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Keene State College Data & Information Overview

83 awards Ranking Badges
Fair Price Value for Your Money
88% Acceptance Rate
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How Well Is Keene State College Ranked?

#900 Best Colleges in Nation
#5 Best Colleges in NH
Education Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.

Keene State College was awarded 83 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is education.

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Overall Quality

According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, Keene State is ranked #900 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Keene State held the #1,101 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

Keene State is also ranked #5 out of 17 schools in New Hampshire.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Keene State?

88% Acceptance Rate
60% Of Accepted Are Women
16% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

Keene State College has an acceptance rate of 88%, 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 Keene State.

Average Test Scores

About 16% of students accepted to Keene State submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 600. Math scores were between 470 and 570.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Keene State College  ( 500 to 600 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Keene State College  ( 470 to 570 )
200
800
Keene State received ACT scores from 1% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 24 and 25.

ACT Composite Scores for Keene State College  ( 24 to 25 )
1
36

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Keene State College Faculty

15 to 1 Student to Faculty
53% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio at Keene State College is about average at 15 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at Keene State College is 53%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  53 out of 100
0
100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Keene State College

75% Freshmen Retention
55% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate of 75% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Keene State 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.

Freshmen Retention Rate  75 out of 100
0
100

Graduation Rate

The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Keene State for first-time, full-time students is 55%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.

On-Time Graduation Rate  55 out of 100
0
100

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Keene State College Undergraduate Student Diversity

2,982 Full-Time Undergraduates
11.2% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
54.9% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,096 undergraduates at Keene State with 2,982 being full-time and 114 being part-time.

How Much Does Keene State College Cost?

$19,794 Net Price
74% Take Out Loans
$40,084 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Keene State is $19,794. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Keene State

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$14,701 $15,301 $18,640 $20,972 $24,112

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 Keene State, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Keene State, approximately 74% of students took out student loans averaging $10,021 a year. That adds up to $40,084 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Keene State is 4.3%. 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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How Much Money Do Keene State Graduates Make?

$48,504 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Keene State with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $48,504 in their early years. This is good news for future Keene State graduates since it is 14% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.

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Location of Keene State College

New Hampshire State
2,982 Full-Time Undergraduates
Town Campus Setting
Keene State College is a public institution situated in Keene, New Hampshire. The surrounding location of Keene is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

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Contact details for Keene State are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 229 Main Street, Keene, NH 03435-1506
Phone: 603-352-1909
Website: www.keene.edu/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/keenestatecollege
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ksc_web

Keene State College Majors

55 Majors With Completions
812 Undergraduate Degrees
40 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 55 majors graduated from Keene State College. Of these students, 812 received undergraduate degrees and 40 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Quality Control Technology 98 $55,424
General Psychology 66 $30,788
Business Administration & Management 63 $40,118
Teacher Education Grade Specific 62 $34,343
Sociology 45 $35,036
Criminal Justice & Corrections 41 $33,191
Health & Physical Education 30 NA
History 22 $28,976
Natural Resources Conservation 22 $26,316
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 22 $22,653

Learn more about the majors offered at Keene State College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Keene State

11% Take At Least One Class Online
2% Take All Classes Online

Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.

In 2020-2021, 331 students took at least one online class at Keene State College. This is a decrease from the 1,927 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 331 54
2019-2020 1,927 143
2018-2019 119 36
2017-2018 37 20
2016-2017 86 3

Learn more about online learning at Keene State College.

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Notes and References

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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