Education Atlas

College Scorecard · cost, debt & earnings

Northeastern University

Boston, MA · Private nonprofit · Bachelor-granting · 17,326 undergrads · 5% admitted

Do students finish?
91% complete

Most students who start here finish.

What does it cost?
$84,641/yr net

Average annual price after grants & scholarships. ~$338,564 over four years if you finish on time.

What former students go on to earn

The middle 50% of students who received federal aid, measured 10 years after they entered (an earlier entering class — not a guarantee, and not limited to those who graduated). Earnings vary enormously by field of study.

$92,538 median, 10 yrs after entry
25th pct $61,560 median $92,538 75th pct $135,313

87% earn more than a typical high-school graduate (the dashed line above, $28,000 — a fixed, somewhat dated federal benchmark) ten years on.

Your major matters more than your school

The school-wide figure above blends every major together — but pay varies enormously by program. Pick a degree level (and search your major) to compare like-for-like.

Read these on their own terms. Program pay is measured 1 year after completing the program (early career, graduates only) — not the same as the school-wide number above, which is 10 years after a student first enrolled. Don't compare a program figure to the school figure; use the programs to compare majors to each other.

32 Bachelor's programs · $25,380 to $95,288 (1 yr out)

MajorPay · 1yr outMedian debt
Computer and Information Sciences, General.Bachelor's $95,288 $22,583
Computer Engineering.Bachelor's $88,529 $25,002
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering.Bachelor's $77,708 $24,583
Mechanical Engineering.Bachelor's $69,867 $25,547
Mathematics.Bachelor's $69,773 $21,750
Industrial Engineering.Bachelor's $69,499 $25,000
Chemical Engineering.Bachelor's $69,307 $26,623
Civil Engineering.Bachelor's $69,279 $24,750
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.Bachelor's $69,253 $22,250
Business Administration, Management and Operations.Bachelor's $68,843 —
Business/Commerce, General.Bachelor's $65,358 $22,500
International Business.Bachelor's $61,027 $25,625
Economics.Bachelor's $56,668 $23,250
Chemistry.Bachelor's $54,138 $21,641
Finance and Financial Management Services.Bachelor's $52,540 $24,375
Communication and Media Studies.Bachelor's $48,567 $21,500
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology.Bachelor's $48,487 $23,250
Political Science and Government.Bachelor's $45,238 $21,625
Design and Applied Arts.Bachelor's $45,115 $25,500
Criminal Justice and Corrections.Bachelor's $44,672 $20,889
Biology, General.Bachelor's $43,916 $24,802
Natural Resources Conservation and Research.Bachelor's $42,990 $22,973
International Relations and National Security Studies.Bachelor's $42,014 $21,000
Health and Medical Administrative Services.Bachelor's $41,623 $26,500
Human Services, General.Bachelor's $39,653 $23,250
English Language and Literature, General.Bachelor's $39,443 $21,250
Journalism.Bachelor's $38,872 $24,005
Research and Experimental Psychology.Bachelor's $35,413 $23,250
History.Bachelor's $35,067 $21,500
Neurobiology and Neurosciences.Bachelor's $33,969 $24,000
Music.Bachelor's $29,347 $25,500
Sociology.Bachelor's $25,380 $27,000

The Dept. of Education omits programs with too few graduates (to protect privacy), so not every major appears. Pay is a median for federally-aided graduates. Full program detail on the official Scorecard.

Typical federal loan debt
$22,000
≈ 24% of one year's typical earnings here

This counts federal student loans only — not private loans, Parent PLUS loans, or family savings, so the true cost of borrowing is usually higher.

What these numbers are — and are not

Every figure here is an institution-wide median from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard. It is not a prediction of what you would earn or owe — a computer-science and a fine-arts graduate of the same school can earn wildly different amounts, and your field of study matters more than your school. It is not a figure for any one program, not proof the school caused the outcome (selective schools admit students who would earn more anyway), and not a "best college" ranking. Earnings and debt cover federally-aided students.

→ The number that actually answers "worth it" is earnings by major — see the by-major breakdown above (73 programs at this school).

Also available: structured data (JSON-LD) · plain text · JSON. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (2026-06-10 release). · school website