University of
New Hampshire at Manchester
Public College in Manchester, NH. Six-year graduation rate 59%. Median 10-year earnings $66,479.
Students who entered University of New Hampshire at Manchester reach a median of $66,479 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. Six-year completion sits at 59%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $26,814, neither a bargain nor a burden.
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
81% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. The applicant pool is small at 481, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. Yield is low at 17%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. 18% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
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 | 520–623 | 12 (18%) |
| SAT Math | 453–613 | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 59%, meaning about two in five students who enroll leave without finishing. First-year retention of 85% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. 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. As a public four-year university, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 486 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $9,760 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $3,181 at the $0–30k band to $16,386 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 83% of students at an average of $7,273. Federal borrowing reaches 47% of students.
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 · 68 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 | $3,181 |
| $30–48k | $7,034 |
| $48–75k | $5,018 |
| $75–110k | $7,270 |
| $110k+ | $16,386 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 226 of these 486 students, totalling $1,596,137 — an average of $7,063 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)