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Basic Information

Type Private, Liberal Arts
Geographical Reach National
Location Rindge, NH
Population 60,000
Website https://franklinpierce.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%)
Sunshine Hours 2,520 (36%)
Days Without Precipitation 235 (24%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 932
Men / Women 54% / 46%
From State 27%
From Region 39%
Athletes 81.6%

Racial/Ethnic

White 67%
Black 9%
Hispanic 9%
International 5%
Mixed 4%
Asian 1%
Native American 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 55.1% 55.1% 2012 Men: 51.7% 51.7% 2013 Men: 51.7% 51.7% 2014 Men: 53.6% 53.6% 2015 Men: 49.8% 49.8% 2016 Men: 48.2% 48.2% 2017 Men: 42.6% 42.6% 2018 Men: 51.1% 51.1% 2019 Men: 46.9% 46.9% 2020 Men: 46.4% 46.4% 2021 Men: 48.7% 48.7% 2022 Men: 50.6% 50.6% 2023 Men: 56.7% 56.7% 2024 Men: 54.1% 54.1%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2012 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2013 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2015 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2016 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2017 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 Native: 1.1% 1.1% 2019 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2021 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2022 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2023 Native: 1.1% 1.1% 2024 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2011 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Asian: 2.0% 2.0% 2013 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2014 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2015 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2016 Asian: 0.5% 0.5% 2017 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2018 Asian: 0.6% 0.6% 2019 Asian: 2.6% 2.6% 2020 Asian: 1.7% 1.7% 2021 Asian: 1.2% 1.2% 2022 Asian: 1.4% 1.4% 2023 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2024 Asian: 2.0% 2.0% 2011 Black: 3.6% 3.6% 2012 Black: 3.8% 3.8% 2013 Black: 2.3% 2.3% 2014 Black: 3.2% 3.2% 2015 Black: 3.1% 3.1% 2016 Black: 2.8% 2.8% 2017 Black: 2.7% 2.7% 2018 Black: 3.9% 3.9% 2019 Black: 6.1% 6.1% 2020 Black: 6.3% 6.3% 2021 Black: 10.6% 10.6% 2022 Black: 9.0% 9.0% 2023 Black: 6.7% 6.7% 2024 Black: 7.9% 7.9% 2011 Hispanic: 1.9% 1.9% 2012 Hispanic: 2.7% 2.7% 2013 Hispanic: 2.4% 2.4% 2014 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Hispanic: 4.1% 4.1% 2016 Hispanic: 2.8% 2.8% 2017 Hispanic: 3.0% 3.0% 2018 Hispanic: 6.3% 6.3% 2019 Hispanic: 5.7% 5.7% 2020 Hispanic: 8.0% 8.0% 2021 Hispanic: 6.1% 6.1% 2022 Hispanic: 8.0% 8.0% 2023 Hispanic: 6.7% 6.7% 2024 Hispanic: 10.5% 10.5% 2011 White: 83.3% 83.3% 2012 White: 79.2% 79.2% 2013 White: 75.4% 75.4% 2014 White: 75.9% 75.9% 2015 White: 79.1% 79.1% 2016 White: 73.9% 73.9% 2017 White: 76.9% 76.9% 2018 White: 77.2% 77.2% 2019 White: 71.1% 71.1% 2020 White: 77.5% 77.5% 2021 White: 73.6% 73.6% 2022 White: 72.3% 72.3% 2023 White: 72.9% 72.9% 2024 White: 69.3% 69.3% 2011 International: 0.2% 0.2% 2012 International: 0.2% 0.2% 2013 International: 1.9% 1.9% 2014 International: 3.6% 3.6% 2015 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2016 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2017 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2018 International: 2.0% 2.0% 2019 International: 1.8% 1.8% 2020 International: 1.3% 1.3% 2021 International: 1.4% 1.4% 2022 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2023 International: 1.5% 1.5% 2024 International: 0.9% 0.9%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2021 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2022 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2023 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2024 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2025 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2020 Asian: 1.6% 1.6% 2021 Asian: 1.5% 1.5% 2022 Asian: 1.7% 1.7% 2023 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2024 