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Institutional Research

Student Athletes

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 2013Fall 2014Fall 2015Fall 2016Fall 2017Fall 2018Fall 2019Fall 2020Fall 2021Fall 2022
First-Time, Full-Time74%68%59%60%67%62%69%78%66%71%
Transfer67%79%44%27%80%25%33%80%82%n/a
All Student Athletes Combined (First-Time, Full-Time and Transfer)73%70%57%56%69%58%66%78%68%71%
All Northeastern First-Time, Full-Time (does not include any transfer students)54%55%55%59%63%65%66%66%68%72%

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%
Hispanic/Latino50%64%46%46%60%65%58%68%70%80%
American Indian/Alaska Native100%100%0%50%100%   100%0%
Asian and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander100%  0%  100%100% 0%
Black or African American75%67%75%45%75%50%75%80%67%100%
Two or more Races100%86%100%64%67%86%100%71%80%0%
Unknown/Not Reported83%50%50%100%50% 50%100%100% 
White Non-Hispanic83%73%62%64%77%57%75%82%66%73%

by Sport    

(cells with an n/a indicate no team that year)

          
Baseball89%69%71%58%83%50%70%83%69%82%
Basketball-Men's100%75%75%67%75%63%100%100%67%67%
Basketball-Women's67%86%56%43%100%50%63%75%89%89%
Golf83%80%60%100%70%80%75%43%70%83%
Rodeo92%62%73%100%83%63%86%100%69%60%
Soccer-Men's35%44%33%34%39%42%48%80%47%53%
Soccer-Women'sn/an/an/a33%56%64%56%83%86%60%
Softballn/a89%38%73%70%92%89%100%73%75%
Volleyball70%70%78%73%64%67%86%100%80%86%
Wrestling Men'sn/an/an/a74%62%48%40%33%53%66%

 

STUDENT ATHLETE COMPLETION RATES
 Fall 2013Fall 2014Fall 2015Fall 2016Fall 2017Fall 2018Fall 2019Fall 2020
First-Time, Full-Time51%49%53%51%52%55%54%70%
Transfer33%71%44%27%75%71%67%n/a
All Student Athletes Combined (First-Time, Full-Time and Transfer)49%53%52%48%56%56%55%70%
All Northeastern First-Time, Full-Time (does not included any transfer students)40%38%46%48%48%52%51%54%

by Race/Ethnicity    

(blank cells indicate no athletes in that ethnicity)

        
Non-Resident Alien25%33%56%38%43%42%50%100%
Hispanic/Latino21%55%23%29%40%68%45%60%
American Indian/Alaska Native0%0%0%25%100%   
Asian and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander100%0% 0%  0%100%
Black or African American38%33%75%45%58%40%50%25%
Two or more Races0%86%0%36%33%71%100%71%
Unknown/Not Reported83%50%25%80%50% 50%100%
White Non-Hispanic62%55%60%61%65%59%63%71%

by Sport    

(cells with an n/a indicate no team that year)

        
Baseball68%54%57%47%67%45%70%86%
Basketball-Men's40%63%75%67%63%50%100%100%
Basketball-Women's33%71%56%43%100%75%25%75%
Golf67%20%50%50%60%50%58%17%
Rodeo67%54%82%91%75%63%100%67%
Soccer-Men's12%22%20%24%22%35%48%67%
Soccer-Women'sn/an/an/a33%44%60%31%75%
Softballn/a78%25%73%50%75%78%100%
Volleyball70%50%67%62%55%75%43%100%
Wrestling Men'sn/an/an/a44%38%59%30%33%

 

Staff

Leslie Weinsheim
Director-Institutional Research, Planning & Development
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