Southern New Hampshire University

Manchester, New Hampshire · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's · Suburb: Midsize

Official websiteNet price calculatorAccreditor: New England Commission on Higher Education

The average annual net price for first-time, full-time undergraduates receiving federal aid is $36,764. 42% of first-time, full-time students completed within 150% of normal time. Students who received federal aid had median earnings of $56,870 ten years after entering. The median federal loan debt of graduates is $19,999.

Average net price
$36,764
per year Verified data
Completion rate
42%
within 150% of normal time Verified data
Median earnings
$56,870
10 years after entry Verified data
Median debt
$19,999
graduates, federal loans Verified data

Cost and net price

In-state tuition and fees$18,410
Out-of-state tuition and fees$18,410
Average cost of attendance$41,229
Books and supplies$1,500
Room and board, on campus$13,200
Average net price, all aided students$36,764
Average net price, family income $0 to $30,000$36,355
Average net price, family income over $110,000$39,780

Net price is the average cost after grants and scholarships for first-time, full-time undergraduates who receive federal aid. Your price depends on your family finances; use the school's net price calculator for an estimate. Tuition: AcadYr 2025-26, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26. Net price and cost of attendance: AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26.

Admissions and enrollment

Admission rate
100%
SAT range, middle 50% (reading plus math)
Data unavailable
ACT composite range, middle 50%
Data unavailable
Undergraduate enrollment
163,164
Graduate enrollment
25,108
Students receiving Pell grants
55%
Student to faculty ratio
24 to 1

Admission rate and enrollment: Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25. SAT and ACT ranges come from IPEDS and may not reflect test-optional policies.

Graduation, earnings, and debt

Completion within 150% of normal time42%
Completion within normal time30%
First-year retention (full-time)61%
Median federal debt, graduates$19,999
Typical monthly payment on that debt (10 years)$227
Median Parent PLUS debt, completers$13,000
Share earning more than a typical high school graduate, 6 years after entry71%
1 year after completion$54,950
4 years after completion$67,139
6 years after entry$50,244
8 years after entry$52,862
10 years after entry$56,870
Median earnings of former students who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled. Ten years after entry the median is $56,870; the middle half earned $35,708 to $86,272. Cohorts differ by measure; see definitions below.
Measure definitions and cohorts
  • Median earnings of students working and not enrolled 10 years after entry (MD_EARN_WNE_P10): Treasury AY2011-12, AY2012-13 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 1 year after completing (MD_EARN_WNE_1YR): Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 4 years after completing (MD_EARN_WNE_4YR): Treasury AY2017-18, AY2018-19 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • The median debt for students who have completed (GRAD_DEBT_MDN): NSLDS FY2024, FY2025 pooled cohorts
  • Completion rate for first-time, full-time students at four-year institutions (150% of expected time to completion) (C150_4): Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
  • Average net price for Title IV institutions (public institutions) (NPT4_PUB): AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

Institution-level earnings cover students who received federal financial aid, including students who did not complete. Debt figures include federal loans only and exclude private loans.

Programs and program-level outcomes

Highest early earnings among programs at Southern New Hampshire University

Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled one year after completing, by program. Programs with too few graduates are suppressed for privacy and not shown.

131 programs reported. Program earnings are for graduates of this school's program, which is different from the wages of everyone working in a related occupation.

