Northeastern University Student Population and Demographics

Northeastern Student Population

There are 30,013 students including 16,302 undergraduate and 13,711 graduate students at Northeastern University for the academic year 2022-2023. By attending status, there are 28,848 full-time and 1,165 part-time students with gender distribution of 14,266 male and 15,747 female students. Northeastern University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 1,058 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Northeastern University has a total enrollment of 30,013 with a gender distribution of 47.53% male (14,266 students) and 52.47% female (15,747 students). There are 7,153 male and 9,149 female students in undergraduate school and 7,113 male and 6,598 female students are attending graduate school at Northeastern University.

Student Population By Gender
Northeastern University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	30,013	14,266	15,747
Undergraduate	16,302	7,153	9,149
Graduate	13,711	7,113	6,598
Full-time	28,848	13,704	15,144
Part-time	1,165	562	603

[Chart] Northeastern University 2023 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Northeastern University has 28,848 full-time and 1,165 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 16,278 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 24 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 12,570 students are full-time and 1,141 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Northeastern University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	30,013	28,848	1,165
Undergraduate	16,302	16,278	24
Graduate	13,711	12,570	1,141
Men	14,266	13,704	562
Women	15,747	15,144	603

[Chart] Northeastern University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Northeastern University, 1,058 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 6,469 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 30,013 students. In undergraduate schools, 4,019 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 3,508 students are attending some online courses.

2023 Distance Learning Enrollment
Northeastern University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	30,013	16,302	13,711
Online Exclusively	1,058	46	1,012
In Some Online Classes	6,469	3,973	2,496
Not In Online Classes	22,486	12,283	10,203

[Chart] Northeastern University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Northeastern University. There are 12 American Indian/Native American, 9,865 White, 1,258 Black/African American, 4,092 Asian, 2,296 Hispanic, 4 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 721 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Northeastern University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	30,013	14,266	15,747
American Indian/Native American	12	4	8
Asian	4,092	1,687	2,405
Black/African American	1,258	390	868
Hispanic	2,296	913	1,383
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	2	2
White	9,865	4,425	5,440
Two More	1,283	525	758
Race Un-Known	396	196	200

[Chart] Northeastern UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Northeastern University.

Age Distribution
Northeastern University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	30,013	16,302	13,711
Under 18	180	180	0
Age 18-19	8,677	8,676	1
Age 20-21	5,817	5,320	497
Age 22-24	8,267	2,036	6,231
Age 25-29	5,161	74	5,087
Age 30-34	1,252	14	1,238
Age 35-39	374	2	372
Age 40-49	224	0	224
Age 50-64	56	0	56
Over 64	5	0	5
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Northeastern University 2023 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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