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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]SAT middle 50% on current USN&WR
- Northeastern: 1410 - 1540
- Northwestern: 1430 - 1550

Not much difference in student pool quality - https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/freshmen-least-most-likely-return

Retention rate - 
- Northeastern: 98% 
- Northwestern: 98%

Graduation rate - https://www.collegeraptor.com/college-rankings/details/GraduationRate6Year/
- Northeastern: 95%
- Northwestern:  91%

Not much difference.  So those high stat kids are satisfied and like to stay at both of the schools.

Median Salary/Outcome - https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/
- Northeastern: $89K
- Northwestern: 86K

Not much difference. 
Both schools get similar good respect from the industries

These two schools really have very similar stats.
Go with fit. 
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I agree about going with fit.

The score ranges are unfortunately not comparable, as Northeastern did not report stats for a third of the enrolled class - NU.in and international-  [i]prior to test optional[/i], for many years, going back to the old Boston magazine article about gaming the rankings (https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2014/08/26/how-northeastern-gamed-the-college-rankings/). I have no idea what they are doing with enrollment stats for the satellite campuses going forward, though it would not surprise me if those were reported separately to IPEDS, just because that seems to be what other universities do (not sure what the CDS rules are).[/quote]

Many schools accept transfer students, 15-3% of their incoming students, and their stats are not included either.
Northeastern's internal transfer student stats are actually very high.

The article basically says there are schools cheating (i.e. Columbia, Berkeley, Emory, etc.), but Northeastern is playing by the rules.
Nonwestern was also accused of cheating in their law schools stats.
Oh Northwestern also has a satellite campus and it's trying to expand as well all over the world
https://www.northwestern.edu/global/
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