Admission Statistics for New Hampshire Colleges

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled

For the academic year 2024-2025, 864,456 students have applied and among them 595,279 were admitted to New Hampshire colleges. 159,675 students were finally enrolled into one of accepted schools.

The following table and chart illustrates the number of applicant, admitted, and enrolled students for New Hampshire colleges.

Applicants by State

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled (2024-2025)
New Hampshire Colleges
	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
Total	864,456	595,279	159,675
Public Schools	258,479	220,385	37,237
4 Years (Or High)	258,479	220,385	37,237
2-4 Years	0	0	0
Less Than 2 Years	0	0	0
Private Schools	605,977	374,894	122,438
4 Years (Or High)	605,977	374,894	122,438
2-4 Years	0	0	0
Less Than 2 Years	0	0	0

[CHART#1] Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled for New Hampshire Colleges

68.86% Acceptance Rate

The average acceptance rate of New Hampshire colleges is 68.86% in academic year 2024-2025. Public schools' average acceptance rate was 85.26% and the average rate of private schools was 61.87%. The following table and chart illustrates the average acceptance rate for New Hampshire colleges with comparable factors.

Acceptance Rate by State

Lowest Acceptance Rate

68.86% Acceptance Rate (2024-2025)
New Hampshire Colleges
	Acceptance Rate
All Schools Average	68.86%
Public Schools	85.26%
4 Years (Or High)	85.26%
2-4 Years	0.00%
Less Than 2 Years	0.00%
Private Schools	61.87%
4 Years (Or High)	61.87%
2-4 Years	0.00%
Less Than 2 Years	0.00%

[CHART#2] 68.86% Acceptance Rate for New Hampshire Colleges

26.82% Yield

The average yield, also know as enrollment rate, of New Hampshire colleges was 26.82% in academic year 2024-2025. Public schools' average admission yield was 16.90% and the average rate of private schools was 32.66%. The admission yield is a rate of number of enrolled students over number of students who are allowed to admit. The following table and chart illustrates the average admission yield for New Hampshire colleges with comparable factors.

26.82% Yield (2024-2025)
New Hampshire Colleges
	Admission Yield
All Schools Average	26.82%
Public Schools	16.90%
4 Years (Or High)	16.90%
2-4 Years	0.00%
Less Than 2 Years	0.00%
Private Schools	32.66%
4 Years (Or High)	32.66%
2-4 Years	0.00%
Less Than 2 Years	0.00%

[CHART#3] 26.82% Yield for New Hampshire Colleges

1,216 SAT Score

The average SAT score of New Hampshire colleges is 1,216 for the academic year 2024-2025. In public schools, the average SAT score is 1,155 and private schools' average SAT score is 1,246. The following table shows SAT average scores with percentile by subject and school type/level for the academic year 2024-2025.

SAT Score by State

Colleges by SAT Score

Highest SAT Score

1,216 SAT Score (2024-2025)
New Hampshire Colleges
		Total	Evidence-based Reading and Writing	Math
All Schools (4-years colleges)	25^th pctl.	1131	578	553
	50^th pctl.	1216	617	599
	75^th pctl.	1312	659	653
Public colleges	25^th pctl.	1032	535	497
	50^th pctl.	1155	593	563
	75^th pctl.	1283	647	637
Private colleges	25^th pctl.	1181	600	581
	50^th pctl.	1246	629	618
	75^th pctl.	1326	665	661

[CHART#4] 1,216 SAT Score for New Hampshire Colleges

29 ACT Score

The average ACT score (Composite) of New Hampshire colleges is 29 for the academic year 2024-2025. In public schools, the average ACT composite score is 28 and private schools' average ACT score is 30. The following table shows ACT average scores with percentile by subject and school type/level for the academic year 2024-2025.

29 ACT Score (2024-2025)
New Hampshire Colleges
		Composite	English	Math
All Schools (4-years colleges)	25^th pctl.	28	27	25
	50^th pctl.	29	30	29
	75^th pctl.	32	34	30
Public colleges	25^th pctl.	26	24	24
	50^th pctl.	28	27	26
	75^th pctl.	30	32	27
Private colleges	25^th pctl.	29	28	26
	50^th pctl.	30	32	30
	75^th pctl.	33	35	32

[CHART#5] 29 ACT Score for New Hampshire Colleges