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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Education in New Hampshire

9 Ranked Colleges
442 Degrees Awarded
$25,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor's in New Hampshire

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Education is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 4th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 310,601 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,887 and had an average of $30,244 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Hampshire, there were 1,688 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,705 and $30,200 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 442 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 9 colleges that offered a degree in education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for new hampshire bachelor’s degree education students.

Top 9 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Education in New Hampshire

#1

Keene State College

Keene, New Hampshire
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire that were part of this year’s ranking, Keene State College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Keene, New Hampshire, this small public school awarded 94 degrees to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Keene State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Keene State is $19,394 for New Hampshire Bachelor’s Degree Education students.

Full Keene State Education Report

#2

Plymouth State University

Plymouth, New Hampshire
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Plymouth State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire list. Plymouth State is located in Plymouth, New Hampshire and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 100 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.

Plymouth State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” list. It costs about $19,316 for New Hampshire Bachelor’s Degree Education students per year to attend Plymouth State.

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Durham, New Hampshire, this fairly large public school awarded 24 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNH, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is $24,067 for New Hampshire Bachelor’s Degree Education students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#4

Southern New Hampshire University

Manchester, New Hampshire
#6 in overall quality

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 Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire. SNHU is located in Manchester, New Hampshire and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 69 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.

SNHU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best 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 Southern New Hampshire University.

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#5

Granite State College

Concord, New Hampshire
#8 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Granite State College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire. Granite State College is located in Concord, New Hampshire and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 28 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.

GSC also took the #8 spot in our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for GSC is $12,507 for new hampshire bachelor’s degree education students.

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#6

Rivier University

Nashua, New Hampshire
#5 in overall quality

Rivier University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire ranking. Rivier is a small school located in Nashua, New Hampshire that handed out 41 bachelors’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Rivier, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” ranking. It costs about $25,196 for new hampshire bachelor’s degree education students per year to attend Rivier.

Full Rivier Education Report

#7

New England College

Henniker, New Hampshire
#9 in overall quality

New England College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire ranking. NEC is a small school located in Henniker, New Hampshire that handed out 11 bachelors’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NEC, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” ranking. The yearly cost to attend New England College is $29,082 for New Hampshire Bachelor’s Degree Education students.

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#8

Saint Anselm College

Manchester, New Hampshire
#1 in overall quality

Saint Anselm College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire ranking, coming in at #8. St. Anselm College is a small school located in Manchester, New Hampshire that handed out 43 bachelors’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at St. Anselm College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Saint Anselm College is $32,781 for New Hampshire Bachelor’s Degree Education students.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full St. Anselm College Education Report

#9

Colby - Sawyer College

New London, New Hampshire
#7 in overall quality

Colby - Sawyer College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire list. New London, 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 1 students in 2019-2020.

Colby - Sawyer not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” list. The estimated yearly cost for Colby - Sawyer is $26,983 for new hampshire bachelor’s degree education students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Education at Colby - Sawyer

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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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