Southern New Hampshire University

Manchester, NH · Private nonprofit · 163,164 undergrads (large, suburb) · website ↗

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What you'll actually pay

Average net price per year — tuition, fees, room & board minus grant and scholarship aid — for in-state students by household income.

Household income	Avg net price / year
Under $30,000	$36,441
$30,000 – $48,000	$36,536
$48,000 – $75,000	$36,641
$75,000 – $110,000	$37,704
Over $110,000	$38,025
All incomes (average)	$36,708

Sticker tuition and fees: $17,200 in-state — before aid, from the same earlier College Scorecard release as the net prices above.

These are averages. For an estimate for your family, use Southern New Hampshire University's own net price calculator — every college that takes federal student aid must publish one.

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Other costs of attendance, 2025–26

The college's own estimate for a full-time undergraduate for the year, before aid, from the October 2026 College Scorecard. It is a newer year than the tuition and net prices above, so don't add the two together.

Housing and meals, on campus	$13,200
Housing and meals, off campus (not with family)	$14,658
Books and supplies	$1,500
Other expenses, on campus	$10,150
Other expenses, off campus	$12,586

Grants and loans for first-year students, 2022–23

What the college reported for its full-time, first-time students (2,948 of them) in 2022–23; 81% got some kind of aid, loans included. Each average is over the students who received that kind of aid, not over everyone. It is an older year than the 2025–26 costs above.

Type of aid	Students awarded	Average amount
Any grant or scholarshipFederal, state, local and the college's own	67%	$4,557
Federal Pell GrantNeed-based, from the federal government	61%	$3,658
The college's own grants and scholarshipsNeed- or merit-based, funded by the college	12%	$4,192
Federal student loansBorrowed by the student; repaid with interest. No Parent PLUS or private loans	65%	$5,243

IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Student Financial Aid 2022–23 (SFA2223, provisional release); full-time, first-time degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates; public domain.

Admissions & outcomes

Acceptance rate: 100%
Average SAT: —
Median ACT: —
Students with Pell grants: 49%
Graduation rate (6yr): 43%
Freshman retention: 61%
Median earnings @ 10yr: $50,318
Median debt at graduation: $21,082
International undergrads: 846 (0.5%)

For comparison, the median across all 1,596 four-year colleges on this site: graduation rate 56%, earnings ten years after entering $54,869, debt at graduation $23,250.

Admission policy, test scores and teaching

SAT/ACT policy: Not considered
Application fee: None
Students per faculty member: 24 to 1
Faculty who are full-time: 100%
Open admission: No

What the college considers in admission decisions, fall 2023

How the college said it used each item when deciding on first-time, degree- or certificate-seeking applicants for fall 2023. For SAT and ACT scores, see the fall 2024 policy above.

High school GPA	Required
High school class rank	Not considered
High school record	Required
Completion of a college-preparatory program	Required
Recommendations	Required
Formal demonstration of competencies (e.g. portfolio)	Not considered
English proficiency test (for applicable students)	Required
Other test (Wonderlic, WISC-III, etc.)	Not considered
Work experience	Considered if submitted
Personal statement or essay	Required
Legacy status	Not considered

First-time applicants: 45,127
Admitted: 43,377
Enrolled: 15,345

Counts of first-time, degree- or certificate-seeking students, including early decision and early action. The acceptance rate higher up this page comes from a different College Scorecard release, so it may not match these counts.

IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release), fall 2023; open admission from IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 (revised); public domain.

Most popular fields of study

Share of bachelor's degrees awarded.

Business35%

Computer Science14%

Psychology12%

Health & Nursing8%

Criminal Justice6%

Visual & Performing Arts4%

English & Literature2%

Communications & Media2%

Social Sciences2%

Environmental Studies2%

Earnings and debt by field of study

Median annual earnings of graduates who received federal student aid and were working, not studying: one year after completing (graduates of 2020–21 and 2021–22) and four years after (2017–18 and 2018–19), measured in 2022 and 2023 and shown in 2024 dollars. Median debt is federal Direct and Grad PLUS loans borrowed at this college by 2022–23 and 2023–24 graduates; it leaves out Parent PLUS and private loans. “National” is the median for the same field and credential across all US colleges.

