Student athletes currently represent approximately 14% of the total student enrollment at Northeastern. The number of student athletes has steadily risen over the last five years, which has created the need for tracking retention and completion rates for this group of students.
The tables below show retention and completion (graduation) rates for student athletes broken down by race/ethnicity and by sport.
Retention and completion rates for student athletes are measured slightly differently than for all other first-time, full-time students at Northeastern in that transfer student athletes are included in these percentages for race/ethnicity and sport breakdown.
Completion rates for student athletes are measured within a three year period (150%). In some instances, there are student athletes who have completed, but cannot be counted as they did not complete within the three year time period.
Student Athlete Fall to Fall Retention
Fall 2013
Fall 2014
Fall 2015
Fall 2016
Fall 2017
Fall 2018
Fall 2019
Fall 2020
First-Time, Full-Time
74%
68%
59%
60%
67%
62%
69%
78%
Transfer
67%
79%
44%
27%
80%
25%
33%
80%
All Student Athletes Combined (First-Time, Full-Time and Transfer)
73%
70%
57%
56%
69%
58%
66%
78%
All Northeastern First-Time, Full-Time (does not include any transfer students)
54%
55%
55%
59%
63%
65%
66%
66%
by Race/Ethnicity
(blank cells indicate no athletes in that ethnicity)
Non-Resident Alien (International)
38%
33%
67%
38%
52%
44%
44%
88%
Hispanic/Latino
50%
64%
46%
46%
60%
65%
58%
68%
American Indian/Alaska Native
100%
100%
0%
50%
100%
Asian and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
100%
0%
100%
100%
Black or African American
75%
67%
75%
45%
75%
50%
75%
80%
Two or more Races
100%
86%
100%
64%
67%
86%
100%
71%
Unknown/Not Reported
83%
50%
50%
100%
50%
50%
100%
White Non-Hispanic
83%
73%
62%
64%
77%
57%
75%
82%
by Sport
(cells with an n/a indicate no team that year)
Baseball
89%
69%
71%
58%
83%
50%
70%
83%
Basketball-Men's
100%
75%
75%
67%
75%
63%
100%
100%
Basketball-Women's
67%
86%
56%
43%
100%
50%
63%
75%
Golf
83%
80%
60%
100%
70%
80%
75%
43%
Rodeo
92%
62%
73%
100%
83%
63%
86%
100%
Soccer-Men's
35%
44%
33%
34%
39%
42%
48%
80%
Soccer-Women's
n/a
n/a
n/a
33%
56%
64%
56%
83%
Softball
n/a
89%
38%
73%
70%
92%
89%
100%
Volleyball
70%
70%
78%
73%
64%
67%
86%
100%
Wrestling Men's
n/a
n/a
n/a
74%
62%
48%
40%
33%
Student Athlete Completion Rates
Fall 2013
Fall 2014
Fall 2015
Fall 2016
Fall 2017
Fall 2018
First-Time, Full-Time
51%
49%
53%
51%
52%
55%
Transfer
33%
71%
44%
27%
75%
71%
All Student Athletes Combined (First-Time, Full-Time and Transfer)
49%
53%
52%
48%
56%
56%
All Northeastern First-Time, Full-Time (does not included any transfer students)
40%
38%
46%
48%
48%
52%
by Race/Ethnicity
(blank cells indicate no athletes in that ethnicity)
Non-Resident Alien
25%
33%
56%
38%
43%
42%
Hispanic/Latino
21%
55%
23%
29%
40%
68%
American Indian/Alaska Native
0%
0%
0%
25%
100%
Asian and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
100%
0%
0%
Black or African American
38%
33%
75%
45%
58%
40%
Two or more Races
0%
86%
0%
36%
33%
71%
Unknown/Not Reported
83%
50%
25%
80%
50%
White Non-Hispanic
62%
55%
60%
61%
65%
59%
by Sport
(cells with an n/a indicate no team that year)
Baseball
68%
54%
57%
47%
67%
45%
Basketball-Men's
40%
63%
75%
67%
63%
50%
Basketball-Women's
33%
71%
56%
43%
100%
75%
Golf
67%
20%
50%
50%
60%
50%
Rodeo
67%
54%
82%
91%
75%
63%
Soccer-Men's
12%
22%
20%
24%
22%
35%
Soccer-Women's
n/a
n/a
n/a
33%
44%
60%
Softball
n/a
78%
25%
73%
50%
75%
Volleyball
70%
50%
67%
62%
55%
75%
Wrestling Men's
n/a
n/a
n/a
44%
38%
59%
Staff
Leslie Weinsheim
Director-Institutional Research, Planning & Development