by our College Data Analytics Team
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University of New Hampshire - Main Campus was awarded 426 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is recreation administration.
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UNH landed the #233 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 puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when UNH held the #323 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 17 colleges in New Hampshire, UNH is ranked at #2.
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University of New Hampshire - Main Campus has an acceptance rate of 87%, 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 UNH.
About 34% of students accepted to UNH submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 560 and 660. Math scores were between 550 and 640.
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The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At University of New Hampshire - Main Campus, this ratio is 17 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
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 University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is 76%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 87% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like University of New Hampshire - Main Campus enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At UNH the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 68%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 11,787 undergraduates at UNH with 11,382 being full-time and 405 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $17,993 | $17,650 | $20,896 | $25,820 | $30,023 |
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 UNH, 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 UNH, approximately 62% of students took out student loans averaging $10,429 a year. That adds up to $41,716 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at UNH is 1.7%. 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 UNH are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 105 Main St., Thompson Hall, Durham, NH 03824-3547 |
| Phone: | 603-862-1234 |
| Website: | www.unh.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/universityofnewhampshire |
| Twitter: | http://www.twitter.com/uofnh |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 779 | $50,849 |
| General Biology | 194 | $35,977 |
| General Psychology | 189 | $32,967 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 149 | $42,689 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 102 | $64,957 |
| General English Literature | 89 | $29,077 |
| Political Science & Government | 80 | $36,851 |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 78 | $28,126 |
| Nursing | 78 | $66,297 |
| Health & Physical Education | 75 | $33,972 |
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, 4,368 students took at least one online class at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. This is a decrease from the 11,691 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 4,368 | 743 |
| 2019-2020 | 11,691 | 1,331 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,404 | 545 |
| 2017-2018 | 2,256 | 440 |
| 2016-2017 | 2,107 | 363 |
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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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