University of New Hampshire

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 300,000

Weather

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

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 11,404
Men / Women 44% / 56%
From State 44%
From Region 35%
Athletes 493 (4.5%)

Racial/Ethnic

White 85%
Hispanic 4%
Asian 3%
Mixed 3%
Black 1%
International 1%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Engineering and Physical Sciences 330 78% 79% 5% 1% 5% 2% $91,715 91 -0.76 90 97%
Biomedical Engineering 8 — 25% 75% 12% 0% 12% 0% $86,514 16 -1.05 87 100% — — — —
Chemical Engineering 12 — 75% 58% 8% 0% 8% 0% $90,993 8 -1.49 90 93% — — — —
Civil Engineering 42 — 86% 81% 5% 0% 5% 0% $82,610 6 -1.39 84 97% — — — —
Computer Engineering 13 — 85% 62% 15% 0% 8% 0% $91,009 1 -1.23 90 100% — — — —
Electrical Engineering 13 — 62% 85% 8% 0% 8% 0% $107,047 30 -0.47 97 100% — — — —
Engineering Physics 3 — 67% 67% 0% 0% 0% 0% $93,135 20 -0.80 91 — — — — —
Environmental Engineering 17 — 65% 82% 6% 0% 0% 0% $77,262 14 -1.12 79 98% — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 84 — 87% 82% 4% 1% 5% 0% $92,593 16 -0.83 91 99% — — — —
Ocean Engineering 13 — 69% 92% 0% 0% 8% 0% $98,354 15 -0.72 94 — — — — —
Computer Science 58 — 93% 78% 2% 0% 3% 5% $107,231 32 -0.52 97 96% — — — —
Information Technology 19 — 89% 53% 26% 5% 0% 5% $107,231 71 +0.44 97 97% — — — —
Applied Mathematics 11 — 55% 82% 0% 0% 9% 0% $87,838 26 -0.66 88 — — — — —
Chemistry 7 — 57% 86% 0% 0% 14% 0% $74,185 72 +0.25 75 91% — — — —
Geosciences 11 — 36% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $57,564 20 -0.68 39 94% — — — —
Mathematics 6 — 33% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $64,756 18 -0.78 58 — — — — —
Physics 8 — 62% 88% 0% 0% 0% 12% $82,765 50 -0.06 84 — — — — —
Statistics 3 — 67% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $88,122 27 -0.65 88 — — — — —
Mathematics Teacher Education 2 — 50% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $48,984 9 -0.84 17 92% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Health and Human Services 517 16% 90% 1% 1% 4% 0% $67,387 35 +0.01 63 99%
Athletic Training — — — — — — — — $59,645 29 -0.67 45 100% — — — —
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services 42 — 0% 93% 2% 2% 2% 0% $60,140 38 -0.25 46 98% — — — —
Exercise Science and Kinesiology 23 — 35% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $61,899 51 +0.01 51 98% — — — —
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences — — — — — — — — $68,332 54 -0.01 65 — — — — —
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs 38 — 24% 92% 3% 0% 3% 0% $80,536 65 +0.12 82 — — — — —
Nursing 92 — 8% 89% 2% 1% 1% 0% $86,877 30 -0.53 87 100% — — — —
Occupational Therapy/Therapist 46 — 0% 98% 0% 0% 2% 0% $70,551 61 +0.14 69 99% — — — —
Physical Fitness Parks Recreation and Leisure 8 — 62% 88% 0% 0% 12% 0% $61,899 51 +0.01 51 98% — — — —
Health Administration 24 — 0% 88% 0% 0% 8% 0% $79,949 88 +0.70 81 98% — — — —
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management 71 — 35% 86% 1% 0% 6% 0% $62,418 62 +0.16 52 99% — — — —
Sports Management 38 — 71% 84% 0% 3% 5% 3% $61,899 54 +0.07 51 98% — — — —
Human Development and Family Studies 84 +2 0% 90% 1% 0% 5% 0% $54,166 53 +0.11 30 99% — — — —
Social Work 51 — 8% 88% 0% 2% 4% 2% $55,753 64 +0.30 34 100% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Liberal Arts 768 37% 86% 3% 1% 4% 1% $60,347 10 +0.36 47 97%
Classical Languages 7 +4 57% 71% 0% 0% 14% 0% $49,984 22 -0.72 20 — — — — —
English 58 +3 21% 86% 7% 0% 3% 2% $54,415 63 +0.24 31 95% — — — —
French 6 +1 33% 50% 0% 0% 17% 17% $49,772 21 -0.74 19 97% — — — —
General Education 1 +1 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $53,211 32 -0.39 27 — — — — —
German 3 +4 67% 33% 33% 0% 33% 0% $50,081 22 -0.71 20 — — — — —
History 37 +4 57% 81% 5% 0% 3% 0% $53,896 42 -0.30 29 95% — — — —
