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Northeastern University is a private research university whereas the University of Illinois at Urbana-Campaign is a public university. It is the flagship institute of the University of Illinois university system.
| Northeastern University | University of Illinois | |
|---|---|---|
| ranking (overall) | # 396 QS World University 2025 # 53 US News 2024 # 201 Times Higher Education 2024 | # 69 QS World University 2025 # 35 US News 2024 # 42 Times Higher Education 2024 |
| Subject Strength | # 32 for Engineering by US News 2024 # 389 for Medicine by QS World University 2024 # 71 for Law by US News 2024 | # 11 for Engineering by US News 2024 # 14 for Data Science and Analytics by QS World University 2024 # 163 for Medicine by QS World University 2024 |
| Programs | UG Programs -90 PG Programs -92 | UG Programs -163 PG Programs -104 Doctorate Programs -4 |
| Acceptance Rate | 28.9 % | 66.0 % |
| Exam Score | GRE-299 IELTS-6.5 SAT-1450 TOEFL-90 | IELTS-6.5 SAT-1340 TOEFL-92 |
| Cost to Study | Average Tuition Fees 62392 [For UG Program] Average Tuition Fees 48000 [For PG Program] Hostel + Meal - 27180 Per Year | Average Tuition Fees 43996 [For UG Program] Average Tuition Fees 27323.63 [For PG Program] Hostel + Meal - 14522 Per Year |
| placement (average package) | Graduate employability rankings: #201-250
Some of the top recruiters are Amazon, iRobot, Morgan Stanley, EY, Bose, Blackstone group, Wellington Management etc | 89% of graduates were employed or were working within 6 months of graduation. 5,700+ companies visited for campus recruitment. Average Salaries of The Degree :
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| CollegeDunia Reviews | 7.5/10 Read 41 reviews | 7.6/10 Read 16 reviews |
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| General Facts | Northeastern University | University of Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| Type of University | University | University |
| Established | 1898 | 1867 |
| Student:Faculty Ratio | 14:1 | 21:1 |
| Male:Female | 49% Male, 51% Female | 55% Male, 45% Female |
| Location Facts | The campus is located near to Museum of Fine Arts and Symphony Hall. It is situated in the heart of Boston and is filled with greenery. Northeastern University lies in the neighborhood of Huntington Avenue. | UIUC is located a few hours from Chicago, Indianapolis and St. Louis in east-central Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. |
| Library | More than 50,000 printed books, 861,676 ebooks, 100,887 licenced e-journals, and 116,739 streaming audio and visual titles.The professional research available is accessible to public (open). | UIUC Library is one of the largest public university collections with over 24 million resources. Consists of 14 million volumes in 37 unit libraries. 53,000,000 people visit the online catalog every year. |
| Campus Life | 32 intramural sports, 18 varsity sports, and 43 club sports. Additionally, campus offers Fall Fest, Afro Flow Yoga workshop, Field hockey, volleyball, soccer games, Night at the student center, and First pages. | Campus facilities include multipurpose State Farm Center (16,500 seats); Memorial Stadium (70,000 seats), site of Big Ten Conference football games; the Activities & Recreation Center (ARC), Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Krannert Art Museum & Kinkead Pavilion, Spurlock Museum, 4 theatres, 24 residence halls, etc. |
| Hostel | #Room and board - $19080 | #Food & Housing - $14522 |
| Famous Alumni | Shawn Fanning (Computer programmer), Wendy Williams (TV host), Reggie Lewis (basketball player), Jane Curtin (actress), James Franklin Jeffrey (American Diplomat), Jeff Clarke (Executive Chairman of FTD), Albert Sacco (Dean Whitacre College of Engineering), Yale Patt (professor), Mo Cowan (former US Senator). | One of the largest alumni networks in the USA with 470,000+ alumni. 30 Nobel laureates, 2 Turing Award winners, 1 Fields medalist, 29 Pulitzer Prizes. John Bardeen (Nobel laureate); Jawed Karim and Steve Chen (Co-founders of YouTube); Jack Welch (former CEO of General Electric); Sushanth (Indian actor) |
| Weather |
World ranking of University of Illinois at Urbana-Campaign, given by various organizations such as QS, THE etc, is much higher than Northeastern University. University of Illinois at Urbana-Campaign ranked at 75 and 48 by QS News and THE World Ranking respectively for 2020. On the other hand, QS News placed Northeastern University at 344 and THE gave it 173 rank.
Some other factors differentiating between these two universities are listed below:
- World Reputation Ranking 2019 of University of Illinois at Urbana-Campaign is 34th while Northeastern University was not even in the list.
- University of Ilinois at Urbana-Campaign scored better in all other factors except outlook towards international students, according to both THE and QS News.
- Acceptance rate of UIUC is also much higher than Northeastern University.
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Campaign ranks within top 100 for most of the courses whereas Northeastern University ranks above 100 and in some cases even above 300.
- Although the average salary offered to alumni of both the universities is more or less the same, annual ROI of University of Illinois at Urbana-Campaign is 3.4% higher than Northeastern University.
Hence, it is quite evident that University of Illinois at Urbana-Campaign is better a choice than Northeastern University.
