Should I attend Boston University or Northeastern University?

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Tasneem Hoda
3 months ago

Boston University and Northeastern University are known to be some of the top universities in USA. Some of the comparative factors of bothe universities are given as follows:

ParameterBostonNortheastern
QS 2026#88#384
Acceptance Rate 11%18%
MBA course fee
INR 49 L - INR 76 L
INR 19 L - INR 50 L

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Anurag Pal
3 months ago

Both are talked about in the same breath as the best private US universities, but have their unique pros and cons. Among the many factors mentioned above, a comparison of both universities are given below based on their rankings.

UniversityTHE RankQS Rank
Boston#75#108
Northeastern#201-250#396

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