Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Northeastern

At Northeastern University, the average acceptance rate over the past 9 years is 25.02%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 18.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Northeastern University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 22.43%, and the 2022 yield is 33.00%.

The number of Northeastern applicants increased by 16.73% (10,785 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 25.02%, and this year's acceptance rate is 18.00% at Northeastern University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 24.80% and women students' rate is 25.24%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Northeastern University than the previous year.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Northeastern University over the past 9 years (2013-2022).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	32.31%	31.76%	32.77%
2014-15	32.22% -0.08%	32.08% 0.32%	32.34% -0.42%
2015-16	28.48% -3.74%	28.98% -3.10%	28.04% -4.31%
2016-17	28.88% 0.40%	29.13% 0.15%	28.66% 0.63%
2017-18	27.44% -1.44%	27.15% -1.98%	27.69% -0.97%
2018-19	19.34% -8.10%	18.93% -8.22%	19.68% -8.01%
2019-20	18.05% -1.29%	18.35% -0.58%	17.80% -1.89%
2020-21	20.48% 2.42%	20.81% 2.46%	20.19% 2.39%
2021-22	18.00% -2.48%	16.00% -4.81%	20.00% -0.19%
Average	25.02%	24.80%	25.24%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 9 years is 22.43% where the current academic year yield is 33.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Northeastern University from 2013 to 2022.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	18.89%	19.51%	18.39%
2014-15	18.34% -0.55%	20.50% 0.99%	16.49% -1.91%
2015-16	19.44% 1.10%	20.87% 0.37%	18.16% 1.67%
2016-17	18.15% -1.29%	19.22% -1.66%	17.21% -0.95%
2017-18	20.89% 2.75%	22.12% 2.90%	19.86% 2.65%
2018-19	22.80% 1.91%	24.03% 1.91%	21.80% 1.93%
2019-20	26.65% 3.85%	27.80% 3.78%	25.64% 3.84%
2020-21	23.70% -2.96%	23.95% -3.86%	23.48% -2.16%
2021-22	33.00% 9.30%	33.00% 9.05%	31.99% 8.51%
Average	22.43%	23.44%	21.45%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 57,468, the average number of admitted is 13,932, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 3,084.

The number of Northeastern applicants increased by 16.73% (10,785 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Northeastern University from 2013 to 2022.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	47,364	15,301	2,891
2014-15	49,819 5.18%	16,052 4.91%	2,944 1.83%
2015-16	50,523 1.41%	14,388 -10.37%	2,797 -4.99%
2016-17	51,063 1.07%	14,747 2.50%	2,676 -4.33%
2017-18	54,209 6.16%	14,876 0.87%	3,108 16.14%
2018-19	62,272 14.87%	12,042 -19.05%	2,746 -11.65%
2019-20	62,263 -0.01%	11,240 -6.66%	2,996 9.10%
2020-21	64,459 3.53%	13,199 17.43%	3,128 4.41%
2021-22	75,244 16.73%	13,544 2.61%	4,469 42.87%
Average	57,468	13,932	3,084

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Northeastern University and similar schools.