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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 69.12% for academic year 2024-2025 in New Hampshire. University of New Hampshire at Manchester is positioned second with 16.97% yield and Saint Anselm College follows them with 16%. Next table shows the schools that have high yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. Colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music are excluded 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 (2025)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Dartmouth College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHanover, NH
69.12% 31,656 1,710 1,182 5.40%
2University of New Hampshire at Manchester
Public, four-yearsManchester, NH
16.97% 481 389 66 80.87%
3Saint Anselm College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsManchester, NH
16.48% 4,423 3,452 569 78.05%
4Rivier University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashua, NH
15.26% 1,769 1,461 223 82.59%
5Keene State College
Public, four-yearsKeene, NH
14.50% 5,314 4,800 696 90.33%
6University of New Hampshire-Main Campus
Public, four-yearsDurham, NH
13.96% 21,175 18,667 2,605 88.16%
7Plymouth State University
Public, four-yearsPlymouth, NH
13.72% 6,878 6,021 826 87.54%
8Franklin Pierce University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsRindge, NH
13.17% 2,373 2,218 292 93.47%
9Colby-Sawyer College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew London, NH
12.96% 2,129 1,705 221 80.08%
10New England College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHenniker, NH
8.81% 3,251 2,995 264 92.13%