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New England College was awarded 20 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is criminal justice & corrections.
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NEC landed the #1,414 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. This is an improvement over the previous year, when NEC held the #1,491 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 17 colleges in New Hampshire, NEC is ranked at #12.
New England College has an acceptance rate of 100%, so it is easier to gain admission to this school than some others. Still, the admissions staff will examine your application closely to make sure you're a good fit for NEC.
The student to faculty ratio at NEC is an impressive 9 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at New England College is 12%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At New England College this rate is 60%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 23% for first-time, full-time students at NEC, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,774 undergraduates at NEC with 1,644 being full-time and 130 being part-time.
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 NEC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At NEC, approximately 78% of students took out student loans averaging $8,513 a year. That adds up to $34,052 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at NEC is 13.9%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for NEC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 98 Bridge St, Henniker, NH 03242 |
| Phone: | 603-428-2000 |
| Website: | www.nec.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/pages/New-England-College/46909758867 |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/NewEngCollege |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 42 | $49,979 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 29 | $35,436 |
| Design & Applied Arts | 27 | $27,112 |
| General Psychology | 23 | NA |
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 21 | NA |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 17 | $24,871 |
| Information Technology | 15 | NA |
| General Biology | 13 | NA |
| International Relations & National Security | 12 | NA |
| Human Services | 12 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 1,703 students took at least one online class at New England College. This is a decrease from the 4,265 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,703 | 700 |
| 2019-2020 | 4,265 | 844 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,145 | 868 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,099 | 1,055 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,774 | 1,262 |
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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