Franklin Pierce University
Private College in Rindge, NH. Six-year graduation rate 54%. Median 10-year earnings $53,353.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $53,353 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Six-year completion sits at 54%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates leave owing a median of $27,000 — a substantial load to service on these earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Franklin Pierce University admits 93% of applicants — effectively open admission, so the application is a formality rather than a hurdle. 2,373 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. Yield is low at 13%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 9% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 545–632 | 26 (9%) |
| SAT Math | 512–650 | |
| ACT Composite | — | 2 (1%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 54% finish inside six years. 74% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. With 34% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. A 13:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,055 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $26,152 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $19,364 while those at $110k+ pay $30,860. Grant aid is widespread — 94% of students receive it, averaging $34,672. Most students borrow — 71% take federal loans to cover the gap.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 266 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $19,364 |
| $30–48k | $23,557 |
| $48–75k | $24,473 |
| $75–110k | $26,943 |
| $110k+ | $30,860 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 744 of these 1,055 students, totalling $4,783,503 — an average of $6,429 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Cheshire County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)