Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in New Hampshire

Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in New Hampshire, ranked by first-year retention rate. Share of students returning after their first year. Four-year campus colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. Four-year colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. This page lists all 10 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

1Dartmouth CollegeHanover, New Hampshire98.4%5%1534$30k$97k96%4,54188 mi 2Saint Anselm CollegeManchester, New Hampshire88.1%78%1201$35k$73k80%2,08734 mi 3University of New Hampshire-Main CampusDurham, New Hampshire87.3%88%1218$24k$66k76%11,26110 mi 4Keene State CollegeKeene, New Hampshire78.7%90%—$18k$54k60%2,69972 mi 5Colby-Sawyer CollegeNew London, New Hampshire76.7%80%—$27k$46k57%77166 mi 6Rivier UniversityNashua, New Hampshire75.7%83%1070$28k$52k52%1,23131 mi 7Franklin Pierce UniversityRindge, New Hampshire74.3%93%1175$27k$53k54%99259 mi 8Plymouth State UniversityPlymouth, New Hampshire68.5%88%—$19k$57k52%3,15365 mi 9New England CollegeHenniker, New Hampshire61.3%92%—$27k$42k35%1,02254 mi 10Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchester, New Hampshire61.1%100%—$37k$50k43%163,16433 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.