The average acceptance rate of the 10 New Hampshire colleges that have competitive admission is 75.74% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is lower by 7.26%. The acceptance rate at 2 New Hampshire colleges increased and the rate of 8 colleges decreased.
Dartmouth College has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 6.00%. Magdalen College (44.44%) and Saint Anselm College (78.01%) are following it in the list of Tightest New Hampshire 4-Years 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. Magdalen College ranked 2nd, up 9 places from 11st last year.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $36,317 and graduate tuition & fees is $26,867 for the academic year 2023-2024.
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 | 6.00% 0.38% | 66.99% | 1,540 | $65,511 | 6,744 | 94.00% | 7 to 1 |
| 2 9 | Magdalen College Warner, NHPrivate, 4-year | 44.44% 53.52% | 100.00% | - | $23,600 | 59 | 79.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 3 - | Saint Anselm College Manchester, NHPrivate, 4-year | 78.01% 4.29% | 18.01% | 1,180 | $46,810 | 1,977 | 85.00% | 11 to 1 |
| 4 - | Rivier University Nashua, NHPrivate, 4-year | 81.99% 2.48% | 20.01% | - | $37,791 | 2,551 | 57.00% | 15 to 1 |
| 5 - | University of New Hampshire at Manchester Manchester, NHPublic, 4-year | 86.93% 1.65% | 15.95% | 1,140 | $35,530 ($15,820) | 534 | 63.00% | 7 to 1 |
| 6 - | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, NHPublic, 4-year | 87.00% 0.01% | 14.00% | 1,220 | $38,882 ($19,112) | 13,953 | 77.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 7 - | Keene State College Keene, NHPublic, 4-year | 89.01% 0.52% | 18.01% | - | $26,186 ($14,710) | 2,872 | 59.00% | 15 to 1 |
| 8 6 | Colby-Sawyer College New London, NHPrivate, 4-year | 89.98% 11.97% | 11.99% | - | $18,400 | 943 | 60.00% | 10 to 1 |
| 9 1 | Franklin Pierce University Rindge, NHPrivate, 4-year | 90.00% 2.72% | 10.98% | 1,030 | $44,963 | 1,663 | 51.00% | 12 to 1 |
| 10 - | Plymouth State University Plymouth, NHPublic, 4-year | 91.00% 6.55% | 15.00% | - | $25,498 ($14,558) | 3,872 | 50.00% | 17 to 1 |
| Average | 74.44% | 29.09% | 1,222 | $36,317 ($16,050) | 3,517 | 67.50% | 12 to 1 |