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2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for an Associate in New Hampshire

7 Ranked Colleges
1,592 Degrees Awarded
$19,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for an Associate in New Hampshire

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for an Associate in New Hampshire” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Liberal Arts General Studies is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 1st of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 559,661 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, liberal arts general studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $26,786 and had an average of $16,538 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Hampshire, there were 2,481 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,580 and $15,747 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1,592 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,539 and $15,843 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for an Associate in New Hampshire” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in liberal arts general studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great liberal arts general studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the liberal arts general studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for an Associate in New Hampshire

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for an Associate in New Hampshire.

Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies in New Hampshire

#1

Southern New Hampshire University

Manchester, New Hampshire

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern New Hampshire University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for an Associate in New Hampshire list. Southern New Hampshire University is a large school located in Manchester, New Hampshire that handed out 1,226 associates’s liberal arts degrees in 2019-2020.

SNHU also made our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree Schools in New Hampshire” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $41,095 for new hampshire associate degree liberal arts students per year to attend SNHU.

Full SNHU Liberal Arts General Studies Report

#2

NHTI-Concord's Community College

Concord, New Hampshire

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend NHTI-Concord’s Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for an Associate in New Hampshire list. Concord, New Hampshire is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s liberal arts degrees to 134 students in 2019-2020.

NHTI also took the #3 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree Schools in New Hampshire” ranking. The yearly cost to attend NHTI is $19,717 for new hampshire associate degree liberal arts students.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Liberal Arts General Studies at NHTI

#3

Great Bay Community College

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for an Associate in New Hampshire that were part of this year’s ranking, Great Bay Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, this small public school handed out 46 degrees to qualified associates’s liberal arts students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Great Bay Community College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree Schools in New Hampshire” ranking. It costs about $16,847 for New Hampshire Associate Degree Liberal Arts students per year to attend Great Bay Community College.

Read more about Liberal Arts General Studies at Great Bay Community College

#4

River Valley Community College

Claremont, New Hampshire

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for an Associate in New Hampshire that were part of this year’s ranking, River Valley Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. River Valley Community College is a public institution located in Claremont, New Hampshire. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NH Community Technical College - Claremont did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree Schools in New Hampshire” list. The yearly cost to attend NH Community Technical College - Claremont is $18,981 for new hampshire associate degree liberal arts students.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full NH Community Technical College - Claremont Liberal Arts General Studies Report

#5

Granite State College

Concord, New Hampshire

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for an Associate in New Hampshire that were part of this year’s ranking, Granite State College landed the #5 spot on the list. GSC is a public institution located in Concord, New Hampshire. The school has a small population, and it awarded 26 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

GSC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree Schools in New Hampshire” list. The estimated yearly cost for GSC is $12,507 for new hampshire associate degree liberal arts students.

Read full report on Liberal Arts General Studies at Granite State College

#6

Nashua Community College

Nashua, New Hampshire

Nashua Community College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for an Associate in New Hampshire ranking. Nashua Community College is located in Nashua, New Hampshire and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 47 associates’s liberal arts degrees to qualified students.

Nashua Community College also took the #5 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree Schools in New Hampshire” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Nashua Community College is $14,278 for new hampshire associate degree liberal arts students.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Nashua Community College Liberal Arts General Studies Report

#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for an Associate in New Hampshire list. Located in Warner, New Hampshire, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified associates’s liberal arts students in 2019-2020.

Magdalen College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree Schools in New Hampshire” list. The yearly cost to attend Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts is $10,385 for new hampshire associate degree liberal arts students.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts Liberal Arts General Studies Report

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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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