Boston.com Graduation rates among African-American students on the rise at Northeastern, study says Graduation rates among black students at Northeastern University are on the rise, according to a study by The Education Trust. According to the report, in the past decade, the graduation rate among African-American students at Northeastern has grown 27.4 percentage points — from 42.1 percent in 2002 to 69.5 percent in 2011. From 2010 to 2011 alone, […]