Asian: 0.9% 0.9% 2025 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2020 Black: 7.8% 7.8% 2021 Black: 7.4% 7.4% 2022 Black: 7.5% 7.5% 2023 Black: 7.2% 7.2% 2024 Black: 8.1% 8.1% 2025 Black: 9.3% 9.3% 2020 Hispanic: 8.0% 8.0% 2021 Hispanic: 7.8% 7.8% 2022 Hispanic: 8.0% 8.0% 2023 Hispanic: 8.5% 8.5% 2024 Hispanic: 9.4% 9.4% 2025 Hispanic: 9.2% 9.2% 2020 White: 72.1% 72.1% 2021 White: 71.5% 71.5% 2022 White: 72.4% 72.4% 2023 White: 72.6% 72.6% 2024 White: 69.5% 69.5% 2025 White: 67.4% 67.4% 2020 International: 2.6% 2.6% 2021 International: 3.8% 3.8% 2022 International: 3.8% 3.8% 2023 International: 3.9% 3.9% 2024 International: 5.1% 5.1% 2025 International: 5.5% 5.5%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Franklin Pierce University 253 49% / 51% 2% $62,467 56 97%
Biology 12 — 8% / 92% 0% $55,487 36 100%
Environmental Science 8 — 50% / 50% 0% $53,250 29 —
Environmental Studies — — — — $52,814 28 —
Health Sciences 36 — 42% / 58% 0% $81,514 85 100%
Nursing 21 — 5% / 95% 0% $91,873 92 100%
Accounting and Finance 20 — 70% / 30% 5% $61,388 53 100%
Business Administration 23 — 57% / 43% 9% $63,077 57 94%
Health Administration 4 — 25% / 75% 0% $70,008 71 100%
Health Services Administration 4 — 50% / 50% 0% $70,008 71 100%
Marketing 21 — 86% / 14% 5% $60,534 51 95%
Sports Management 15 — 93% / 7% 0% $51,431 24 97%
Anthropology — — — — $49,737 19 —
Communication 9 — 67% / 33% 0% $47,607 15 100%
Digital Communication 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $49,797 20 —
English 3 — 33% / 67% 0% $44,805 10 —
History 5 — 40% / 60% 0% $50,425 21 —
Human Services 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $48,479 17 —
Interdisciplinary Studies 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $49,429 19 —
Political Science 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $60,581 51 —
Psychology 18 — 33% / 67% 6% $41,754 7 86%
Sports Communication 12 — 75% / 25% 0% $49,414 19 —
Education 2 — 0% / 100% 50% $49,943 20 —
Elementary Education 7 — 29% / 71% 0% $51,218 23 —
English/Language Arts Teacher Education 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $55,801 37 —
Social Studies Education 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $55,684 36 —
Special Education 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $54,782 34 —
Music 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $39,621 5 —
Criminal Justice 23 — 52% / 48% 0% $62,219 55 98%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $49,692
ROI Percentile 56th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 74%
4-Year Graduation Rate 50%
6-Year Graduation Rate 54%
Transfer-Out Rate 34%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 49.2% 49.2% 2012 Graduated: 49.7% 49.7% 2013 Graduated: 44.1% 44.1% 2014 Graduated: 45.6% 45.6% 2015 Graduated: 42.5% 42.5% 2016 Graduated: 42.9% 42.9% 2017 Graduated: 48.9% 48.9% 2018 Graduated: 49.9% 49.9% 2019 Graduated: 49.5% 49.5% 2020 Graduated: 51.1% 51.1% 2021 Graduated: 41.5% 41.5% 2022 Graduated: 51.7% 51.7% 2023 Graduated: 46.1% 46.1% 2024 Graduated: 53.5% 53.5%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 44.3% 44.3% 2012 Men: 45.1% 45.1% 2013 Men: 40.1% 40.1% 2014 Men: 40.5% 40.5% 2015 Men: 35.7% 35.7% 2016 Men: 35.5% 35.5% 2017 Men: 42.3% 42.3% 2018 Men: 42.8% 42.8% 2019 Men: 44.4% 44.4% 2020 Men: 48.2% 48.2% 2021 Men: 36.3% 36.3% 2022 Men: 45.4% 45.4% 2023 Men: 41.8% 41.8% 2024 Men: 48.9% 48.9% 2011 Women: 54.1% 54.1% 2012 Women: 55.0% 55.0% 2013 Women: 49.0% 49.0% 2014 Women: 52.2% 52.2% 2015 Women: 50.9% 50.9% 2016 Women: 52.0% 52.0% 2017 Women: 55.0% 55.0% 2018 Women: 57.4% 57.4% 2019 Women: 54.3% 54.3% 2020 Women: 54.4% 54.4% 2021 Women: 46.7% 46.7% 2022 Women: 57.4% 57.4% 2023 Women: 49.2% 49.2% 2024 Women: 58.3% 58.3%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Black Hispanic White