Linguistics 12 +5 17% 67% 0% 0% 8% 0% $45,728 10 -1.10 11 92% — — — —
Philosophy 12 +3 67% 83% 8% 0% 8% 0% $56,425 39 -0.38 36 — — — — —
Russian — +2 — — — — — — $50,307 22 -0.69 20 — — — — —
Spanish 7 +8 29% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $49,772 21 -0.74 19 97% — — — —
Women's Studies 5 +7 0% 60% 0% 0% 0% 0% $53,035 38 -0.39 27 100% — — — —
Anthropology 20 +5 15% 95% 5% 0% 0% 0% $53,367 41 -0.32 28 96% — — — —
Geography 5 +1 60% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $64,022 65 +0.22 56 — — — — —
International Affairs — +19 — — — — — — $64,860 31 -0.41 58 100% — — — —
Political Science 61 +7 49% 93% 0% 2% 3% 2% $68,555 41 -0.27 66 97% — — — —
Psychology 213 +5 22% 85% 4% 1% 5% 0% $58,603 73 +0.54 42 96% — — — —
Sociology 29 +2 14% 83% 3% 0% 7% 0% $59,125 69 +0.20 44 99% — — — —
Speech Communication and Rhetoric 153 +6 46% 89% 2% 1% 4% 1% $71,879 83 +0.93 71 99% — — — —
Education 8 +8 0% 88% 0% 0% 0% 0% $52,842 39 -0.26 27 — — — — —
Fine Arts 8 +2 38% 62% 0% 0% 0% 0% $46,370 50 -0.05 12 92% — — — —
Music 31 — 58% 94% 3% 0% 3% 0% $48,695 58 +0.21 17 100% — — — —
Studio Art 10 — 20% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $46,370 50 -0.05 12 92% — — — —
Theater 23 +2 22% 87% 0% 4% 0% 0% $46,499 75 +0.46 13 100% — — — —
Homeland Security 59 +1 80% 88% 2% 2% 5% 2% $66,180 83 +0.87 61 100% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Life Sciences and Agriculture 501 29% 85% 2% 1% 4% 1% $65,135 28 +0.14 59 96%
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 30 +1 47% 77% 0% 3% 7% 3% $90,920 99 +1.73 90 91% — — — —
Biological and Biomedical Sciences — — — — — — — — $58,022 10 -1.04 41 95% — — — —
Biology 41 — 27% 76% 2% 0% 15% 2% $73,479 84 +0.82 74 98% — — — —
Biomedical Sciences 90 — 19% 82% 7% 1% 6% 2% $73,479 68 +0.36 74 98% — — — —
Genetics 15 — 40% 93% 7% 0% 0% 0% $88,796 97 +1.54 88 97% — — — —
Neuroscience 36 +1 42% 83% 8% 0% 0% 3% $71,531 68 +0.40 71 97% — — — —
Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture 13 — 38% 92% 0% 0% 8% 0% $47,853 7 -1.26 15 96% — — — —
Animal Sciences 32 — 12% 84% 0% 0% 3% 0% $55,388 53 +0.07 33 92% — — — —
Environmental Science 28 — 50% 89% 0% 0% 0% 0% $60,262 64 +0.20 46 99% — — — —
Forestry 3 — 33% 67% 0% 0% 0% 0% $59,401 44 -0.19 44 — — — — —
Horse Husbandry/Equine Science and Management 15 — 0% 80% 0% 7% 7% 0% $47,853 17 -0.74 15 96% — — — —
Marine Biology 27 +1 44% 89% 0% 0% 4% 4% $52,674 43 -0.22 26 — — — — —
Nutrition Sciences 52 +1 19% 90% 0% 2% 4% 0% $64,324 48 +0.03 57 93% — — — —
Zoology 21 — 10% 95% 0% 0% 0% 0% $45,073 9 -1.05 10 100% — — — —
Environmental/Natural Resource Economics 9 — 67% 78% 11% 0% 0% 0% $68,000 82 +0.73 65 95% — — — —
Natural Resources and Conservation — — — — — — — — $60,415 49 -0.07 47 — — — — —
Natural Resources/Conservation 46 — 26% 89% 0% 0% 4% 0% $60,262 49 -0.08 46 99% — — — —
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 34 — 38% 94% 0% 0% 3% 0% $50,121 12 -1.15 20 97% — — — —
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning 9 — 44% 78% 0% 0% 0% 0% $65,869 33 -0.25 60 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics 583 61% 89% 3% 0% 2% 2% $87,126 84 +0.41 87 98%
Business Analytics 12 — 75% 75% 8% 0% 0% 8% $87,278 40 -0.30 87 — — — — —
Business Management and Administration 483 +81 59% 89% 2% 0% 2% 1% $87,106 79 +0.49 87 98% — — — —
Economics 72 +4 78% 86% 3% 0% 3% 1% $89,165 45 -0.33 89 98% — — — —
Hospitality Management 16 — 19% 94% 0% 0% 0% 6% $78,450 96 +1.61 80 100% — — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $20,174
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $42,397
Est. In-State Cost $26,097
Est. Out-of-State Cost $54,845
ROI Percentile 72th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 87%
4-Year Graduation Rate 67%
6-Year Graduation Rate 76%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

