Student athletes currently represent approximately 11% 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 | | |
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| | Fall 2013 | Fall 2014 | Fall 2015 | Fall 2016 | Fall 2017 | Fall 2018 | Fall 2019 | Fall 2020 | Fall 2021 | Fall 2022 | Fall 2023 | Fall 2024 |
| First-Time, Full-Time | 74% | 68% | 59% | 60% | 67% | 62% | 69% | 78% | 66% | 71% | 74% | 65% |
| Transfer | 67% | 79% | 44% | 27% | 80% | 25% | 33% | 80% | 82% | n/a | 67% | 69% |
| All Student Athletes Combined (First-Time, Full-Time and Transfer) | 73% | 70% | 57% | 56% | 69% | 58% | 66% | 78% | 68% | 71% | 73% | 66% |
| All Northeastern First-Time, Full-Time (does not include any transfer students) | 54% | 55% | 55% | 59% | 63% | 65% | 66% | 66% | 68% | 72% | 73% | 70% |
by Race/Ethnicity (blank cells indicate no athletes in that ethnicity) | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Non-Resident Alien (International) | 38% | 33% | 67% | 38% | 52% | 44% | 44% | 88% | 73% | 65% | 75% | 63% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 50% | 64% | 46% | 46% | 60% | 65% | 58% | 68% | 70% | 80% | 71% | 48% |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 100% | 100% | 0% | 50% | 100% | | | | 100% | 0% | 100% | |
| Asian and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 100% | | | 0% | | | 100% | 100% | | 0% | | 50% |
| Black or African American | 75% | 67% | 75% | 45% | 75% | 50% | 75% | 80% | 67% | 100% | 67% | 60% |
| Two or more Races | 100% | 86% | 100% | 64% | 67% | 86% | 100% | 71% | 80% | 0% | 50% | 100% |
| Unknown/Not Reported | 83% | 50% | 50% | 100% | 50% | | 50% | 100% | 100% | | | 67% |
| White Non-Hispanic | 83% | 73% | 62% | 64% | 77% | 57% | 75% | 82% | 66% | 73% | 74% | 74% |
by Sport (cells with an n/a indicate no team that year) | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Baseball | 89% | 69% | 71% | 58% | 83% | 50% | 70% | 83% | 69% | 82% | 82% | 64% |
| Basketball-Men's | 100% | 75% | 75% | 67% | 75% | 63% | 100% | 100% | 67% | 67% | 86% | 86% |
| Basketball-Women's | 67% | 86% | 56% | 43% | 100% | 50% | 63% | 75% | 89% | 89% | 100% | 50% |
| Golf | 83% | 80% | 60% | 100% | 70% | 80% | 75% | 43% | 70% | 83% | 100% | 71% |
| Rodeo | 92% | 62% | 73% | 100% | 83% | 63% | 86% | 100% | 69% | 60% | 71% | 100% |
| Soccer-Men's | 35% | 44% | 33% | 34% | 39% | 42% | 48% | 80% | 47% | 53% | 42% | 39% |
| Soccer-Women's | n/a | n/a | n/a | 33% | 56% | 64% | 56% | 83% | 86% | 60% | 58% | 50% |
| Softball | n/a | 89% | 38% | 73% | 70% | 92% | 89% | 100% | 73% | 75% | 100% | 91% |
| Volleyball | 70% | 70% | 78% | 73% | 64% | 67% | 86% | 100% | 80% | 86% | 71% | 78% |
| Wrestling Men's | n/a | n/a | n/a | 74% | 62% | 48% | 40% | 33% | 53% | 66% | 64% | 55% |
| STUDENT ATHLETE COMPLETION RATES | | |
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| | Fall 2013 | Fall 2014 | Fall 2015 | Fall 2016 | Fall 2017 | Fall 2018 | Fall 2019 | Fall 2020 | Fall 2021 | Fall 2022 |
| First-Time, Full-Time | 51% | 49% | 53% | 51% | 52% | 55% | 54% | 70% | 64% | 55% |
| Transfer | 33% | 71% | 44% | 27% | 75% | 71% | 67% | n/a | 41% | 31% |
| All Student Athletes Combined (First-Time, Full-Time and Transfer) | 49% | 53% | 52% | 48% | 56% | 56% | 55% | 70% | 61% | 52% |
| All Northeastern First-Time, Full-Time (does not included any transfer students) | 40% | 38% | 46% | 48% | 48% | 52% | 51% | 54% | 56% | 59% |
by Race/Ethnicity (blank cells indicate no athletes in that ethnicity) | | | | | | | | | | |
| Non-Resident Alien | 25% | 33% | 56% | 38% | 43% | 42% | 50% | 100% | 73% | 45% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 21% | 55% | 23% | 29% | 40% | 68% | 45% | 60% | 61% | 58% |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 0% | 0% | 0% | 25% | 100% | | | | 0% | 0% |
| Asian and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 100% | 0% | | 0% | | | 0% | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Black or African American | 38% | 33% | 75% | 45% | 58% | 40% | 50% | 25% | 67% | 56% |
| Two or more Races | 0% | 86% | 0% | 36% | 33% | 71% | 100% | 71% | 60% | 0% |
| Unknown/Not Reported | 83% | 50% | 25% | 80% | 50% | | 50% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| White Non-Hispanic | 62% | 55% | 60% | 61% | 65% | 59% | 63% | 71% | 59% | 58% |
by Sport (cells with an n/a indicate no team that year) | | | | | | | | | | |
| Baseball | 68% | 54% | 57% | 47% | 67% | 45% | 70% | 86% | 63% | 56% |
| Basketball-Men's | 40% | 63% | 75% | 67% | 63% | 50% | 100% | 100% | 50% | 36% |
| Basketball-Women's | 33% | 71% | 56% | 43% | 100% | 75% | 25% | 75% | 67% | 89% |
| Golf | 67% | 20% | 50% | 50% | 60% | 50% | 58% | 17% | 70% | 100% |
| Rodeo | 67% | 54% | 82% | 91% | 75% | 63% | 100% | 67% | 54% | 40% |
| Soccer-Men's | 12% | 22% | 20% | 24% | 22% | 35% | 48% | 67% | 47% | 22% |
| Soccer-Women's | n/a | n/a | n/a | 33% | 44% | 60% | 31% | 75% | 79% | 60% |
| Softball | n/a | 78% | 25% | 73% | 50% | 75% | 78% | 100% | 73% | 78% |
| Volleyball | 70% | 50% | 67% | 62% | 55% | 75% | 43% | 100% | 80% | 43% |
| Wrestling Men's | n/a | n/a | n/a | 44% | 38% | 59% | 30% | 33% | 42% | 44% |
