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New Hampshire Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the schools having low yield) 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.
New England College, has the lowest yield rate of 8.81% for academic year 2024-2025 in New Hampshire. Colby-Sawyer College is positioned second with 12.96% yield and Franklin Pierce University follows them with 13%. Next table shows the schools that have low 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 highest yield rates in New Hampshire.
New Hampshire Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate (2025)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1New England College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHenniker, NH
8.81% 3,251 2,995 264 92.13%
2Colby-Sawyer College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew London, NH
12.96% 2,129 1,705 221 80.08%
3Franklin Pierce University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsRindge, NH
13.17% 2,373 2,218 292 93.47%
4Plymouth State University
Public, four-yearsPlymouth, NH
13.72% 6,878 6,021 826 87.54%
5University of New Hampshire-Main Campus
Public, four-yearsDurham, NH
13.96% 21,175 18,667 2,605 88.16%
6Keene State College
Public, four-yearsKeene, NH
14.50% 5,314 4,800 696 90.33%
7Rivier University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashua, NH
15.26% 1,769 1,461 223 82.59%
8Saint Anselm College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsManchester, NH
16.48% 4,423 3,452 569 78.05%
9University of New Hampshire at Manchester
Public, four-yearsManchester, NH
16.97% 481 389 66 80.87%
10Dartmouth College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHanover, NH
69.12% 31,656 1,710 1,182 5.40%