Largest New Hampshire Private Colleges

Dartmouth College is the largest private New Hampshire college with 6,744 students.

New England College with 2,852 students and Rivier University with 2,551 students are following it in the largetst New Hampshire college ranking.

For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% of online students. Instead, you can check them at the largest New Hampshire online colleges.

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Key Admission and Academic Facts of Largest New Hampshire Private Colleges With Most Students

Dartmouth College is the largest school with 6,744 students and New England College has the second largest population with 2,852 students. We note again that colleges with more than 50% of online students are excluded for the ranking.

Dartmouth College stay at first place of the largest college ranking since last year. New England College also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $35,124 and graduate tuition & fees is $26,792 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 77.40% and the average SAT score is 1,285 at the schools.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 Largest New Hampshire Private Colleges With Most Students.

Table. Largest New Hampshire Private Colleges With Most Students Comparison
	School Name	Total Population	Undergraduate Enrollment	Graduation Enrollment	Men Enrollment	Women Enrollment	Online Enrollment	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH Private, four-years	6,744 452	4,458	2,286	3,405	3,339	-	7 to 1
2 -	New England College Henniker, NH Private, four-years	2,852 1,631	1,043	1,809	1,700	1,152	474	7 to 1
3 -	Rivier University Nashua, NH Private, four-years	2,551 373	1,340	1,211	816	1,735	580	15 to 1
4 -	Saint Anselm College Manchester, NH Private, four-years	1,977 42	1,959	18	788	1,189	7	11 to 1
5 -	Franklin Pierce University Rindge, NH Private, four-years	1,663 265	1,118	545	718	945	254	12 to 1
6 1	Antioch University-New England Keene, NH Private, four-years	1,045 150	-	1,045	173	872	329	-
7 1	Colby-Sawyer College New London, NH Private, four-years	943 33	867	76	259	684	113	10 to 1
8 -	Thomas More College of Liberal Arts Merrimack, NH Private, four-years	89 9	89	-	43	46	-	9 to 1
9 -	Magdalen College Warner, NH Private, four-years	59 12	59	-	26	33	-	8 to 1
10 -	Upper Valley Educators Institute Lebanon, NH Private, four-years	34 2	-	34	8	26	-	-
	Average	1,796	1,367	878	794	1,002	293	10 to 1

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