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Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Plymouth, NH
Population 45,000
Website http://www.plymouth.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%)
Sunshine Hours 2,520 (36%)
Days Without Precipitation 235 (23%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 3,171
Men / Women 52% / 48%
From State 49%
From Region 36%
Athletes 22.1%

Racial/Ethnic

White 81%
Hispanic 6%
Mixed 6%
Black 2%
International 2%
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: 56.9% 56.9% 2012 Men: 51.0% 51.0% 2013 Men: 52.2% 52.2% 2014 Men: 49.9% 49.9% 2015 Men: 47.1% 47.1% 2016 Men: 47.6% 47.6% 2017 Men: 51.6% 51.6% 2018 Men: 50.6% 50.6% 2019 Men: 51.3% 51.3% 2020 Men: 52.9% 52.9% 2021 Men: 52.4% 52.4% 2022 Men: 49.8% 49.8% 2023 Men: 54.1% 54.1% 2024 Men: 50.9% 50.9%

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: 0.4% 0.4% 2012 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2013 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2014 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2015 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2016 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2017 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2018 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2019 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2020 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2022 Native: 1.0% 1.0% 2023 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2024 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2011 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2012 Asian: 0.6% 0.6% 2013 Asian: 0.9% 0.9% 2014 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2015 Asian: 0.5% 0.5% 2016 Asian: 0.9% 0.9% 2017 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2018 Asian: 2.1% 2.1% 2019 Asian: 1.7% 1.7% 2020 Asian: 1.3% 1.3% 2021 Asian: 1.9% 1.9% 2022 Asian: 1.0% 1.0% 2023 Asian: 1.4% 1.4% 2024 Asian: 1.3% 1.3% 2011 Black: 0.7% 0.7% 2012 Black: 0.5% 0.5% 2013 Black: 0.5% 0.5% 2014 Black: 0.7% 0.7% 2015 Black: 0.8% 0.8% 2016 Black: 0.9% 0.9% 2017 Black: 1.4% 1.4% 2018 Black: 2.1% 2.1% 2019 Black: 2.2% 2.2% 2020 Black: 2.1% 2.1% 2021 Black: 2.4% 2.4% 2022 Black: 3.3% 3.3% 2023 Black: 2.3% 2.3% 2024 Black: 3.3% 3.3% 2011 Hispanic: 1.4% 1.4% 2012 Hispanic: 1.3% 1.3% 2013 Hispanic: 1.3% 1.3% 2014 Hispanic: 1.0% 1.0% 2015 Hispanic: 2.0% 2.0% 2016 Hispanic: 2.6% 2.6% 2017 Hispanic: 2.4% 2.4% 2018 Hispanic: 3.0% 3.0% 2019 Hispanic: 4.6% 4.6% 2020 Hispanic: 2.3% 2.3% 2021 Hispanic: 1.0% 1.0% 2022 Hispanic: 0.4% 0.4% 2023 Hispanic: 5.1% 5.1% 2024 Hispanic: 6.4% 6.4% 2011 White: 92.2% 92.2% 2012 White: 86.3% 86.3% 2013 White: 78.3% 78.3% 2014 White: 81.8% 81.8% 2015 White: 86.0% 86.0% 2016 White: 77.4% 77.4% 2017 White: 88.2% 88.2% 2018 White: 84.7% 84.7% 2019 White: 85.4% 85.4% 2020 White: 87.5% 87.5% 2021 White: 83.6% 83.6% 2022 White: 83.6% 83.6% 2023 White: 81.2% 81.2% 2024 White: 80.3% 80.3% 2011 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2012 International: 0.4% 0.4% 2013 International: 0.4% 0.4% 2014 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2015 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2016 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2017 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2018 International: 1.8% 1.8% 2019 International: 1.6% 1.6% 2020 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2021 International: 1.7% 1.7% 2022 International: 2.2% 2.2% 2023 International: 1.4% 1.4% 2024 International: 0.6% 0.6%

