Northeastern University
Locations: Boston (MA)
Annual Tuition: $66,162
Programs with 5+ Reviews
Bachelor's 4.0 Business
Master's 3.8 Education
Master's 4.0 Health Sciences
Doctorate 3.6 Liberal Studies
Master's 4.0 Public Administration
Master's 3.7
Student Reviews
Jenna
Reviewed: 3/19/2026
Degree: Chemistry
Northeastern's co-op program is the primary reason that it's a quality school. This really does prepare you for real life and helped me and many others get careers after college from connections we'd made during our co-ops. If you're not interested in co-oping or want to have every summer off, Northeastern isn't for you.
I'll say -- this school isn't worth the loans for how expensive it is. You can get a comparable education for less. If you don't get scholarships, it's not worth it.
Anonymous
Reviewed: 3/12/2026
Degree: Health Sciences
Northeastern was a fun and engaging university to attend. The students were wonderful people and highly insightful. The faculty was largely the same, with s handful that seemed to be mailing it in. The facilities were in decent shape with a mixture of brand new and run down buildings. There was too much of a focus in international student body growth at the detriment of well spent resources.
Dave
Reviewed: 3/11/2026
Degree: Environmental Science
It was a great school in the heart of the city. It seems to be growing bigger and better each year. The co-op program is a great way to help get experience while also making rent money. The only downside would be the cost of living/cost of tuition but it definitely was a good experience.
Stephen Douglas
Reviewed: 2/9/2026
Degree: Criminology
I completed my PhD in Criminology and Justice Policy at Northeastern University after starting the program in 2017 and graduating in 2024. Overall, my experience was very positive, particularly because of the program鈥檚 strong emphasis on rigorous research, applied scholarship, and faculty mentorship. Faculty members were highly engaged and supportive, especially in guiding students through publishing, grant writing, and professional development for academic and policy-oriented careers. The department... Read More
J D
Reviewed: 1/14/2026
Degree: Art & Design
I attended Northeastern University for the undergraduate program in Music Business. It was a great experience, though the program itself could not keep up with the changes in the music business. Many professors offered knowledge that was dated, and would have been best articulated by guest professionals who worked in more cutting-edge industries. I would highly recommend music business majors in the future to double major in marketing.
The school's broad academic resources in business, technology,... Read More
Prolific
Reviewed: 12/7/2025
Degree: Engineering
Northeastern is a coop school, meaning you get a chance to work full time alongside the time you spend on your coursework. This let me try out a few different fields of work before graduation and adjust my coursework to reflect what interested me most
BigBusiness
Reviewed: 12/7/2025
Degree: Business
Very good academics for the MBA program. You have a lot of options for classes to take, and the curriculum is broad enough that you'll get a good experience for just about every field in through the general ed classes you need to take (accounting, finance, supply chain, etc.). Professors are often professionals who are either in the field or have a lot of experience so you get real world applications every time. Tuition is on the steep side, but you're paying for quality.
Austin Amaral
Reviewed: 12/5/2025
Degree: Accounting
I loved every second I spent at Northeastern University. The admissions process was smooth and painless. There were very helpful admission staff who helped walk me through the process. My advisors were always super informative and insightful, ensuring that I would take the classes I needed. The campus environment is top notch. And the professors, and the education I received from those professors, was second to none.
Grad student
Reviewed: 9/20/2023
Degree: Software Engineering
The school accepts anyone and everyone, this leads to classes full of people who just needed visas, work permissions or a way to get into the States. If someone is serious about networking and having classmates who are genuine about their learning, this is not worth at all. The school cares mostly about the expansion of campuses in different states rather than focusing on their admissions of worthy students.
R.C.
