A total of 215,280 students are enrolled in New Hampshire colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.

There are 180,999 undergraduate and 34,281 graduate students. The proportion of undergraduate students is 84.08% and the proportion of graduate students is 15.92%.

By school level, 205,355 students enrolled in 4-year colleges, 9,216 students enrolled in community colleges, and 709 students enrolled in trade schools.

For New Hampshire colleges, Southern New Hampshire University has the most number of students of 164,091 among 4-year colleges. For New Hampshire community colleges, NHTI-Concord's Community College has the most students of 2,619 and Empire Beauty School-Hooksett is the largest trade school with 273.

Student Population By School Level for New Hampshire Colleges

By attending status, there are 79,772 full-time students and 135,508 part-time students at New Hampshire colleges.

The following table compares student population by school level between New Hampshire colleges. A total of 215,280 students have enrolled in New Hampshire colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.

Student Population By School Level between New Hampshire Colleges
SchoolTotal EnrollmentUndergraduateGraduate
TotalFull-timePart-time TotalFull-timePart-time
Colby-Sawyer CollegePrivate, 4-year94386776610176571
Dartmouth CollegePrivate, 4-year6,7444,4584,45712,2862,24442
Empire Beauty School-LaconiaPrivate, Less than 2-year66665115---
Empire Beauty School-SomersworthPrivate, Less than 2-year15115111635---
Franklin Pierce UniversityPrivate, 4-year1,6631,118997121545373172
University of New Hampshire-Franklin Pierce School of LawPublic, 4-year651---651428223
Keene Beauty AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year64643826---
Magdalen CollegePrivate, 4-year595959----
New England CollegePrivate, 4-year2,8521,0431,006371,8091,688121
Southern New Hampshire UniversityPrivate, 4-year164,091140,86533,290107,57523,2267,06016,166
New Hampshire Institute for Therapeutic ArtsPrivate, Less than 2-year373737----
University of New Hampshire-Main CampusPublic, 4-year13,95311,51211,2202922,4411,3711,070
Keene State CollegePublic, 4-year2,8722,7372,63210513516119
University of New Hampshire at ManchesterPublic, 4-year53452442410010-10
Plymouth State UniversityPublic, 4-year3,8723,3083,183125564202362
NHTI-Concord's Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year2,6192,6199021,717---
White Mountains Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year523523161362---
River Valley Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year658658110548---
Lakes Region Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year645645228417---
Manchester Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year1,9761,9766201,356---
Nashua Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year1,2451,245341904---
Great Bay Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year1,4151,415429986---
Paul Mitchell the School-PortsmouthPrivate, Less than 2-year82826913---
Rivier UniversityPrivate, 4-year2,5511,3409463941,211585626
Saint Anselm CollegePrivate, 4-year1,9771,9591,9382118171
St Joseph School of NursingPrivate, 2-4 year1351357857---
University of New Hampshire College of Professional Studies OnlinePublic, 4-year1,4251,19557961623034196
Thomas More College of Liberal ArtsPrivate, 4-year898989----
Antioch University-New EnglandPrivate, 4-year1,045---1,045742303
Upper Valley Educators InstitutePrivate, 4-year34---3434-
Empire Beauty School-HooksettPrivate, Less than 2-year273273171102---
Harmony Health Care InstitutePrivate, Less than 2-year363636----