1920s

1920

• Massachusettts state legislature authorizes Northeastern to grant bachelor's degrees in civil, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering.

1921

• Department of Student Activities established.
• The Senate, honor society of the School of Engineering, organized.

1922

• Northeastern College renamed Northeastern University.
• The College of Business Administration opens.
• School of Law and School of Commerce and Finance admit women.
• Northeastern holds its first "Night at the Pops" event on May 24, 1922.

1923

• Degree-granting power extended, with exceptions of medical and dental degrees, A.B., and B.S.

1925

• Sigma Society, honor society of the College of Business Administration, organized.

1926

• Automobile school closes.
• "Husky" chosen as Northeastern's mascot, King Husky I crowned.

1929

• The University purchases land on Huntington Avenue.
• First year of hockey as a varsity sport.