2025 Best General Education Schools in New Hampshire

Ranked #31 in popularity, general education is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Education Schools in New Hampshire ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 248 degrees in general education annually.

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Pick Your General Education Degree Level

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Education Schools in New Hampshire list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for General Education in New Hampshire

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the general education degree levels they offer.

Top New Hampshire Schools in General Education

1

Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester, NH

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

141 General Education Degrees Awarded

It's difficult to beat Southern New Hampshire University if you wish to pursue a degree in general education. Located in the midsize suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a degree in general education from Southern New Hampshire University

2

Franklin Pierce University
Rindge, NH

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student who is interested in general education needs to check out Franklin Pierce University. Located in the rural area of Rindge, Franklin Pierce is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a degree in general education from Franklin Pierce University

Best General Education Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best General Education Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	854	1,208
Connecticut	538	325
Rhode Island	436	64
Maine	396	151
Vermont	352	128

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General Education Related Rankings by Major

General Education is one of 0 different types of General Education programs to choose from.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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More about our data sources and methodologies.