Northeastern University Career Outcomes & Earnings

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.

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.

At the upper end, Computer and Information Sciences completers have median earnings of $163,708 four years after completion. 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.

Graduate-study plans affect how to read the four-year earnings figure. An estimated 28.1% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment.

Because the earnings measure includes graduates who are working and not enrolled, this estimate identifies a group outside that earnings snapshot.

Earnings differ sharply across Northeastern University's ranked fields four years after completion, separating higher-earning computing and pharmacy fields from moderate-earning engineering and rehabilitation fields. Computer and Information Sciences records median earnings of $163,708 and 483 degrees awarded; Azimuth ranks it #8 nationally in its field among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration posts $142,985 with 66 degrees awarded and an Azimuth national field rank of #1 among nonprofit four-year institutions. Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions shows $81,320 and 60 degrees awarded, with Azimuth ranking it #1 nationally in its field among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Engineering has $112,019 in median earnings and 162 degrees awarded; Azimuth places it #2 nationally in its field among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Business/Commerce is the largest program and holds a leading national placement, while Northeastern University has 29 ranked bachelor’s programs overall. Azimuth ranks Business/Commerce #2 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field; it awarded 957 degrees and its completers had median earnings of $113,620 four years after completion.

Computer and Information Sciences ranks #8, awarded 483 degrees, and reports $163,708 in median earnings four years after completion. Mechanical Engineering ranks #24, awarded 275 degrees, and shows median earnings of $103,384 four years after completion.