It's not easy to decide which school to attend when you have so many options available. At College Factual, we're committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our Best Associate Degree Colleges in New Hampshire ranking.
Our analysis looked at 10 schools in New Hampshire to determine which ones have the best associate degree programs. Our ranking methodology focuses on different objective factors to make this determination of the best schools. In the next few paragraphs, we'll talk a little about what we use in our analysis and why.
Higher Than Average Earnings
The average early-career salary of those graduating with a associate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. A associate degree holder from a school in New Hampshire makes an average starting salary of $41,082, but the students who attended schools in the top 7 of our list make an average of $41,964.
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Taking Out Student Loans
Another factor that we look at to determine a school's ranking is the average debt load that students take on while they are working on their associate degree.
When attending a school in New Hampshire, associate degree students accumulate an average of $20,604 in student debt before graduation.
The average debt load at a particular school may not be bad, but it's an important thing to consider in conjunction with post-graduation earnings.
More Ranking Factors That Are Important
Our Best Associate Degree Schools considers other factors in addition to average post-graduation earnings and average student debt.
On a broad level, other factors that go into our rankings include such things as the demand of the school, the student body caliber, if the school has online options, and the educational resources provided by the school.
You may also want to narrow this list by location to find the best associate degree schools nearest you. Also, check out our other college rankings to help you with your college decision.
Southern New Hampshire University tops this year’s ranking as the best school for associate degrees in New Hampshire for overall quality. Located in Manchester, New Hampshire, the large private not-for-profit school handed out 3,227 associate degrees in 2020-2021.
The average salary of a graduate with a associate degree from SNHU is $36,512 during the early years of their career. Associate students carry an average student debt load of about $20,166 after getting their degree.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rivier University. It ranked #2 on our 2024 Best Associate Degree Schools in New Hampshire list. Rivier is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Nashua, New Hampshire. It awarded 60 associate degrees in 2020-2021.
Graduates with a associate degree from Rivier make an average of $61,107 per year during the early years of their career. Associate students carry an average student debt load of about $39,051 after getting their degree.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend NHTI-Concord’s Community College. The school came in at #3 in New Hampshire on this year’s best associate degree schools ranking. NHTI-Concord’s Community College is a small public school located in Concord, New Hampshire that handed out 500 associate degrees in 2020-2021.
Graduates with a associate degree from NHTI make an average of $40,502 per year during the early years of their career. Associate students leave the school with an average of $19,057 in student loans.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend River Valley Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2024 Best Associate Degree Schools in New Hampshire list. NH Community Technical College - Claremont is a small public school situated in Claremont, New Hampshire. It awarded 116 associate degrees in 2020-2021.
Graduates with a associate degree from NH Community Technical College - Claremont make an average of $47,352 per year during the early years of their career. Associate students carry an average student debt load of about $26,460 after getting their degree.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 in New Hampshire on this year’s best associate degree schools ranking. Located in Durham, New Hampshire, the fairly large public school handed out 24 associate degrees in 2020-2021.
During the early years of their career, associate degree graduates from UNH make an average of $27,950 a year. Associate students carry an average student debt load of about $15,347 after getting their degree.
Granite State College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Associate Degree Schools in New Hampshire list. GSC is a small public school situated in Concord, New Hampshire. It awarded 110 associate degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #7, Colby - Sawyer College did quite well on the 2024 Best Associate Degree Schools in New Hampshire list. Located in New London, New Hampshire, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 6 associate degrees in 2020-2021.
Nashua Community College did quite well in the 2024 Best Associate Degree Schools in New Hampshire ranking, coming in at #8. Located in Nashua, New Hampshire, the small public school awarded 227 diplomas to qualifed associate degree students in 2020-2021.
During the early years of their career, associate degree graduates from Nashua Community College make an average of $40,962 a year. The average amount of student debt accumulated by associate students is $18,773.
With a ranking of #9, New England College did quite well on the 2024 Best Associate Degree Schools in New Hampshire list. NEC is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Henniker, New Hampshire. It awarded 19 associate degrees in 2020-2021.
Great Bay Community College ranked #10 on this year’s Best Associate Degree Schools in New Hampshire list. Located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the small public school awarded 246 diplomas to qualifed associate degree students in 2020-2021.
Graduates with a associate degree from Great Bay Community College make an average of $39,362 per year during the early years of their career. Associate students leave the school with an average of $15,897 in student loans.
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%.
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