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Black: 26.3% 26.3% 2012 Black: 47.6% 47.6% 2013 Black: 41.7% 41.7% 2014 Black: 46.7% 46.7% 2015 Black: 33.3% 33.3% 2016 Black: 18.2% 18.2% 2017 Black: 60.0% 60.0% 2018 Black: 52.4% 52.4% 2019 Black: 50.0% 50.0% 2020 Black: 48.3% 48.3% 2021 Black: 46.7% 46.7% 2022 Black: 29.8% 29.8% 2023 Black: 45.2% 45.2% 2024 Black: 36.1% 36.1% 2011 Hispanic: 70.0% 70.0% 2012 Hispanic: 20.0% 20.0% 2013 Hispanic: 53.8% 53.8% 2015 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Hispanic: 27.3% 27.3% 2017 Hispanic: 18.2% 18.2% 2018 Hispanic: 44.1% 44.1% 2019 Hispanic: 50.0% 50.0% 2020 Hispanic: 43.2% 43.2% 2021 Hispanic: 42.3% 42.3% 2022 Hispanic: 47.1% 47.1% 2023 Hispanic: 29.0% 29.0% 2024 Hispanic: 47.9% 47.9% 2011 White: 50.1% 50.1% 2012 White: 50.5% 50.5% 2013 White: 45.3% 45.3% 2014 White: 46.9% 46.9% 2015 White: 51.1% 51.1% 2016 White: 44.1% 44.1% 2017 White: 51.1% 51.1% 2018 White: 51.1% 51.1% 2019 White: 51.7% 51.7% 2020 White: 52.0% 52.0% 2021 White: 40.4% 40.4% 2022 White: 55.1% 55.1% 2023 White: 48.4% 48.4% 2024 White: 57.0% 57.0%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Business & Economics 34.4% 87 71% / 29% 5% $60,704 51 97%
Health Sciences 22.5% 57 28% / 72% 0% $85,330 88 100%
Humanities & Social Sciences 20.6% 52 50% / 50% 2% $46,467 13 90%
Professional 9.1% 23 52% / 48% 0% $62,219 55 98%
Education 5.1% 13 23% / 77% 8% $52,345 26 —
Life & Natural Sciences 4.7% 12 8% / 92% 0% $55,487 36 100%
Agriculture & Food Science 3.2% 8 50% / 50% 0% $53,250 29 —
Arts 0.4% 1 100% / 0% 0% $39,621 5 —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Agriculture & Food Science — — — — — — — —
Business & Economics — — — — — — — —
Computer Science — — — — — — — —
Education — — — — — — — —
Engineering — — — — — — — —
Health Sciences — — — — — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences — — — — — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences — — — — — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math — — — — — — — —
Total — — — — — — — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 72%
Yield (Unbound) 13%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 72% 72% 72%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 93.3% 93.3% 2012 Acceptance: 84.7% 84.7% 2013 Acceptance: 84.7% 84.7% 2014 Acceptance: 84.3% 84.3% 2015 Acceptance: 79.7% 79.7% 2016 Acceptance: 81.4% 81.4% 2017 Acceptance: 76.4% 76.4% 2018 Acceptance: 66.1% 66.1% 2019 Acceptance: 66.5% 66.5% 2020 Acceptance: 84.7% 84.7% 2021 Acceptance: 88.5% 88.5% 2022 Acceptance: 92.7% 92.7% 2023 Acceptance: 90.2% 90.2% 2024 Acceptance: 93.5% 93.5% 2011 Yield: 17.8% 17.8% 2012 Yield: 17.9% 17.9% 2013 Yield: 17.9% 17.9% 2014 Yield: 15.0% 15.0% 2015 Yield: 14.0% 14.0% 2016 Yield: 12.0% 12.0% 2017 Yield: 10.7% 10.7% 2018 Yield: 13.2% 13.2% 2019 Yield: 12.1% 12.1% 2020 Yield: 9.9% 9.9% 2021 Yield: 9.3% 9.3% 2022 Yield: 10.9% 10.9% 2023 Yield: 10.9% 10.9% 2024 Yield: 13.2% 13.2%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 2,500 5,000 7,500 10,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 2,401 2,401 2012 Applicants: 3,546 3,546 2013 Applicants: 3,546 3,546 2014 Applicants: 3,604 3,604 2015 Applicants: 3,740 3,740 2016 Applicants: 6,506 6,506 2017 Applicants: 5,642 5,642 2018 Applicants: 5,240 5,240 2019 Applicants: 5,150 5,150 2020 Applicants: 4,517 4,517 2021 Applicants: 3,305 3,305 2022 Applicants: 3,145 3,145 2023 Applicants: 2,731 2,731 2024 Applicants: 2,373 2,373 2011 Admitted: 2,239 2,239 2012 Admitted: 3,004 3,004 2013 Admitted: 3,004 3,004 2014 Admitted: 3,038 3,038 2015 Admitted: 2,981 2,981 2016 Admitted: 5,295 5,295 2017 Admitted: 4,312 4,312 2018 Admitted: 3,464 3,464 2019 Admitted: 3,424 3,424 2020 Admitted: 3,825 3,825 2021 Admitted: 2,926 2,926 2022 Admitted: 2,916 2,916 2023 Admitted: 2,463 2,463 2024 Admitted: 2,218 2,218 2011 Enrolled: 399 399 2012 Enrolled: 538 538 2013 Enrolled: 538 538 2014 Enrolled: 455 455 2015 Enrolled: 418 418 2016 Enrolled: 635 635 2017 Enrolled: 462 462 2018 Enrolled: 456 456 2019 Enrolled: 416 416 2020 Enrolled: 377 377 2021 Enrolled: 271 271 2022 Enrolled: 318 318 2023 Enrolled: 268 268 2024 Enrolled: 292 292