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 White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Business & Economics 26.5% 716 57% 88% 2% 0% 3% 2% $83,097 59 +0.37 84 98% —
Social Sciences 26.1% 705 27% 89% 2% 1% 4% 0% $61,341 62 +0.33 49 98% —
Health Sciences 9.2% 249 12% 93% 2% 1% 2% 0% $75,274 41 -0.19 76 99% —
Life & Natural Sciences 7.9% 212 30% 81% 5% 1% 6% 2% $76,700 90 +0.73 78 97% —
Engineering 7.6% 205 79% 80% 5% 0% 5% 0% $90,135 5 -1.01 89 98% —
Agriculture & Food Science 7.1% 191 25% 88% 0% 1% 3% 1% $55,976 33 -0.24 35 95% —
Humanities 5.5% 148 36% 80% 5% 0% 5% 1% $52,984 39 -0.23 27 95% —
Arts 3.0% 81 40% 88% 1% 1% 1% 0% $49,463 40 +0.17 18 98% —
Computer Science 2.9% 77 92% 71% 8% 1% 3% 5% $107,231 45 -0.28 97 96% —
Professional 2.2% 59 80% 88% 2% 2% 5% 2% $66,180 47 +0.87 61 100% —
Physical Sciences & Math 1.7% 46 50% 91% 0% 0% 4% 2% $74,647 39 -0.44 75 93% —
Education 0.4% 10 10% 90% 0% 0% 0% 0% $52,070 39 -0.38 25 92% —

Research R1

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Physical Sciences & Math $102M #30 87% $0.7M 25 #107 166 19
Engineering $34.6M #121 50% $6.3M 11 #172 122 16
Agriculture & Food Science $24.1M #52 51% $0.6M 7 #65 80 11
Humanities & Social Sciences $19.8M #107 48% $0 10 #233 36 4
Health Sciences $18.7M #105 40% $2.4M — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $14.8M #138 73% $0.0M 14 #127 70 8
Business & Economics $10.0M #66 14% $0 6 #168 17 —
Education $3.8M #125 76% $0 4 #388 — —
Computer Science $1.7M #200 63% $0 2 #173 30 —
Total $230M #113 66% $10.0M 79 #207 521 58

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.

Sports NCAA D1

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Football 105 $6.7M $6.7M $0
Track & Field (combined) 97 $513K $513K $0
Soccer 32 $1.4M $1.4M $0
Ice Hockey 27 $3.0M $3.0M $0
Skiing 19 $1.4M $1.4M $0
Basketball 15 $2.3M $2.3M $0
Total 238 $15.2M $15.2M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 107 $784K $784K $0
Soccer 30 $1.3M $1.3M $0
Swimming & Diving 28 $886K $886K $0
Lacrosse 26 $677K $677K $0
Field Hockey 25 $1.3M $1.3M $0
Ice Hockey 25 $1.8M $1.8M $0
Skiing 22 $1.6M $1.6M $0
Volleyball 20 $1.2M $1.2M $0
Gymnastics 19 $1.4M $1.4M $0
Basketball 15 $1.7M $1.7M $0
Total 255 $12.7M $12.7M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 204 $1.3M $1.3M $0
Football 105 $6.7M $6.7M $0
Soccer 62 $2.7M $2.7M $0
Ice Hockey 52 $4.7M $4.7M $0
Skiing 41 $3.0M $3.0M $0
Basketball 30 $3.9M $3.9M $0
Swimming & Diving 28 $886K $886K $0
Lacrosse 26 $677K $677K $0
Field Hockey 25 $1.3M $1.3M $0
Volleyball 20 $1.2M $1.2M $0
Gymnastics 19 $1.4M $1.4M $0
Total 493 $44.6M $44.6M $0

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 78%
Yield (non-ED) 14%
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 78% 78% 78%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Early Action and Restrictive Early Action applicants are reported at the regular-decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 25%
SAT Range 1090 – 1330
SAT Math Range 540 – 660
SAT RW Range 550 – 670