Student Population at Northeastern University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
30,013	16,302	13,711

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 30,013 students have enrolled in Northeastern University with 16,302 undergraduate and 13,711 graduate students.

By gender, 14,266 male and 15,747 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (19,694 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Research University (very high research activity)).

1,058 students are enrolled exclusively, and 6,469 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Northeastern University has a total of 30,013 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 16,302 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 13,711 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 14,266 male and 15,747 female students (the male-female ratio is 48:52) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	30,013	16,302	13,711
Men	14,266	7,153	7,113
Women	15,747	9,149	6,598

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 9,865 White, 1,258 Black, and 4,092 Asian students out of a total of 30,013 are attending at Northeastern University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	12	4	8
Asian	4,092	1,687	2,405
Black	1,258	390	868
Hispanic	2,296	913	1,383
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	4	2	2
White	9,865	4,425	5,440
Two or more races	1,283	525	758
Race Unknown	396	196	200

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	9	3	6
Asian	3,139	1,278	1,861
Black	896	268	628
Hispanic	1,843	728	1,115
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	3	1	2
White	6,843	3,097	3,746
Two or more races	1,049	427	622
Race Unknown	218	104	114

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	3	1	2
Asian	953	409	544
Black	362	122	240
Hispanic	453	185	268
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	1	0
White	3,022	1,328	1,694
Two or more races	234	98	136
Race Unknown	178	92	86

Student Age Distribution

By age, Northeastern has 180 students under 18 years old and 5 students over 65 years old. There are 22,941 students under 25 years old, and 7,072 students over 25 years old out of 30,013 total students.

Northeastern has 16,212 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 90 students aged 25 and over.

It has 6,729 graduate students aged under 25 and 6,982 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	180	120	60
18-19	8,677	5,310	3,367
20-21	5,817	2,978	2,839
22-24	8,267	3,916	4,351
25-29	5,161	2,435	2,726
30-34	1,252	650	602
35-39	374	193	181
40-49	224	111	113
50-64	56	31	25
Over 65	5	3	2

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	180	120	60
18-19	8,676	5,309	3,367
20-21	5,320	2,742	2,578
22-24	2,036	953	1,083
25-29	74	19	55
30-34	14	6	8
35-39	2	0	2

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Northeastern University, 1,058 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 6,469 students are enrolled in some online courses.

437 students lived in Massachusetts or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 621 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	30,013	1,058	6,469
Undergraduate	16,302	46	3,973
Graduate	13,711	1,012	2,496

Online Student Population by Locality
	Massachusetts Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	437	552	69
Undergraduate	12	26	8
Graduate	425	526	61

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 16,302 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 700 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 4.29%.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	15,578
Transfer-in Full-time	700
Regular Part-time	24
Transfer-in Part-time	0

Student Population at Northeastern University

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