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Tightest New Hampshire Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The following table lists the tightest (low acceptance rate) New Hampshire colleges and universities to admit. Those schools have been keeping the acceptance rate in low level in recent years. Dartmouth College has the lowest acceptance rate as of 5.40% for academic year 2023-2024 in New Hampshire. For the ranking, we only include 4-years colleges with at least 100 new students (freshmen).
The following table shows the schools that have low acceptance rates with admission statistics and yield, also known as enrollment rate. You may want to check colleges having the highest acceptance rates in New Hampshire.
Tightest New Hampshire Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate (2023-2024)
NameAcceptance Rate# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledYield
1Dartmouth College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHanover, NH
5.40%31,6561,7101,18269.12%
2Saint Anselm College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsManchester, NH
78.05%4,4233,45256916.48%
3Colby-Sawyer College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew London, NH
80.08%2,1291,70522112.96%
4Rivier University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashua, NH
82.59%1,7691,46122315.26%
5Plymouth State University
Public, four-yearsPlymouth, NH
87.54%6,8786,02182613.72%
6University of New Hampshire-Main Campus
Public, four-yearsDurham, NH
88.16%21,17518,6672,60513.96%
7Keene State College
Public, four-yearsKeene, NH
90.33%5,3144,80069614.50%
8New England College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHenniker, NH
92.13%3,2512,9952648.81%
9Franklin Pierce University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsRindge, NH
93.47%2,3732,21829213.17%
10Southern New Hampshire University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsManchester, NH
99.51%44,30644,08916,76038.01%