Bachelor's degrees (46)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Business Administration, Management and Operations	6,202	$62,987	$75,423national $68,257	$20,608
Psychology, General	3,538	$42,049	$49,769national $50,706	$19,833
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	1,524	$56,052	$66,656national $53,072	$12,500
Health and Medical Administrative Services	1,135	$56,003	$63,292national $58,716	$24,000
Criminal Justice and Corrections	1,059	$50,012	$61,027national $55,378	$23,393
Accounting and Related Services	926	$57,136	$70,181national $76,194	$24,492
Computer Science	887	$73,429	$115,259national $107,009	$25,784
Design and Applied Arts	803	$41,693	$51,370national $51,490	$19,292
Human Services, General	670	$43,618	$49,508national $48,597	$24,648
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	650	$50,916	$59,801national $63,560	$19,916
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	607	$33,584	$39,966national $48,471	$20,919
Computer and Information Sciences, General	597	$69,663	$81,533national $92,374	$27,252
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	569	$92,774	$98,032national $88,910	$12,625
Natural Resources Conservation and Research	554	$49,280	$55,733national $55,012	$19,288
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management	538	$67,024	—national $85,063	$22,000
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General	373	$68,187	$74,693national $61,296	$12,500
Computer Software and Media Applications	368	$41,435	$57,772national $58,894	$22,366
History	353	$40,951	$49,113national $50,680	$20,373
Marketing	269	$54,132	$66,094national $69,303	$22,833
Mathematics	249	$53,870	$68,414national $69,562	$15,646
Finance and Financial Management Services	233	$65,606	$81,489national $83,343	$19,834
English Language and Literature, General	214	$36,134	$47,103national $48,590	$19,334
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	198	$80,649	$94,942national $86,176	$20,920
Public Health	185	$54,242	$58,520national $58,808	$19,900
Social Sciences, General	173	$45,009	$50,491national $53,366	$17,727
Anthropology	153	$40,869	$51,100national $46,676	$22,999
Film/Video and Photographic Arts	150	$32,896	$50,871national $43,765	$23,816
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness	119	$43,584	$54,407national $54,562	$24,420
Political Science and Government	117	$49,900	$62,387national $63,293	$20,847
Economics	100	$55,840	$86,764national $82,686	—
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences	91	$56,434	$62,360national $60,190	$22,999
Human Resources Management and Services	72	—	—national $68,069	$25,426
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions	46	$47,252	$57,701national $52,119	$22,959
Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations	44	$43,504	$51,355national $59,631	$26,667
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other	40	$86,182	$98,399national $69,830	$17,836
Education, General	39	$33,825	$42,034national $49,808	$17,750
Biology, General	30	—	—national $57,214	$18,750
Management Information Systems and Services	23	$84,350	—national $83,290	$33,984
Mechanical Engineering	21	$74,259	—national $92,135	$18,375
Air Transportation	6	$42,782	—national $85,825	—
International Business	3	—	$73,271national $73,201	—
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	2	$45,542	$44,327national $47,382	$22,767
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	2	—	$51,445national $51,389	—
Hospitality Administration/Management	2	—	$64,526national $56,726	—
Culinary Arts and Related Services	—	—	$52,058national $47,668	—
Public Administration	—	—	$72,437national $65,093	—

Associate degrees (12)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	1,211	$44,405	$52,547national $44,125	$13,495
Business Administration, Management and Operations	1,095	$48,734	$60,698national $48,733	$17,800
Criminal Justice and Corrections	537	$46,774	$52,988national $46,706	$15,833
Computer and Information Sciences, General	427	$49,564	$67,194national $54,246	$16,500
Accounting and Related Services	417	$46,970	$56,716national $47,660	$16,500
Computer Science	212	$57,582	—national $62,283	$14,746
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management	195	—	—national $54,726	$13,668
Marketing	146	$44,453	$61,532national $44,264	$16,500
Film/Video and Photographic Arts	119	$30,220	$30,298national $33,186	$17,865
Health and Medical Administrative Services	69	$52,398	$56,385national $37,073	$19,052
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	59	—	—national $46,783	$12,217
Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations	23	$33,295	$46,352national $53,002	$17,582

