Northeastern University's ranking in the 2022 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, #49. ... More than 90 percent of Northeastern undergraduates complete at least one professional co-op during their college career, working for one of more than 2,000 employers around the world, such as ESPN and MTV.

Is Northeastern a top tier school?

Northeastern ranks in the “highest research activity” category among U.S. colleges and universities. It is one of only 115 accorded top tier, R-1 status by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

Why Northeastern is bad?

The worst thing about Northeastern is the enormous cost. It's a great school to attend, especially because of the cooperative education work program, and Boston is an awesome city to go to school in, but it is very expensive and the average student is bound to leave with large amounts of loans.