The average acceptance rate of the 3 public New Hampshire colleges that have competitive admission is 85.52% for the academic year 2024-2025. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is lower by 2.89%. The acceptance rate at 1 public New Hampshire colleges increased and the rate of 2 colleges decreased.
University of New Hampshire at Manchester has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 80.87%. Plymouth State University (87.54%) and University of New Hampshire-Main Campus (88.16%) are following it in the list of Tightest New Hampshire Public Colleges to Get In.
This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.
University of New Hampshire at Manchester ranked 1st, up 1 place from 2nd last year. Plymouth State University ranked 2nd, up 1 place from 3rd last year.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $33,945 and graduate tuition & fees is $24,478 for the academic year 2024-2025.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.| School Name | Acceptance Rate | Yield | SAT Score | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 1 | University of New Hampshire at Manchester Manchester, NHPublic, 4-year | 80.87% 6.46% | 16.97% | 1,100 | $36,418 ($15,838) | 663 | 50.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 2 1 | Plymouth State University Plymouth, NHPublic, 4-year | 87.54% 3.49% | 13.72% | - | $25,566 ($14,626) | 3,707 | 52.00% | 15 to 1 |
| 3 2 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, NHPublic, 4-year | 88.16% 1.29% | 13.96% | 1,210 | $39,852 ($19,202) | 13,554 | 76.00% | 17 to 1 |
| Average | 85.52% | 14.88% | 1,155 | $33,945 ($16,555) | 5,975 | 59.33% | 13 to 1 |