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% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2021 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2022 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2023 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2024 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2025 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2020 Asian: 1.6% 1.6% 2021 Asian: 1.4% 1.4% 2022 Asian: 1.4% 1.4% 2023 Asian: 1.3% 1.3% 2024 Asian: 1.3% 1.3% 2025 Asian: 1.4% 1.4% 2020 Black: 2.6% 2.6% 2021 Black: 2.8% 2.8% 2022 Black: 2.6% 2.6% 2023 Black: 1.8% 1.8% 2024 Black: 1.9% 1.9% 2025 Black: 2.1% 2.1% 2020 Hispanic: 3.7% 3.7% 2021 Hispanic: 4.6% 4.6% 2022 Hispanic: 4.5% 4.5% 2023 Hispanic: 4.9% 4.9% 2024 Hispanic: 5.4% 5.4% 2025 Hispanic: 5.7% 5.7% 2020 White: 81.3% 81.3% 2021 White: 78.3% 78.3% 2022 White: 80.3% 80.3% 2023 White: 81.2% 81.2% 2024 White: 79.2% 79.2% 2025 White: 80.7% 80.7% 2020 International: 1.6% 1.6% 2021 International: 1.6% 1.6% 2022 International: 1.7% 1.7% 2023 International: 1.9% 1.9% 2024 International: 1.6% 1.6% 2025 International: 1.6% 1.6%

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
Plymouth State University 702 50% / 50% 3% $56,984 62 97%
Computer Science 9 — 56% / 44% 0% $90,061 95 100%
Game and Interactive Media Design 2 — 100% / 0% 0% — — —
Information Technology 6 — 83% / 17% 0% $90,474 95 100%
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology 6 — 67% / 33% 0% $57,469 63 —
Chemistry 3 — 0% / 100% 0% $62,186 72 —
Climate Science 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $55,848 59 —
Computational and Applied Mathematics — — — — $71,181 83 —
Mathematics 5 — 60% / 40% 40% $63,111 73 —
Biochemistry 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $55,261 58 —
Biology 19 — 42% / 58% 5% $58,949 66 95%
Environmental Biology 4 — 100% / 0% 0% $47,992 38 —
Molecular Biology 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $55,582 59 —
Environmental Studies 15 — 60% / 40% 0% $56,074 60 96%
Exercise Science 23 — 65% / 35% 0% $52,210 50 99%
Health Sciences 26 — 38% / 62% 4% $53,889 54 —
Kinesiology 12 — 58% / 42% 0% $52,210 50 99%
Nursing 24 — 12% / 88% 0% $70,609 82 97%
Public Health 9 — 11% / 89% 0% $38,898 14 100%
Accounting 5 +9 60% / 40% 20% $66,388 78 91%
Business 84 — 76% / 24% 6% $61,770 71 97%
Business Administration 19 — 74% / 26% 0% $51,717 49 93%
Finance 20 — 80% / 20% 15% $79,855 89 100%
Marketing 54 — 76% / 24% 2% $76,771 87 96%
Recreation Management 17 — 47% / 53% 0% $47,958 37 —
Sports Management 18 — 83% / 17% 11% $52,210 50 99%
Tourism and Travel Services Management 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $46,255 32 —
Applied Social Science 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $47,205 35 —
Communication 30 — 47% / 53% 3% $66,472 78 91%
English 9 — 33% / 67% 0% $42,513 22 95%
Geography — — — — $52,948 52 —
History 17 — 76% / 24% 0% $46,631 33 —
Interdisciplinary Studies 34 — 41% / 59% 0% $52,055 50 98%
Political Science 10 — 60% / 40% 0% $52,745 51 —
Psychology 44 — 18% / 82% 2% $44,251 26 98%
Public Administration — — — — $51,603 48 —
Social Sciences 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $47,502 36 —
Social Work 19 — 11% / 89% 0% $44,476 27 93%
Spanish — — — — $47,209 35 —
Sustainability Studies 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $52,092 50 —
Early Childhood Education — — — — $44,553 27 —
Elementary Education 53 — 11% / 89% 0% $44,553 27 98%
Public Health Education — — — — $38,898 14 100%
Social Studies Education — — — — $43,333 24 91%
Art Teacher Education — — — — $43,333 24 —
Music 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $39,188 14 —
Music 3 — 100% / 0% 0% — — —
Music Education 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $43,333 24 91%
Studio Art 13 — 38% / 62% 0% $41,282 19 91%
Theater 5 — 40% / 60% 0% $33,270 7 100%
Urban Planning — — — — $54,801 57 —
Criminal Justice 65 — 52% / 48% 2% $57,253 62 98%
Forensic Science and Technology 4 — 25% / 75% 0% $56,154 60 —
Robotics Technology 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $78,818 89 —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $15,366
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $27,199
Est. In-State Cost $19,877
Est. Out-of-State Cost $35,185
ROI Percentile 62th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 68%
4-Year Graduation Rate 45%
6-Year Graduation Rate 52%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 59.1% 59.1% 2012 Graduated: 55.4% 55.4% 2013 Graduated: 56.0% 56.0% 2014 Graduated: 57.8% 57.8% 2015 Graduated: 57.7% 57.7% 2016 Graduated: 54.6% 54.6% 2017 Graduated: 54.5% 54.5% 2018 Graduated: 53.4% 53.4% 2019 Graduated: 54.4% 54.4% 2020 Graduated: 58.1% 58.1% 2021 Graduated: 53.3% 53.3% 2022 Graduated: 50.8% 50.8% 2023 Graduated: 47.4% 47.4% 2024 Graduated: 52.0% 52.0%

