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New Hampshire Colleges Summary

New Hampshire is one of 15 states with less than 50 colleges. The state also has less than 100,000 students attending those schools. Dorm room occupancy is unusually high, with nearly 40% of the states students living in dorms (only Vermont has more of its students in dorms).

Many of these schools require SAT scores - over 30% of them. Most New Hampshire schools are not public (just over 20%), and New Hampshire is one of only 8 US states with less than 60% of its students attending public schools. Correspondingly, New Hampshire ranks 10th in percent of students attending for-profit schools, with just about 8% of its students doing that.

The largest school in the state is the University of New Hampshire with just over 14,000 students. This school is based in Durham, and is close to skiing, hiking, the Atlantic Ocean, and a wide range of other outdoor activities. It is also about one hour away from Boston. More than fifty percent of the students are from New Hampshire, and another 20% or so are from Massachusetts.

The mailing address and web site address for the New Hampshire Department of Education is:

101 Pleasant Street
Concord, NH 03301
Website: http://www.ed.state.nh.us

New Hampshire Colleges and Career Schools

SchoolCityStudentsDormsOpen AdmissionTypical SAT Range
Antioch University New EnglandKeene862 No 
Chester College of New EnglandChester227133Yes 
Colby Sawyer CollegeNew London950870NoV: 430-550
M: 450-540
Continental Academie of Hair DesignHudson76 No 
Continental Academie of Hair DesignManchester35 No 
Daniel Webster CollegeNashua957475NoV: 450-570
M: 470-590
Dartmouth CollegeHanover5,8493,563NoV: 670-770
M: 680-780
W: 670-770
Esthetics Institute at Concord AcademyConcord16 Yes 
Franklin Pierce Law CenterConcord456 No 
Franklin Pierce UniversityRindge2,6151,482NoV: 440-550
M: 430-535
W: 420-520
Granite State CollegeConcord1,550 Yes 
Great Bay Community CollegeStratham2,069 Yes 
Hesser CollegeConcord, Manchester, Nashua, Portsmouth, Salem  Yes 
Keene Beauty AcademyKeene44 Yes 
Keene State CollegeKeene5,1002,759NoV: 450-540
M: 450-540
Lakes Region Community CollegeLaconia1,098 No 
Lebanon CollegeLebanon261 Yes 
Magdalen CollegeWarner68 No 
Manchester Community CollegeManchester2,174 Yes 
Michaels School of Hair Design and EstheticsBedford177 Yes 
Nashua Community CollegeNashua1,850 Yes 
New England School of Hair Design IncWest Lebanon53 Yes 
New Hampshire Institute for Therapeutic ArtsHudson40 Yes 
New Hampshire Institute of ArtManchester310255Yes 
NHTI, Concord's Community CollegeConcord3,572350No 
Plymouth State UniversityPlymouth6,5012,270NoV: 420-520
M: 430-530
Portsmouth Beauty School of Hair DesignPortsmouth40 No 
River Valley Community CollegeClaremont955 Yes 
Rivier CollegeNashua2,177423NoV: 430-530
M: 420-530
W: 430-530
Saint Anselm CollegeManchester1,9681,663NoV: 510-600
M: 510-600
W: 510-610
Seacoast Career SchoolsManchester  Yes 
Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchester6,4391,664NoV: 385-558
M: 390-577
W: 385-550
St. Joseph School of NursingNashua108 No 
Thomas More College of Liberal ArtsMerrimack9894Yes 
University of New HampshireDurham15,0056,883NoV: 500-600
M: 510-620
University of New Hampshire at ManchesterManchester1,102 NoV: 460-580
M: 440-550
W: 430-540
Upper Valley Teacher InstituteLebanon32 No 
White Mountains Community CollegeBerlin1,006 Yes 
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