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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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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Northeastern does have a location plus.  Boston is a full-on college city.[/quote]

I think Boston being a college city is overrated!  Many cities have local colleges (including DC, Philly, NYC) and I don't get why everyone thinks going to college in Boston is better than any other city.  If you are at BU, are you really hanging out with kids from Northeastern?  And if so, so what?  I just don't get the hype...[/quote]

It’s not overrated at all.  So many of you can only think of MIT and Harvard that you don’t see the other 45 or so colleges in Boston and Cambridge.  I had a great time there in the late 80s.  It’s a compact city with bridges over the Charles River separating the two cities.  Anywhere you go you’ll see students and activities involving students. There’s a reason it’s called a college town. [/quote]

D[b]on't bother feeding the troll who has never been to Boston.  [/quot[/b]e]

Also if they went to school there in the late 80s they know that Northeastern is a commuter school[/quote]

Was a commuter school and had a great night school decades ago for people who got married right out of high school.

[b]What’s your point?[/quote][/b]

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Point is obvious.  For a lot of people in Boston and hiring execs., NEU is still considered a joke.  It may have hired USNWR wizards to pull itself up the rankings but a lot of parents and those hiring know this is all a lot of glitter.[/quote]

Who are these people in Boston and hiring execs and what jobs are they hiring for?

I don’t think most people care about NEU vs NWU or even know enough about either. But comments like yours are annoying.  Students are getting an education at both schools.  A lot of average students at both schools because of the very definition of average.  So what?

I would choose NEU because of location.    Others might want to be in the Midwest.  Such a silly thing to argue about.  [/quote]

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