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: 56.7% 56.7% 2012 Men: 51.1% 51.1% 2013 Men: 53.7% 53.7% 2014 Men: 51.1% 51.1% 2015 Men: 53.0% 53.0% 2016 Men: 48.5% 48.5% 2017 Men: 50.3% 50.3% 2018 Men: 48.3% 48.3% 2019 Men: 52.3% 52.3% 2020 Men: 55.3% 55.3% 2021 Men: 50.5% 50.5% 2022 Men: 49.6% 49.6% 2023 Men: 43.6% 43.6% 2024 Men: 44.5% 44.5% 2011 Women: 61.7% 61.7% 2012 Women: 60.8% 60.8% 2013 Women: 58.8% 58.8% 2014 Women: 65.6% 65.6% 2015 Women: 63.1% 63.1% 2016 Women: 61.0% 61.0% 2017 Women: 59.9% 59.9% 2018 Women: 58.7% 58.7% 2019 Women: 56.8% 56.8% 2020 Women: 60.9% 60.9% 2021 Women: 55.9% 55.9% 2022 Women: 51.9% 51.9% 2023 Women: 51.5% 51.5% 2024 Women: 59.8% 59.8%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

White
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 White: 59.4% 59.4% 2012 White: 56.1% 56.1% 2013 White: 56.6% 56.6% 2014 White: 57.8% 57.8% 2015 White: 57.7% 57.7% 2016 White: 55.2% 55.2% 2017 White: 55.3% 55.3% 2018 White: 54.1% 54.1% 2019 White: 54.1% 54.1% 2020 White: 58.7% 58.7% 2021 White: 54.1% 54.1% 2022 White: 51.6% 51.6% 2023 White: 50.4% 50.4% 2024 White: 54.5% 54.5%

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 31.2% 219 74% / 26% 5% $64,354 75 97%
Humanities & Social Sciences 23.9% 168 37% / 63% 1% $50,627 45 96%
Health Sciences 13.4% 94 38% / 62% 1% $56,097 60 98%
Professional 10.0% 70 50% / 50% 1% $57,498 63 98%
Education 7.5% 53 11% / 89% 0% $44,553 27 98%
Life & Natural Sciences 3.7% 26 46% / 54% 4% $56,850 61 95%
Arts 3.4% 24 42% / 58% 0% $39,470 15 93%
Computer Science 2.4% 17 71% / 29% 0% $90,226 95 100%
Physical Sciences & Math 2.3% 16 56% / 44% 12% $59,914 68 —
Agriculture & Food Science 2.1% 15 60% / 40% 0% $56,074 60 96%

