Northeastern University Student Population and Demographics

Northeastern Student Population

There are 32,553 students including 17,432 undergraduate and 15,121 graduate students at Northeastern University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 30,955 full-time and 1,598 part-time students with gender distribution of 15,644 male and 16,909 female students.

Northeastern University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 1,730 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Northeastern University has a total enrollment of 32,553 with a gender distribution of 48.06% male (15,644 students) and 51.94% female (16,909 students). There are 7,570 male and 9,862 female students in undergraduate school and 8,074 male and 7,047 female students are attending graduate school at Northeastern University.

Student Population By Gender
Northeastern University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	32,553	15,644	16,909
Undergraduate	17,432	7,570	9,862
Graduate	15,121	8,074	7,047
Full-time	30,955	14,893	16,062
Part-time	1,598	751	847

[Chart] Northeastern University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Northeastern University has 30,955 full-time and 1,598 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 17,401 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 31 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 13,554 students are full-time and 1,567 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Northeastern University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	32,553	30,955	1,598
Undergraduate	17,432	17,401	31
Graduate	15,121	13,554	1,567
Men	15,644	14,893	751
Women	16,909	16,062	847

[Chart] Northeastern University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Northeastern University, 1,730 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 7,507 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 32,553 students.

In undergraduate schools, 4,641 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 4,596 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Northeastern University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	32,553	17,432	15,121
Online Exclusively	1,730	57	1,673
In Some Online Classes	7,507	4,584	2,923
Not In Online Classes	23,316	12,791	10,525

[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 13 American Indian/Native American, 10,006 White, 1,208 Black/African American, 5,023 Asian, 2,322 Hispanic, 11 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 1,022 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Northeastern University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	32,553	15,644	16,909
American Indian/Native American	13	7	6
Asian	5,023	2,189	2,834
Black/African American	1,208	368	840
Hispanic	2,322	954	1,368
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11	4	7
White	10,006	4,310	5,696
Two More	1,479	598	881
Race Un-Known	961	424	537

[Chart] Northeastern UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

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