Colleges in New Hampshire

New Hampshire has 14 private and 6 public 4-year colleges that enroll 181,392 freshman students every year. The average tuition of public colleges is $11,534 (for in-state students) and $20,550 (for out-of-state students). The private colleges charge around $24,138 per year in tuition regardless of residency.

In the 2016-2017 academic year, the state of New Hampshire provided $1,272,538 in financial aid to 976 students who enrolled in 4-year colleges for the first time as undergraduates, while the colleges themselves awarded $214,073,286 in grant and scholarships to 14,930 students.

New Hampshire receives 1% of the total pell grant allotment from the federal government. In 2016-2017 academic year, 6,870 4-year colleges freshmen were awarded a total amount of $26,341,058 in pell grant ($4,103 per student on average) and 14,858 students received a total amount of $85,745,914 in the form of student loan from the federal government ($5,655 per student on average).