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Life & Natural Sciences $0.5M #404 94% $0 — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $0.2M #442 68% $0 — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math $0.2M #526 90% $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $0.0M #424 22% $0 — — — —
Education $0.0M #436 100% $0 11 #315 — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 — $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0 #525 — $0 — — — —
Engineering $0 #449 — $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $0 #441 — $0 — — — —
Total $0.9M #564 86% $0 11 #461 — —

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 92%
Yield (Unbound) 14%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 92% 92% 92%

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: 73.8% 73.8% 2012 Acceptance: 76.5% 76.5% 2013 Acceptance: 77.5% 77.5% 2014 Acceptance: 75.2% 75.2% 2015 Acceptance: 73.6% 73.6% 2016 Acceptance: 78.8% 78.8% 2017 Acceptance: 78.8% 78.8% 2018 Acceptance: 82.4% 82.4% 2019 Acceptance: 84.8% 84.8% 2020 Acceptance: 89.4% 89.4% 2021 Acceptance: 91.7% 91.7% 2022 Acceptance: 97.5% 97.5% 2023 Acceptance: 91.0% 91.0% 2024 Acceptance: 87.5% 87.5% 2011 Yield: 26.1% 26.1% 2012 Yield: 24.7% 24.7% 2013 Yield: 23.4% 23.4% 2014 Yield: 20.9% 20.9% 2015 Yield: 27.7% 27.7% 2016 Yield: 21.2% 21.2% 2017 Yield: 21.0% 21.0% 2018 Yield: 20.0% 20.0% 2019 Yield: 15.2% 15.2% 2020 Yield: 16.9% 16.9% 2021 Yield: 14.9% 14.9% 2022 Yield: 15.1% 15.1% 2023 Yield: 14.6% 14.6% 2024 Yield: 13.7% 13.7%

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: 5,279 5,279 2012 Applicants: 4,940 4,940 2013 Applicants: 5,120 5,120 2014 Applicants: 4,783 4,783 2015 Applicants: 6,626 6,626 2016 Applicants: 6,864 6,864 2017 Applicants: 6,715 6,715 2018 Applicants: 6,646 6,646 2019 Applicants: 8,035 8,035 2020 Applicants: 7,129 7,129 2021 Applicants: 6,856 6,856 2022 Applicants: 5,917 5,917 2023 Applicants: 7,421 7,421 2024 Applicants: 6,878 6,878 2011 Admitted: 3,898 3,898 2012 Admitted: 3,778 3,778 2013 Admitted: 3,967 3,967 2014 Admitted: 3,597 3,597 2015 Admitted: 4,875 4,875 2016 Admitted: 5,407 5,407 2017 Admitted: 5,291 5,291 2018 Admitted: 5,476 5,476 2019 Admitted: 6,815 6,815 2020 Admitted: 6,371 6,371 2021 Admitted: 6,285 6,285 2022 Admitted: 5,772 5,772 2023 Admitted: 6,755 6,755 2024 Admitted: 6,021 6,021 2011 Enrolled: 1,018 1,018 2012 Enrolled: 933 933 2013 Enrolled: 930 930 2014 Enrolled: 751 751 2015 Enrolled: 1,349 1,349 2016 Enrolled: 1,144 1,144 2017 Enrolled: 1,110 1,110 2018 Enrolled: 1,097 1,097 2019 Enrolled: 1,037 1,037 2020 Enrolled: 1,075 1,075 2021 Enrolled: 936 936 2022 Enrolled: 870 870 2023 Enrolled: 985 985 2024 Enrolled: 826 826

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

Standardized Tests

Test Policy blind

SAT Composite

25th 75th
800 900 1000 1100 1200 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 880 880 2012 25th: 880 880 2013 25th: 860 860 2011 75th: 1060 1060 2012 75th: 1060 1060 2013 75th: 1070 1070

SAT Math

25th 75th
400 450 500 550 600 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 440 440 2012 25th: 440 440 2013 25th: 430 430 2011 75th: 530 530 2012 75th: 540 540 2013 75th: 540 540

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
400 450 500 550 600 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 440 440 2012 25th: 440 440 2013 25th: 430 430 2011 75th: 530 530 2012 75th: 520 520 2013 75th: 530 530

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%

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.