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Most Favored New Hampshire Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the most favored (higher yield) schools in New Hampshire. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is the percent of students who choose to enroll after having been offered admission. Higher yield means that more admitted students are finally enrolled into the school.
Dartmouth College, has the highest yield rate of 62.17% for academic year 2022-2023 in New Hampshire. Rivier University is positioned second with 19.99% yield and Saint Anselm College follows them with 18%. Next table shows the schools that have high yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the lowest yield rates in New Hampshire.
Most Favored New Hampshire Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2023)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Dartmouth College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHanover, NH
62.17% 28,336 1,808 1,124 6.38%
2Rivier University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashua, NH
19.99% 1,629 1,376 275 84.47%
3Saint Anselm College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsManchester, NH
18.26% 3,514 2,892 528 82.30%
4Keene State College
Public, four-yearsKeene, NH
17.65% 4,487 4,017 709 89.53%
5University of New Hampshire at Manchester
Public, four-yearsManchester, NH
17.59% 360 307 54 85.28%
6University of New Hampshire-Main Campus
Public, four-yearsDurham, NH
16.09% 21,016 18,281 2,942 86.99%
7Plymouth State University
Public, four-yearsPlymouth, NH
15.07% 5,917 5,772 870 97.55%
8Colby-Sawyer College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew London, NH
13.91% 1,751 1,366 190 78.01%
9Franklin Pierce University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsRindge, NH
10.91% 3,145 2,916 318 92.72%
10New England College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHenniker, NH
4.01% 6,416 6,412 257 99.94%