.

Northeastern University Computer Science Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
General Computer & Information Sciences	483	633	18	1,134
Data Modeling/Warehousing & Database Administration	41	96	0	137
Computer & IS Security	23	61	2	86
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	0	25	0	25
Artificial Intelligence	0	22	0	22
Information Technology Management	0	8	0	8
General Information Science	2	0	0	2
Informatics	0	0	0	0
Information Technology	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	549	845	20	1,414

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By (User:Piotrus) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.