by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in New Hampshire” ranking - to help you make that decision.
General Education is the 41st most popular major in the country with 29,810 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $48,719 and had an average of $23,394 in loans still to pay off.
Across New Hampshire, there were 319 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,411 and $26,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 48 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,795 and $26,908 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in New Hampshire” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general education.
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The education school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in New Hampshire”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new hampshire bachelor’s degree education students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New England College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in New Hampshire. NEC is located in Henniker, New Hampshire and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Franklin Pierce University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in New Hampshire list. Rindge, New Hampshire is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s education degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in New Hampshire that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Durham, New Hampshire is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s education degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national 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.
Full University of New Hampshire - Main Campus General Education Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern New Hampshire University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in New Hampshire. SNHU is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Manchester, New Hampshire. It awarded 22 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
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