Saint Anselm College
Private College in Manchester, NH. Six-year graduation rate 80%. Median 10-year earnings $73,371.
Students who entered Saint Anselm College reach a median of $73,371 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. The six-year graduation rate of 80% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Debt is the pressure point: a median of $27,000 at graduation.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Graduation rate 80% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 1.0 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
78% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. The applicant pool runs to 4,423, typical for a school of this reach. A 17% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. The score bands below rest on the 19% of enrolled first-years who submitted an SAT score — a self-selected group, and not a cutoff.
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 | 570–658 | 106 (19%) |
| SAT Math | 540–620 | |
| ACT Composite | 24–30 | 5 (1%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Apply at Saint Anselm College →Academics
A 80% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. First-year retention of 88% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. At 12:1, 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. With 2,052 undergraduates, the school sits in the middle of the size distribution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,032 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $35,551 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. The income table below is the number that matters — $25,143 at $0–30k versus $37,268 at $110k+. 100% of students get grant aid averaging $31,478, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Most students borrow — 69% 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 · 573 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 | $25,143 |
| $30–48k | $26,956 |
| $48–75k | $27,193 |
| $75–110k | $31,710 |
| $110k+ | $37,268 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,406 of these 2,032 students, totalling $9,177,957 — an average of $6,528 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Hillsborough 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)