New England College
Private College in Henniker, NH. Six-year graduation rate 35%. Median 10-year earnings $42,092.
Ten years after entry, the median New England College student earns $42,092 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Only 35% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Median debt at graduation is $26,000, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
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
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.62 — elevated (above 0.60)
- ! Mobility score 0.9 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 92% of applicants are accepted. 3,251 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Yield is low at 9%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling.
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 | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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A six-year graduation rate of 35% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Retention of 61% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. At 8:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 980 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $27,398 annually once grants are applied. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($25,598 versus $28,249), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 87% of students get grant aid averaging $28,287, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Borrowing is widespread: 72% take federal loans.
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 · 235 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 | $25,598 |
| $30–48k | $24,340 |
| $48–75k | $26,238 |
| $75–110k | $28,741 |
| $110k+ | $28,249 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 705 of these 980 students, totalling $4,758,543 — an average of $6,750 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Merrimack 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)