by our College Data Analytics TeamMake an informed decision about your education by understanding Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network retention and graduation rates. First year retention rates let you know how many first-time, full-time students students come back for their second year. Graduation rates tell you how many students complete their degree and how long it takes.
Unfortunately, we don’t have access to data on the retention rate for Northeastern University Professional Programs.
How many of the estimated 510 students in the class of 2023 actually finished their degree in a timely fashion?
Four years after beginning their degree, 58% of those students had graduated. By 2025, six years after starting their degree, 63% of the students had graduated and after eight years 64% of this class completed their degree.
Any student who completes their bachelor's degree within six years is considered to have graduated on time, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. This makes the offical Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network graduation rate 63%.
| Completion Within | Undergraduates | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Four Years | 470 | 58% |
| Six Years | 510 | 63% |
| Eight Years | 7 | 1% |
| Did Not Complete | 295 | 36% |
The non-completers rate is anyone who is not still enrolled at the institution after eight years. Both transfer students and drop-outs could be included in this group.
Approximately 295 students or 36% of the cohort did not complete their degree within eight years.
What happened to the 295 students who did not complete their degree?
0 are still enrolled.
156 transferred to another institution.
Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network lost contact with the remaining 139 who we assumed dropped out.
| Non-Completions | Undergraduates | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Still Enrolled | 0 | 0.0% |
| Transferred | 156 | 52.9% |
| Dropped Out | 139 | 47.1% |
Traditional first-time, full-time students under 25 tend to graduate in four years far more often than other students. Some schools serve mostly traditional students while others serve more 'non-traditional' students — part-timers or those returning after time away — who commonly take longer to finish.
Traditional Students:
First-time, full-time students under the age of 25.
Non-Traditional Students:
Any student that is not first-time, full-time, and under the age of 25.
Comparing the graduation rates of the specific cohorts below can be more revealing than the overall graduation rates.
At this time we lack data for this cohort at Northeastern University Professional Programs.
At this time we lack data for this cohort at Northeastern University Professional Programs.
Unfortunately, we don’t have access to data for this cohort at Northeastern University Professional Programs.
Returning / part-time students at Northeastern University Professional Programs represent 100.00% of the students in the class of 2023.
After six years, the Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network graduation rate was 63%, and by the eight year mark, 64% of the cohort had completed their degree.
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for this group is 30.46% after four years, 36.03% after six years, and 37.80% after eight years.
| Completions | Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network | Nationwide |
|---|---|---|
| Four Years | 58% | 30.46% |
| Six Years | 63% | 36.03% |
| Eight Years | 64% | 37.80% |
295 non first-time / part-time students or 36% did not complete their degree within eight years.
Of those who did not finish:
0 are still enrolled.
156 transferred to another institution.
Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network lost contact with the remaining 139 who we assumed dropped out.
| Non-Completions | Undergraduates | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Still Enrolled | 0 | 0.00% |
| Transferred | 156 | 52.88% |
| Dropped Out | 139 | 47.12% |
