The average acceptance rate of the 9 New Hampshire colleges that have competitive admission is 78.64% for the academic year 2024-2025. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is higher by 2.83%. The acceptance rate at 4 New Hampshire colleges increased and the rate of 5 colleges decreased.
Dartmouth College has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 5.40%. Saint Anselm College (78.05%) and University of New Hampshire at Manchester (80.87%) are following it in the list of Tightest New Hampshire 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.
Dartmouth College stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. Saint Anselm College ranked 2nd, up 1 place from 3rd last year.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $38,820 and graduate tuition & fees is $27,997 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 - | Dartmouth College Hanover, NHPrivate, 4-year | 5.40% 0.83% | 69.12% | 1,540 | $68,019 | 6,938 | 96.00% | 7 to 1 |
| 2 1 | Saint Anselm College Manchester, NHPrivate, 4-year | 78.05% 0.27% | 16.48% | 1,200 | $48,920 | 2,111 | 80.00% | 12 to 1 |
| 3 3 | 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 |
| 4 - | Rivier University Nashua, NHPrivate, 4-year | 82.59% 0.83% | 15.26% | 1,070 | $39,488 | 2,777 | 52.00% | 14 to 1 |
| 5 3 | Plymouth State University Plymouth, NHPublic, 4-year | 87.54% 3.49% | 13.72% | - | $25,566 ($14,626) | 3,707 | 52.00% | 15 to 1 |
| 6 1 | 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 |
| 7 2 | New England College Henniker, NHPrivate, 4-year | 92.13% 3.61% | 8.81% | - | $27,474 | 3,275 | 35.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 8 1 | Franklin Pierce University Rindge, NHPrivate, 4-year | 93.47% 3.28% | 13.17% | 1,175 | $46,442 | 1,654 | 54.00% | 13 to 1 |
| 9 1 | Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NHPrivate, 4-year | 99.51% 3.39% | 38.01% | - | $17,200 | 189,531 | 43.00% | 24 to 1 |
| Average | 78.64% | 22.83% | 1,216 | $38,820 ($16,555) | 24,912 | 59.78% | 13 to 1 |