According to the common data set for 2019-2020, it seems that it is already far beyond the limit. It hasn’t even finished ED 2 and RD rounds, and the enrollment numbers are larger than last years.
Those are figures for last year, 2019.
To reiterate what was said above, that’s for last year (aka the class of 2023), the CDS for 20-21 (the class of 2024) won’t be published for a while. And the numbers don’t indicate anything abnormal. Undergrad enrollment has remained steady for the past couple of years at around 18,000, give or take depending on the year.
I probably should have been more clear when I made that post. I mean the incoming freshman class was over-enrolled for the 2019-2020 school year. Northeastern has spots for 2800 students for their freshman class, however, they were over-enrolled by about 200 students.
I only bring this up as a way to explain why there were so many deferrals this cycle. Northeastern is probably taking a more conservative approach to admissions this year to prevent moreover-enrollment.
Again, that doesn’t seem to be true. Last year just seems that they were under enrolled. Total undergrad enrollment has remained steady over the past 5 years. With freshman enrollment remaining around 3,000 (the 17-18 year had 3,100 at the highest for freshmen). They also had about 700 transfers which allows for higher freshman enrollment.
@izrk02 The target freshman class size is 2800 and has been for decades. 2017 was over that target by 300, 2018 was about 25 under so essentially on target. 2019 was almost 200 over the target. The issue is housing as all freshmen are required to live on campus with specific exceptions.