Private nonprofit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Northeastern University Professional Programs

Boston, MA · 47 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Uncertain payoff

Payoff needs your actual price

ROI withheld because the institution-wide price is missing, below the reliability floor or produces an extreme price-sensitive scenario.

Available federal data is not complete enough for a confident payoff classification.

Modeled economic break-even
Not availableModeled 10-year ROI
$94,528Observed earnings · year 5
Economic ROI includes direct price and earnings forgone during study · $45,000 comparison earnings · values held flat · see the formula
PAYOFF CURVE

Not enough reliable price data to model ROI.

FEDERAL COST DATA

Four ways to read college price.

Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.

Published in-state tuitionNot available
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuitionNot available
Sticker price
Average net priceNot available
Title IV student average
Cost of attendanceNot available
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

Not availableAverage net price / year
Not availableCost of attendance
$24,250Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$257/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$94,528Median earnings · year 5 after completion
Not availableCompletion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
1,802Student size

Institution debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded; missing and privacy-suppressed values remain unavailable.

PRICE BY FAMILY INCOME

Average net price is not one price

Federal averages for aided students in each family-income band. Your aid offer can differ.

$0–30kNot available
$30–48kNot available
$48–75kNot available
$75–110kNot available
$110k+Not available
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$94,528
Year 6$78,413
Year 10$92,538
Full-time retention
Not available
Part-time retention
Not available
Completion within 200% of normal time
Not available

Earnings timepoints may use different historical cohorts and should not be read as one group’s guaranteed salary growth.

NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.

98thEarnings percentile
WHAT STANDS OUT

A faster read on this college

These summaries use only reportable field-and-credential records at this institution. They do not fill privacy-suppressed outcomes.

$84,174Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$25,000Median federal debt across categories that report debt
78%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$74,155Year 1
$101,903Year 4
$94,528Year 5

Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.

PROGRAM PAYOFF SPREAD

The college average is not the whole story.

Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.

1Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · First Professional Degree$191,0832Finance and Financial Management Services · Master's Degree$169,2343Computer and Information Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree$163,7084Computer Software and Media Applications · Master's Degree$158,5425Business/Commerce, General · Master's Degree$148,4906Computer and Information Sciences, General · Master's Degree$145,9097Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Master's Degree$143,3458Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration · Master's Degree$136,474

Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingFirst Professional Degree$191,083Not available
Finance and Financial Management ServicesMaster's Degree$169,234Not available
Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralBachelor's Degree$163,708$23,001
Computer Software and Media ApplicationsMaster's Degree$158,542Not available
Business/Commerce, GeneralMaster's Degree$148,490Not available
Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralMaster's Degree$145,909Not available
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingMaster's Degree$143,345Not available
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and AdministrationMaster's Degree$136,474Not available
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsMaster's Degree$125,862Not available
BiotechnologyMaster's Degree$125,179Not available
Engineering, GeneralMaster's Degree$119,842Not available
Systems EngineeringMaster's Degree$117,700Not available
Management Sciences and Quantitative MethodsMaster's Degree$117,139Not available
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational BiologyMaster's Degree$111,725Not available
Medical Illustration and InformaticsMaster's Degree$104,317Not available
EconomicsBachelor's Degree$101,423$24,500
Communication and Media StudiesMaster's Degree$97,115Not available
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsMaster's Degree$93,210Not available
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's Degree$91,003$31,000
Homeland SecurityMaster's Degree$90,323Not available
Public AdministrationMaster's Degree$87,852Not available
International/Globalization StudiesMaster's Degree$85,630Not available
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree$84,704Not available
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic ProfessionsFirst Professional Degree$84,174Not available
Finance and Financial Management ServicesBachelor's Degree$83,023$38,115
Public HealthMaster's Degree$81,227Not available
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesBachelor's Degree$80,233$28,607
Communication and Media StudiesBachelor's Degree$80,191$23,250
Biology, GeneralBachelor's Degree$78,327$25,000
Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyMaster's Degree$76,859Not available
Education, GeneralMaster's Degree$75,769Not available
Neurobiology and NeurosciencesBachelor's Degree$74,617$25,000
Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyGraduate/Professional Certificate$74,263Not available
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessMaster's Degree$73,724Not available
Political Science and GovernmentBachelor's Degree$73,539$22,579
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesMaster's Degree$72,910Not available
Communication Disorders Sciences and ServicesMaster's Degree$70,914Not available
Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchBachelor's Degree$70,272$23,430
Human Services, GeneralMaster's Degree$69,886Not available
SociologyBachelor's Degree$69,585$27,000
English Language and Literature, GeneralBachelor's Degree$67,877$27,000
Research and Experimental PsychologyBachelor's Degree$66,130$26,000
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsMaster's Degree$65,134Not available
Nutrition SciencesMaster's Degree$62,427Not available
Human Services, GeneralBachelor's Degree$61,152$26,000
MusicBachelor's Degree$60,974$26,568
HistoryBachelor's DegreeNot available$24,250

Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.