Northeastern University School of Law’s total enrolled Black students has sat around 7% of its entire student body since law schools began reporting data in 2011. This year, the amount of law students who identified as Black reached an all-time low of 4.8% of the student body,...
In recent years, Northeastern’s acceptance rate has plummeted to a mere 5.2% in the 2024 admissions cycle — a number rivaling Ivy League universities.
However, the university’s prestige didn’t always look like this. Northeastern was originally an evening college and...
Northeastern’s total number of undergraduate applications surged once again for the 2025-26 academic year, totalling a record 105,092 applications, according to a Jan. 12 Northeastern Global News, or NGN, article.
The number of applications is up from 98,373 for the 2024-25...
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill Sept. 30 prohibiting private institutions from giving preference toward legacy and donor students in the admissions process. The ruling aims to make college admissions a fairer playing field and combat the June 2023 Supreme Court...
Each year, Northeastern becomes more selective than the last; for the Class of 2028, its 5.2% acceptance rate to the Boston campus rivaled that of nearby Ivy League institutions Harvard University and Brown University.
The single-digit number — which also encompasses Early...
More than a year after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions, the share of students who identify as Black enrolled in Northeastern University's class of 2028 dropped 35%, from 7.8% to 5.1%, compared to the class of 2027.
In the class of 2028,...
Annie Cayer, deputy campus editor
• August 25, 2024
Northeastern’s acceptance rate continued on its downward trend for the Class of 2028, dropping to a record low of 5.2% for the fall 2024 admissions cycle, according to a spokesperson for the university. This is the third year in a row the admit rate has been in the single-digits,...
When news broke May 29 that Northeastern had acquired Marymount Manhattan College, or MMC, in New York City, current MMC fourth-year acting major Abby Mulligan said her dad, who had just read about the merger in The New York Times, was the first to tell her.
“At first,...
In President Joseph E. Aoun’s annual address to the faculty senate Feb. 14, he gave his impression of the landscape of higher education, including where he sees the Northeastern brand and system headed in the coming years.
For the first time publicly, Aoun addressed how...
In the sixth episode of WRBB News, co-hosts Bela Omoeva and Grace Sawin speak with The News about two recent stories. Deputy campus editor Val O'Neill explains why Northeastern received yet another record-breaking number of undergraduate applications this admissions cycle. Sports...
Many college admissions officials across the country weren’t surprised when, in June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that higher education institutions could no longer use race as a factor in their admissions process. Some, including Northeastern’s Chief Legal, Compliance and...
Every year, the college admissions cycle happens like clockwork. Students make one of the most important decisions of their lives so far: where to go for college. To guide them during a notoriously difficult time, many students turn to college rankings.
One of the most popular...
