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Net cost: The median annual cost of all students that receive any aid. This does not refer to the “sticker price”, the price listed by the college.
Earnings: The median earnings of all bachelor-level students 10 years after enrollment. This includes both students that do and do not graduate, across all majors.
Payback: The amount of time in years it takes to pay off the median net cost by the median earnings. For this calculation, the median earning of high school graduates (in the school’s home state) are deducted from the median earnings.
Degree premium: The difference between the school’s median earnings and the median earnings for all schools in the same state. This is called “Vs. state average” in school profiles below.
Ranking: The payback rate is divided by the degree premium (set as a percentage), the lower the number the higher the rank. (i.e. payback=1, degree premium 20% higher than state school median: 1/120% = .883.
Dartmouth College
Hanover, New Hampshire
Admission rate: 10%
Grad rate: 96%
Net cost: $33,574
Payback: 2.1 Years
Earnings: $91,627
Vs. state average: + $32,090
Economic score: 1.38
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University of New Hampshire at Manchester
Manchester, New Hampshire
Admission rate: 86%
Grad rate: 62%
Net cost: $13,649
Payback: 2.0 Years
Earnings: $61,997
Vs. state average: + $2,460
Economic score: 1.87
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University of New Hampshire-Main Campus
Durham, New Hampshire
Admission rate: 85%
Grad rate: 78%
Net cost: $24,067
Payback: 2.8 Years
Earnings: $61,997
Vs. state average: + $2,460
Economic score: 2.69
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Keene State College
Keene, New Hampshire
Admission rate: 91%
Grad rate: 61%
Net cost: $19,394
Payback: 3.6 Years
Earnings: $48,504
Vs. state average: - $11,033
Economic score: 4.45
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Plymouth State University
Plymouth, New Hampshire
Admission rate: 90%
Grad rate: 57%
Net cost: $19,316
Payback: 3.7 Years
Earnings: $48,110
Vs. state average: - $11,427
Economic score: 4.64
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Saint Anselm College
Manchester, New Hampshire
Admission rate: 77%
Grad rate: 77%
Net cost: $32,781
Payback: 4.9 Years
Earnings: $60,648
Vs. state average: + $1,111
Economic score: 4.78
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Franklin Pierce University
Rindge, New Hampshire
Admission rate: 85%
Grad rate: 55%
Net cost: $27,617
Payback: 5.8 Years
Earnings: $50,486
Vs. state average: - $9,051
Economic score: 6.87
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Colby-Sawyer College
New London, New Hampshire
Admission rate: 91%
Grad rate: 56%
Net cost: $26,983
Payback: 7.4 Years
Earnings: $44,780
Vs. state average: - $14,757
Economic score: 9.90
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Rivier University
Nashua, New Hampshire
Admission rate: 76%
Grad rate: 56%
Net cost: $25,196
Payback: 8.9 Years
Earnings: $40,784
Vs. state average: - $18,753
Economic score: 12.96
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Granite State College
Concord, New Hampshire
Admission rate: N/A
Grad rate: 40%
Net cost: $12,507
Payback: 4.9 Years
Earnings: $42,509
Vs. state average: - $17,028
Economic score: 6.89
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Thomas More College of Liberal Arts
Merrimack, New Hampshire
Admission rate: 90%
Grad rate: 20%
Net cost: $17,143
Payback: 5.7 Years
Earnings: $41,687
Vs. state average: - $17,850
Economic score: 8.12
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Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester, New Hampshire
Admission rate: 94%
Grad rate: 37%
Net cost: $41,095
Payback: 7.2 Years
Earnings: $52,024
Vs. state average: - $7,513
Economic score: 8.19
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New England College
Henniker, New Hampshire
Admission rate: 97%
Grad rate: 29%
Net cost: $29,082
Payback: 10.0 Years
Earnings: $41,119
Vs. state average: - $18,418
Economic score: 14.50
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University of New Hampshire-Franklin Pierce School of Law
Concord, New Hampshire
Admission rate: N/A
Grad rate: N/A
Net cost: N/A
Payback: N/A
Earnings: $61,997
Vs. state average: + $2,460
Economic score: N/A
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Antioch University-New England
Keene, New Hampshire
Admission rate: N/A
Grad rate: N/A
Net cost: N/A
Payback: N/A
Earnings: $41,168
Vs. state average: - $18,369
Economic score: N/A
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