Northeastern University Historical Acceptance Rate

Historical Acceptance Rates

Northeastern University's overall acceptance rate has seen a significant decline over the past few years. For the application year 2024, the acceptance rate is 5.2% from a pool of 98,425 applicants, with 5,133 students accepted. This follows a similar trend from 2023, where the acceptance rate was 5.65% with 54,459 admitted from 96,631 applicants. In stark contrast, the acceptance rates were as high as 44.37% in 2019. The historical data indicates an increasingly competitive applicant pool, with rates dropping from 20.48% in 2020 to the current lows.