University of
New Hampshire-Main Campus
Public Research University in Durham, NH. Six-year graduation rate 76%. Median 10-year earnings $66,479.
A decade after enrolling, the median University of New Hampshire-Main Campus student earns $66,479 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. Completion is a strength: 76% of students finish within six years. Median debt at graduation is $26,814, 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.
- ✓ Graduation rate 76% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
With an acceptance rate of 88%, University of New Hampshire-Main Campus takes nearly everyone who applies. 21,175 students applied, a pool deep enough to make the acceptance rate meaningful. Only 14% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere. The score bands below rest on the 23% 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 | 550–670 | 591 (23%) |
| SAT Math | 540–660 | |
| ACT Composite | 26–30 | 48 (2%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion runs to 76% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. First-year retention of 87% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. A 17:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. The undergraduate body runs to 11,387, large enough that student experience varies widely by program.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 11,230 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $24,999 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $16,523 at the $0–30k band to $28,588 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 87% of students receive it, averaging $13,840. Borrowing is widespread: 57% 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 · 2,605 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 | $16,523 |
| $30–48k | $17,476 |
| $48–75k | $19,446 |
| $75–110k | $22,815 |
| $110k+ | $28,588 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 6,449 of these 11,230 students, totalling $42,169,967 — an average of $6,539 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Strafford 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)