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Colby - Sawyer College was awarded 2 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is nursing.
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College Factual ranked Colby - Sawyer as #1,160 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Colby - Sawyer held the #1,703 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 17 colleges in New Hampshire, Colby - Sawyer is ranked at #11.
Colby - Sawyer College has an acceptance rate of 78%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
At Colby - Sawyer, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 10 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.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Colby - Sawyer College is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 74% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Colby - Sawyer College 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 Colby - Sawyer the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 56%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 878 undergraduates at Colby - Sawyer with 811 being full-time and 67 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $20,527 | $22,953 | $26,116 | $27,703 | $32,619 |
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 Colby - Sawyer, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Colby - Sawyer, approximately 74% of students took out student loans averaging $8,669 a year. That adds up to $34,676 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Colby - Sawyer are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 541 Main Street, New London, NH 03257-7835 |
| Phone: | 603-526-3000 |
| Website: | www.colby-sawyer.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 44 | $78,856 |
| General Biology | 19 | NA |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 15 | NA |
| Health & Physical Education | 15 | $30,804 |
| Business Administration & Management | 14 | $54,304 |
| General Psychology | 14 | NA |
| General Business/Commerce | 12 | NA |
| History | 9 | NA |
| Natural Resources Conservation | 7 | NA |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 5 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 113 students took at least one online class at Colby - Sawyer College. This is a decrease from the 114 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 113 | 113 |
| 2021-2022 | 114 | 114 |
| 2020-2021 | 128 | 128 |
| 2018-2019 | 133 | 20 |
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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