2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire

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In 2019-2020, 29,936 people earned their degree in general education, making the major the 35th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,138 and had an average of $29,674 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Hampshire, there were 223 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,650 and $32,493 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 60 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,910 and $24,324 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in general education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general education program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Education in New Hampshire

#1

University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

Durham, New Hampshire

#1 in overall quality

$24,067 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire list. Located in Durham, New Hampshire, this fairly large public school handed out 17 degrees to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2019-2020.

UNH also made our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is $24,067 for new hampshire bachelor’s degree education students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#2

Southern New Hampshire University

Manchester, New Hampshire

#2 in overall quality

$41,095 Average Net Price

$27,552 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern New Hampshire University landed the #2 spot on the list. Manchester, New Hampshire is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s education degrees to 24 students in 2019-2020.

SNHU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” list. It costs about $41,095 for New Hampshire Bachelor’s Degree Education students per year to attend SNHU.

Read full report on General Education at SNHU

#3

New England College

Henniker, New Hampshire

#3 in overall quality

$29,082 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire that were part of this year’s ranking, New England College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Henniker, New Hampshire, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new hampshire bachelor’s degree education students list, NEC has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” ranking. It costs about $29,082 for new hampshire bachelor’s degree education students per year to attend New England College.

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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