Top colleges in New Hampshire by 10-year ROI
Executive Summary
Bachelor’s-predominant institutions located in New Hampshire with at least 200 students, sorted by the same 10-year ROI estimate used nationally. Dartmouth College leads this list at $392,670 (10 Yr. ROI).
Leaders: top 3
Dartmouth College
10 Yr. ROI
$392,670
University of New Hampshire College of Professional Studies Online
10 Yr. ROI
$274,932
University of New Hampshire at Manchester
10 Yr. ROI
$265,392
Top 12 Top colleges in New Hampshire by 10-year ROI
| Rank | Institution | State | Control | Enrollment | 10 Yr. ROI | Also see |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dartmouth College | NH | Private nonprofit | 4,541 | $392,670 | Grad 95.3% · Net $26,707 |
| 2 | University of New Hampshire College of Professional Studies Online | NH | Public | 1,157 | $274,932 | Grad 19.6% · Net $11,339 |
| 3 | University of New Hampshire at Manchester | NH | Public | 443 | $265,392 | Grad 63.1% · Net $13,247 |
| 4 | Saint Anselm College | NH | Private nonprofit | 2,087 | $216,022 | Grad 80.3% · Net $34,382 |
| 5 | Rivier University | NH | Private nonprofit | 1,231 | $202,294 | Grad 55.5% · Net $26,585 |
| 6 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | NH | Public | 11,261 | $200,877 | Grad 76.8% · Net $26,150 |
| 7 | Keene State College | NH | Public | 2,699 | $195,884 | Grad 56.2% · Net $17,940 |
| 8 | Franklin Pierce University | NH | Private nonprofit | 992 | $180,263 | Grad 54.7% · Net $23,023 |
| 9 | Plymouth State University | NH | Public | 3,153 | $179,845 | Grad 51.8% · Net $19,530 |
| 10 | Colby-Sawyer College | NH | Private nonprofit | 771 | $146,193 | Grad 56.1% · Net $26,739 |
| 11 | New England College | NH | Private nonprofit | 1,022 | $95,459 | Grad 37.5% · Net $24,059 |
| 12 | Southern New Hampshire University | NH | Private nonprofit | 163,164 | $82,575 | Grad 42.1% · Net $36,764 |
Method notes
- Underlying institution file: EDsmart Data processed College Scorecard extract merged to the IPEDS 2024 directory for HBCU and Carnegie fields.
- Cohort applied on this page: enrollment floor of 200 undergraduates; sorted highest first on 10 Yr. ROI; all 12 qualifying campuses are shown.
- Ties on the ranked metric are broken by enrollment, then institution name, so ranks stay stable between rebuilds.
- ROI column matches the processed college_roi_rankings series in this site build; see College Scorecard ROI methodology.
- How the 10-year ROI figure is built: median earnings reported 6, 8, and 10 years after entry (years 7 and 9 linearly interpolated) are summed across years 6–10, then average annual net price × typical years enrolled (five for bachelor’s-predominant campuses) is subtracted. It is a nominal-dollar gap—not discounted to present value, and it does not subtract earnings foregone while enrolled or compare against a no-college baseline. Campuses reporting only one of the three earnings years are excluded from these tables.
- School profile links use generated slugs; not every campus has a published profile page yet—use the Scorecard site as fallback.