Northeastern University

Boston, MA
University Website: www.northeastern.edu/Apply Online: https://www.commonapp.org/
Northeastern University (NU), is a private, secular, coeducational research university in Boston, Massachusetts. Northeastern has eight colleges and offers undergraduate majors in 65 departments. At the graduate level, the university offers more than 125 programs and awards master's, doctoral, and professional degrees.[citation needed]
Founded in 1898, the university is the home of more than 35 specialized research and education centers.[citation needed] Its main campus is located in the Fenway Cultural District of Boston. Northeastern is classified as a RU/H institution (high research activity) by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Among Northeastern's past and present faculty are several Guggenheim Fellows and a MacArthur Foundation "Genius Award" winner, a former Democratic nominee for President of the United States, and a Pulitzer Prize winner.
In 2012, Northeastern received 44,208 applications for the 2,800 seats of the fall freshman class. 32% of that year's applicants were accepted. The upward trend in application continues in 2013 where 47,322 students applied for the 2,800 freshman seats. Northeastern's cooperative education (co-op) program was one of the first of its kind in the world, with many corporate and non-profit co-op partners both in the United States and abroad. Employers have included major newspapers, popular television shows, international law firms, banks, government offices, and corporations and many Fortune 500 companies.[citation needed]
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Northeastern University College Scholarships
Early Childhood Educators Scholarship ProgramMassachusetts Department of Higher Education |
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award Up to $4,500 |
deadline Varies |
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Draper Lab Fellow ProgramCharles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. |
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award 100% of tuition |
deadline Varies |
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Wade Scholarship ProgramWade Institute of Technology |
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award 100% of tuition |
deadline January 12, 2024 |
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Townsend Patent Law ScholarshipNortheastern University School of Law |
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award Varies |
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Richard G. and Clare E. Lesser ScholarshipNortheastern University School of Law |
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Philip E. Tesorero ScholarshipNortheastern University School of Law |
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Northeastern University GrantNortheastern University |
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Nathan and Adele Hillman ScholarshipNortheastern University School of Law |
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Melvin R. Wintman ScholarshipNortheastern University School of Law |
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award Varies |
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Graduate Fellowship - Northeastern UniversityNortheastern University |
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award Varies |
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