by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Franklin Pierce University was awarded 9 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is criminal justice.
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Franklin Pierce landed the #1,909 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.
Franklin Pierce also holds the #16 spot on the Best Colleges in New Hampshire ranking.
With an acceptance rate of 89%, Franklin Pierce has a fairly liberal admissions policy. However, don't just assume you'll get in! Put together a good application and make sure you include all requested documents and materials.
At Franklin Pierce, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 12 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Franklin Pierce University is 24%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
Franklin Pierce University has a freshmen retention rate of 73%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Franklin Pierce the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 42%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,436 undergraduates at Franklin Pierce with 1,277 being full-time and 159 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $21,758 | $26,093 | $27,716 | $27,999 | $27,837 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Franklin Pierce, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Franklin Pierce, approximately 78% of students took out student loans averaging $9,358 a year. That adds up to $37,432 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Franklin Pierce is 4.5%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for Franklin Pierce are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 40 University Drive, Rindge, NH 03461-0060 |
| Phone: | 603-899-4000 |
| Website: | https://www.franklinpierce.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/FranklinPierceUniversity |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/FPUniversity |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Health Sciences & Services | 56 | $27,218 |
| Business Administration & Management | 30 | $47,669 |
| Accounting | 28 | $45,420 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 27 | $43,102 |
| Nursing | 26 | $74,031 |
| General Psychology | 24 | $29,690 |
| General Biology | 21 | NA |
| Health & Physical Education | 19 | $31,746 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 16 | $22,241 |
| Natural Resources Conservation | 16 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 511 students took at least one online class at Franklin Pierce University. This is a decrease from the 522 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 511 | 277 |
| 2019-2020 | 522 | 340 |
| 2018-2019 | 598 | 386 |
| 2017-2018 | 627 | 452 |
| 2016-2017 | 731 | 508 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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