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 10%
SAT Range 1050 – 1280
SAT Math Range 510 – 650
SAT RW Range 540 – 630

SAT Composite

25th 75th
800 1000 1200 1400 1600 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 860 860 2012 25th: 880 880 2013 25th: 880 880 2014 25th: 850 850 2015 25th: 830 830 2016 25th: 870 870 2018 25th: 970 970 2022 25th: 1020 1020 2023 25th: 945 945 2024 25th: 1057 1057 2011 75th: 1060 1060 2012 75th: 1080 1080 2013 75th: 1080 1080 2014 75th: 1050 1050 2015 75th: 1040 1040 2016 75th: 1070 1070 2018 75th: 1130 1130 2022 75th: 1170 1170 2023 75th: 1140 1140 2024 75th: 1282 1282

SAT Math

25th 75th
400 500 600 700 800 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 430 430 2012 25th: 440 440 2013 25th: 440 440 2014 25th: 430 430 2015 25th: 410 410 2016 25th: 440 440 2018 25th: 490 490 2022 25th: 510 510 2023 25th: 455 455 2024 25th: 512 512 2011 75th: 530 530 2012 75th: 550 550 2013 75th: 550 550 2014 75th: 530 530 2015 75th: 520 520 2016 75th: 540 540 2018 75th: 570 570 2022 75th: 560 560 2023 75th: 560 560 2024 75th: 650 650

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
400 500 600 700 800 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 430 430 2012 25th: 440 440 2013 25th: 440 440 2014 25th: 420 420 2015 25th: 420 420 2016 25th: 430 430 2018 25th: 480 480 2022 25th: 510 510 2023 25th: 490 490 2024 25th: 545 545 2011 75th: 530 530 2012 75th: 530 530 2013 75th: 530 530 2014 75th: 520 520 2015 75th: 520 520 2016 75th: 530 530 2018 75th: 560 560 2022 75th: 610 610 2023 75th: 580 580 2024 75th: 632 632

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2012 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2013 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2014 Submitted: 92.0% 92.0% 2015 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2016 Submitted: 62.0% 62.0% 2018 Submitted: 59.0% 59.0% 2022 Submitted: 19.0% 19.0% 2023 Submitted: 6.0% 6.0% 2024 Submitted: 10.0% 10.0%

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.