Reviewed: 7/6/2023
Degree: Economics
Steer clear of this MS Econ with a data science concentration in Seattle. Academic advising has been non existent. Leaving after 1 semester, it has been a costly mistake. I started with 3 other students, 1 dropped immediately, the other student is also transferring, 2 international student remains. This program looks great on paper, in actuality, the data science courses are not readily available for students because of the high demand, econ electives do not exists. You will be given a list of substitute... Read More
Meg
Reviewed: 5/11/2023
Degree: Nursing
I made it through about 2 semesters of the ABSN program before withdrawing and attending a different nursing program. What a day and night difference. I certainly was forced to learn good study habits at Northeastern which helped me later on but the ABSN program was an absolute joke. So horribly run and unprofessional to say the least. The one good Professor they had was fired. The 鈥渁dvisor鈥 was an airhead with no nursing background at all. I cried every day. The amount of money spent just to have... Read More
Meghan Tedder
Reviewed: 4/18/2023
Degree: Public Administration
I am in my first semester of an online grad program. Expect to spend a lot of time fixing administrative errors and shortcomings. Departments bounce you back and forth. Ticket system is ignored. I called accounts today and was 26th in line. After 45 minutes I made it to 10th.
Mary
Reviewed: 4/12/2023
Degree: MBA
The online MBA program at Northeastern is largely designed the same way the in-person classes are designed - heavily focused on group projects. As is typical of Northeastern, the instruction is poor, explanations are insufficient, and grading is harsh. The online classes are supposed to be asynchronous, but there is significant pressure from the individuals doing grading (who somehow are not the course professors?) to attend multiple weekly meetings that are effectively useless and do nothing to... Read More
CJ
Reviewed: 11/7/2022
Degree: Nurse Practitioner (Adult-Gerontology Acute Care)
Northeastern University鈥檚 acute care program is extremely poorly run, disorganized and lacking in clear, concise communication. I attended this program for a year and a half and while the classes themselves were fine, the program鈥檚 administrators were lacking. The director at the time (who has since been fired) was very challenging to get into contact with and seemed to know very little about the program she was in charge of. Additionally, the program did not have any support systems in place for... Read More
isabel
Reviewed: 8/26/2020
Degree: Philosophy
Please do not attend if you are an international student! As an international student (which they ironically use advertise heavily in their favour) I felt unwelcome, and not cared about. From taking months to reply to my emails (for which I still do not have a reply, even after forwarding it repeatedly to higher levels of admin), and the lack of financial support (no scholarships or aid was available to me, purely due to my international status), I would not recommend any international student to... Read More
Joviane Bellegarde
Reviewed: 9/29/2019
Degree: Biology
Northeastern University is a great university known for i's co-op and job placements after graduation. Overall all, my experience was unique and I made long lasting friendships along the way. As both a first generation American, and first generation college student, I often times did not feel that I had the support that I needed while being a student there. Recently, things have changed, and there are student run support groups for low income and first generation college students. i wish that these... Read More
Nav
Reviewed: 9/25/2019
Degree: Engineering
Only there to take your money. Does not give you your transcript when you need in emergency, instead sends you irrelevant charges to pay that does not belong to you. When confronted, different members of the staff keeps on escalating the situation on different departments. Even after paying thousands of dollars and travelling thousands of miles from home, they don't listen to your claims, instead they ask to rather pay the charges to pass the length process to avoid mental stress. In a way we students... Read More
Neema Syovata
Reviewed: 6/27/2019
Degree: International Business
I picked Northeastern for both its International business and Co-op programs. The program will take 5 years to complete because a year of that includes 2 co-ops meaning you graduate with work experience in your desired field. Additionally, it gives you an opportunity to test out careers while earning money. For the program, you are required to pick a language, in my case I took Spanish and ended up in the study abroad program in Madrid. The exchange school is considered to be the equivalent of Harvard... Read More
Marlee
Reviewed: 5/26/2019
Degree: English
I earned my Bachelor's of Science degree at Northeastern University College of Professional Studies in Boston, Massachusetts. NEU was especially appealing for me because I wanted to take classes online, and it was one of the few at the time that was highly accredited. Now, online education is very common, but in 2008 there were not as many options to choose from. Northeasterns transcripts do not even indicate that classes were online, so as far as employers knew, your classes were on campus. The... Read More
JH
Reviewed: 5/21/2019
Degree: Biology
Attending Northeastern was a complicated experience. On one hand, I was given an excellent education. Northeastern has extremely high quality instructors, advisers, classes, and cooperative education programs that made my college experience unique and wonderful. On the other hand, I would be remiss in writing this review of NEU without addressing the systemic problems within the university. At its core, Northeastern is a corporation. It cannibalizes neighborhoods in Boston, pricing out vulnerable... Read More