Thomas More
College of Liberal Arts
Private College in Merrimack, NH. Six-year graduation rate 63%. Median 10-year earnings $53,565.
Ten years after entry, the median Thomas More College of Liberal Arts student earns $53,565 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Six-year completion sits at 63%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates carry a median of $25,000 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
Academics
63% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. First-year retention of 88% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. Transfer-out runs to 17% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. At 10:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 101 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $18,140 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $10,433 while those at $110k+ pay $23,826. Most students get help: 97% receive grants worth $22,844 on average. Borrowing is widespread: 82% 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 · 25 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 | $10,433 |
| $30–48k | $12,637 |
| $48–75k | $18,222 |
| $75–110k | $12,819 |
| $110k+ | $23,826 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 83 of these 101 students, totalling $569,000 — an average of $6,855 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)