Northeastern University
Boston, MA
- Undergrads
- 17.3k
- Admit rate
- 5%
- Net price
- $30.9k
- Grad rate
- 91%
- Specialty: Business 21%
- Specialty: Computer Science 16%
- Specialty: Engineering 15%
New York University
New York, NY 10012City: LargeUNITID 193900
Private nonprofit 4-yearDoctoral Universities: Very High Research ActivitySpecialty: Visual & Performing Arts 16%Specialty: Social Sciences 12%Specialty: Business 12%
Undergraduates
28,663
Graduate students
27,772
Admit rate
9%
Average net price
$37k
Graduation rate
88%
Retention rate
96%
Median earnings (10 yr)
$82.5k
Median debt
$20.5k
Student : faculty
8:1
Value score*
41th pct.
Programs offered
326
Highest degree
Graduate degree
- Sector
- Private nonprofit 4-year
- Region
- Northeast · Middle Atlantic
- Setting
- City: Large (population of 250,000 or more)
- Carnegie
- Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity
- Size & setting
- Four-year, large, primarily residential
- Predominant degree
- Predominantly bachelor's-degree granting
- Religious affiliation
- None reported
- Main campus
- Yes
* Value score is a CampusAtlas estimate, not an official metric.
Similar schools
Nearest neighbors on size, selectivity, net price, sector, region and program mix (CampusAtlas estimate).
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
- Undergrads
- 20.4k
- Admit rate
- 10%
- Net price
- $32.7k
- Grad rate
- 92%
- Specialty: Business 22%
- Specialty: Social Sciences 11%
- Specialty: Visual & Performing Arts 11%
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA
- Undergrads
- 10.1k
- Admit rate
- 16%
- Net price
- $41.7k
- Grad rate
- 91%
- Roman Catholic
- Specialty: Business 23%
- Specialty: Social Sciences 18%
Tufts University
Medford, MA
- Undergrads
- 7,061
- Admit rate
- 11%
- Net price
- $40k
- Grad rate
- 94%
- Specialty: Social Sciences 20%
- Specialty: Engineering 13%
- Specialty: Interdisciplinary Studies 12%
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
- Undergrads
- 16k
- Admit rate
- 9%
- Net price
- $28.7k
- Grad rate
- 95%
- Specialty: Computer Science 19%
- Specialty: Engineering 15%
- Specialty: Business 11%
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
- Undergrads
- 10.7k
- Admit rate
- 5%
- Net price
- $28.7k
- Grad rate
- 97%
- Specialty: Interdisciplinary Studies 17%
- Specialty: Social Sciences 11%
- Specialty: Biology 10%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, data as of June 10, 2026. “Not reported” means the value is missing or privacy-suppressed in the source data.