Plymouth State University
Public College in Plymouth, NH. Six-year graduation rate 52%. Median 10-year earnings $57,304.
Students who entered Plymouth State University land at a median of $57,304 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate is 52%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Graduates carry a median of $26,000 in debt — in line with the national norm.
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
Plymouth State University admits 88% of applicants — effectively open admission, so the application is a formality rather than a hurdle. The applicant pool runs to 6,878, typical for a school of this reach. Yield is low at 14%, 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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52% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Retention of 68% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. At 15:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. This is a public four-year university, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,298 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $20,183 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The income table below is the number that matters — $14,676 at $0–30k versus $23,020 at $110k+. 95% of students get grant aid averaging $10,614, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Most students borrow — 70% 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 · 982 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 | $14,676 |
| $30–48k | $14,714 |
| $48–75k | $17,030 |
| $75–110k | $21,157 |
| $110k+ | $23,020 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,306 of these 3,298 students, totalling $14,604,188 — an average of $6,333 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Grafton 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)