Northeastern University shows observed earnings alongside a modeled shortfall relative to expectations. Azimuth places its return pillar in the 95th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Graduates earn about $3,343 less than the model expects for similar students, placing earnings beyond expectations—the gap between graduate earnings and the model’s expectation for similar students—in the 42nd percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $20,436.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $23,779. Median earnings are $101,903 four years after completion, in the 97th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
That is $18,288 above the peer median of $83,615, the middle value for comparable institutions of the same type and size. The return picture is mixed: observed earnings sit above peers, while the model expects somewhat more.
Four years after completing a degree, Northeastern University graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $101,903. Azimuth places that figure in the 97th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, based on an earnings cohort of 4,671 completers.
Earnings scenarios, estimated from the program mix, show the range around that median. The typical earnings scenario equals the observed median, while the downside is $72,999 and the upside is $142,144.
An estimated 28.1% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix. The remaining graduates are not accounted for in that estimate.
Return is Northeastern University's strongest pillar, though the model places graduates below its expectation. Among federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled, median earnings are $101,903 four years after completion; Azimuth places that figure in the 97th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
This is $18,288 above the peer median of $83,615, the middle value for comparable institutions in the same type and size. Graduates earn about $3,343 less than the model expects for similar students.
Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, is in the 42nd percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $20,436.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $23,779. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $5,659.
Earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix run from $72,999 on the downside to $142,144 on the upside. Azimuth places the return pillar in the 95th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Computer and Information Sciences has the highest program earnings figure, with 483 degrees awarded and median earnings of $163,708 four years after completion. Azimuth ranks it #8 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field, and its earnings are 1.80x the national median for that field.
Business/Commerce, the largest listed program, awarded 957 degrees and has median earnings of $113,620; Azimuth ranks it #2 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field. Mechanical Engineering awarded 275 degrees, with median earnings of $103,384 and an Azimuth rank of #24 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field.
The program figures show different earnings levels across fields alongside high field-specific rankings.
Graduate earnings vary widely by modeled scenario and by field. The downside earnings scenario is $72,999 four years after completion, compared with an upside scenario of $142,144; the typical scenario is $101,903.
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration reaches $142,985, and Computer Engineering reaches $135,416. These field figures show why the modeled range is broader than the school-level median alone suggests.
Borrowing at Northeastern University looks typical for its peer group, leaving the earnings picture as an important part of the cost decision. Median federal student loan debt for borrowers who completed is $24,250, close to the $23,168 peer median for comparable institutions (same type and size).
This measure covers federal-loan borrowers who completed, rather than every graduate. That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $276 a month if repaid over ten years.
Parent PLUS borrowers, a separate parent-borrower population, have median debt of $34,984. Graduates earn about $3,343 less than the model expects for similar students.
Debt that matches peers alongside lower-than-expected earnings makes the return picture mixed.