Undergraduate certificates (5)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Human Resources Management and Services	319	—	—national $61,907	$19,170
Criminal Justice and Corrections	180	$48,172	—national $57,702	$27,243
Computer Engineering	151	—	—national $68,110	$9,500
Accounting and Related Services	121	—	$84,256national $44,589	—
Research and Experimental Psychology	107	—	—	$30,499

Master's degrees (28)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Business Administration, Management and Operations	3,590	$84,945	$95,086national $103,485	$28,700
Psychology, General	956	$53,198	$58,824national $64,711	$32,800
English Language and Literature, General	436	$47,638	$54,001national $55,512	$36,900
Accounting and Related Services	383	$74,589	$87,967national $95,833	$41,000
Computer and Information Sciences, General	379	$85,280	$97,644national $124,201	$36,900
Human Resources Management and Services	372	$68,130	$79,973national $83,558	$34,868
Health and Medical Administrative Services	369	$69,941	$78,721national $89,981	$36,860
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions	358	$52,350	$63,147national $59,571	$51,583
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	345	$83,585	$112,596national $124,807	$28,724
Criminal Justice and Corrections	253	$62,323	$67,346national $66,714	$38,742
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management	236	—	—national $121,855	$32,800
Education, General	236	$58,521	$63,714national $65,824	—
Public Health	213	$60,617	$69,637national $82,751	$32,810
Marketing	202	$64,993	$76,638national $79,106	$32,800
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	190	$114,968	$126,492national $120,193	$36,900
History	189	$47,878	$54,961national $55,360	$36,900
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	182	$57,777	$70,574national $80,125	$28,700
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	178	$46,180	—national $55,035	$65,600
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	170	$57,679	$51,153national $59,916	$20,500
Educational Administration and Supervision	134	$59,242	$65,788national $71,685	$32,800
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness	93	$56,703	$62,698national $62,033	$31,992
Finance and Financial Management Services	91	$82,116	$100,914national $110,694	$32,800
Economics	25	$71,914	$71,367national $100,743	$34,360
Fine and Studio Arts	18	—	$53,264national $49,079	—
Curriculum and Instruction	—	$57,390	$62,675national $63,399	$32,800
Special Education and Teaching	—	—	$56,396national $64,397	—
Homeland Security	—	$85,895	$102,281national $96,660	—
Political Science and Government	—	$53,584	$68,469national $78,850	—

Doctoral degrees (1)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Educational Administration and Supervision	9	—	—national $100,573	$61,500

Graduate certificates (8)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Business Administration, Management and Operations	127	$79,492	$71,030national $94,506	$28,700
Human Resources Management and Services	123	$63,878	$73,314national $74,850	$31,766
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	113	$40,081	—national $64,611	$42,603
Accounting and Related Services	53	$64,937	$60,976national $82,363	$32,800
International Relations and National Security Studies	36	$71,820	—national $77,457	$35,880
Education, General	29	$81,503	—national $69,448	—
Marketing	17	$75,993	—national $93,837	—
Special Education and Teaching	—	$64,802	—national $69,147	—

A dash means the Department of Education suppressed the figure because too few graduates were measured — not zero. 31 more programmes at this college have every figure suppressed and are not listed.

Contact and accreditation

Address: 2500 North River Road, Manchester, NH 03106-1045
Phone: (603) 668-2211
Institutional accreditor: New England Commission on Higher Education

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts) and IPEDS Fall Enrolment for international student counts. College Scorecard, October 2026 release: net price calculator link, mission flags and religious affiliation (2025–26), enrolment shares, test policy, SAT/ACT ranges and student-to-faculty ratio (fall 2024), cost-of-attendance components (2025–26), and earnings and debt by field of study. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 for the application fee and the IPEDS 2024 directory for the phone number. IPEDS Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release) for admission requirements and first-time applicants, admits and enrolments (fall 2023). IPEDS Student Financial Aid 2022–23 (SFA2223, provisional release) for grants and loans to full-time, first-time students. All are U.S. Department of Education data in the public domain. Verify current costs and requirements with the school.

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