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Colby - Sawyer College was awarded 45 badges in the 2023 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is registered nursing.
Colby - Sawyer landed the #1,540 spot in College Factual's 2023 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,241 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Colby - Sawyer held the #1,564 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 17 colleges in New Hampshire, Colby - Sawyer is ranked at #11.
With an acceptance rate of 91%, Colby - Sawyer 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.
Learn more about Colby - Sawyer College admissions.
The student to faculty ratio at Colby - Sawyer is an impressive 12 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.
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%.
Colby - Sawyer College has a freshmen retention rate of 83%. 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 Colby - Sawyer the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 53%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Colby - Sawyer College.
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 + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $22,145 | $20,442 | $22,584 | $29,999 | $32,230 |
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 80% of students took out student loans averaging $10,164 a year. That adds up to $40,656 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Colby - Sawyer is 2.6%. 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.
See which majors at Colby - Sawyer College make the most money.
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Contact details for Colby - Sawyer are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 541 Main St, New London, NH 03257-7835 |
| Phone: | 603-526-3000 |
| Website: | www.colby-sawyer.edu/ |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/colbysawyer |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 46 | $65,248 |
| Business Administration & Management | 29 | $41,434 |
| Health & Physical Education | 20 | $27,433 |
| General Psychology | 9 | $36,758 |
| Public Health | 9 | $34,766 |
| Natural Resources Conservation | 9 | $30,429 |
| History | 8 | NA |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | 7 | $29,230 |
| Allied Health Professions | 7 | NA |
| Communication & Media Studies | 7 | 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 2019-2020, 128 students took at least one online class at Colby - Sawyer College. This is a decrease from the 140 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-2020 | 128 | 128 |
| 2018-2019 | 140 | 21 |
| 2017-2018 | 133 | 20 |
| 2016-2017 | 144 | 38 |
| 2015-2016 | 405 | 46 |
Learn more about online learning at Colby - Sawyer College.
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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