Undergraduate certificate (14)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03 · Some credentials fully online
121Suppressed for privacy$14,033
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering
CIP 14.02
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · All credentials fully online
61Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer Engineering
CIP 14.09 · No credentials fully online
151Suppressed for privacy$13,063
Computer Programming
CIP 11.02 · All credentials fully online
75Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer Science
CIP 11.07
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer and Information Sciences, General
CIP 11.01 · All credentials fully online
17Suppressed for privacy$9,500
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management
CIP 11.10 · All credentials fully online
256Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Criminal Justice and Corrections
CIP 43.01 · Some credentials fully online
180$48,172$33,499
Health and Medical Administrative Services
CIP 51.07 · All credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Human Resources Management and Services
CIP 52.10 · All credentials fully online
319Suppressed for privacy$21,797
Operations Research
CIP 14.37 · All credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Psychology, Other
CIP 42.99
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Research and Experimental Psychology
CIP 42.27 · All credentials fully online
107Suppressed for privacy$33,782
Associate's degree (13)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03 · Some credentials fully online
417$46,970$21,249
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · All credentials fully online
1,095$48,734$21,632
Computer Science
CIP 11.07 · All credentials fully online
212$57,582$17,944
Computer and Information Sciences, General
CIP 11.01 · No credentials fully online
427$49,564$19,000
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management
CIP 11.10 · All credentials fully online
195Suppressed for privacy$17,683
Criminal Justice and Corrections
CIP 43.01 · All credentials fully online
537$46,774$20,333
Film/Video and Photographic Arts
CIP 50.06 · All credentials fully online
119$30,220$21,306
Health and Medical Administrative Services
CIP 51.07 · All credentials fully online
69$52,398$17,992
Human Services, General
CIP 44.00
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
CIP 24.01 · All credentials fully online
1,211$44,405$19,597
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
CIP 52.13 · All credentials fully online
59Suppressed for privacy$16,187
Marketing
CIP 52.14 · All credentials fully online
146$44,453$19,332
Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations
CIP 52.19 · No credentials fully online
23$33,295$26,414
Bachelor's degree (52)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03 · Some credentials fully online
926$57,136$32,213
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering
CIP 14.02 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Air Transportation
CIP 49.01 · No credentials fully online
6$42,782Suppressed for privacy
Anthropology
CIP 45.02 · All credentials fully online
153$40,869$33,463
Biology, General
CIP 26.01 · No credentials fully online
30Suppressed for privacy$19,500
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · Some credentials fully online
6,202$62,987$27,744
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
CIP 52.99 · All credentials fully online
40$86,182$16,669
Computer Science
CIP 11.07 · Some credentials fully online
887$73,429$31,000
Computer Software and Media Applications
CIP 11.08 · Some credentials fully online
368$41,435$28,542
Computer and Information Sciences, General
CIP 11.01 · Some credentials fully online
597$69,663$34,128
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management
CIP 11.10 · All credentials fully online
538$67,024$26,920
Construction Engineering
CIP 14.33 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Criminal Justice and Corrections
CIP 43.01 · Some credentials fully online
1,059$50,012$30,157
Culinary Arts and Related Services
CIP 12.05
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Design and Applied Arts
CIP 50.04 · Some credentials fully online
803$41,693$28,333
Economics
CIP 45.06 · No credentials fully online
100$55,840Suppressed for privacy
Education, General
CIP 13.01 · No credentials fully online
39$33,825$21,747
Educational Administration and Supervision
CIP 13.04 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering
CIP 14.10 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
English Language and Literature, General
CIP 23.01 · Some credentials fully online
214$36,134$27,448
Film/Video and Photographic Arts
CIP 50.06 · All credentials fully online
150$32,896$31,989
Finance and Financial Management Services
CIP 52.08 · All credentials fully online
233$65,606$25,669
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
CIP 40.06 · All credentials fully online
91$56,434$29,963
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
CIP 51.00 · All credentials fully online
373$68,187$27,500
Health and Medical Administrative Services
CIP 51.07 · All credentials fully online
1,135$56,003$35,796
History
CIP 54.01 · Some credentials fully online
353$40,951$29,100
Hospitality Administration/Management
CIP 52.09 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Human Resources Management and Services
CIP 52.10 · All credentials fully online
72Suppressed for privacy$33,625
Human Services, General
CIP 44.00 · All credentials fully online
670$43,618$36,001
International Business
CIP 52.11 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
CIP 24.01 · All credentials fully online
1,524$56,052$25,917
Management Information Systems and Services
CIP 52.12 · No credentials fully online
23$84,350$51,307
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
CIP 52.13 · Some credentials fully online
198$80,649$27,000
Marketing
CIP 52.14 · Some credentials fully online
269$54,132$29,056
Mathematics
CIP 27.01 · Some credentials fully online
249$53,870$26,999
Mechanical Engineering
CIP 14.19 · No credentials fully online
21$74,259$20,000
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
CIP 51.15 · All credentials fully online
46$47,252$33,074
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
CIP 03.01 · Some credentials fully online
554$49,280$26,589
Physics
CIP 40.08 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Political Science and Government
CIP 45.10 · Some credentials fully online
117$49,900$28,538
Psychology, General
CIP 42.01 · Some credentials fully online
3,538$42,049$31,251
Public Administration
CIP 44.04
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Public Health
CIP 51.22 · All credentials fully online
185$54,242$31,085
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
CIP 09.09 · Some credentials fully online
650$50,916$28,335
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38 · All credentials fully online
569$92,774$30,000
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
CIP 23.13 · Some credentials fully online
607$33,584$31,360
Social Sciences, General
CIP 45.01 · Some credentials fully online
173$45,009$29,949
Special Education and Teaching
CIP 13.10
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations
CIP 52.19 · No credentials fully online
44$43,504$33,124
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
CIP 31.05 · Some credentials fully online
119$43,584$30,082
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
CIP 13.12 · No credentials fully online
2$45,542$26,998
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
CIP 13.13 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Master's degree (31)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03 · Some credentials fully online
383$74,589Suppressed for privacy
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · Some credentials fully online
3,590$84,945Suppressed for privacy
Computer and Information Sciences, General
CIP 11.01 · Some credentials fully online
379$85,280Suppressed for privacy
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management
CIP 11.10 · All credentials fully online
236Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Criminal Justice and Corrections
CIP 43.01 · All credentials fully online
253$62,323Suppressed for privacy
Curriculum and Instruction
CIP 13.03
$57,390Suppressed for privacy
Economics
CIP 45.06 · No credentials fully online
25$71,914Suppressed for privacy
Education, General
CIP 13.01 · Some credentials fully online
236$58,521Suppressed for privacy
Educational Administration and Supervision
CIP 13.04 · Some credentials fully online
134$59,242Suppressed for privacy
English Language and Literature, General
CIP 23.01 · All credentials fully online
436$47,638Suppressed for privacy
Finance and Financial Management Services
CIP 52.08 · All credentials fully online
91$82,116Suppressed for privacy
Fine and Studio Arts
CIP 50.07 · No credentials fully online
18Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Health and Medical Administrative Services
CIP 51.07 · All credentials fully online
369$69,941Suppressed for privacy
History
CIP 54.01 · All credentials fully online
189$47,878Suppressed for privacy
Homeland Security
CIP 43.03
$85,895Suppressed for privacy
Human Resources Management and Services
CIP 52.10 · All credentials fully online
372$68,130Suppressed for privacy
International Business
CIP 52.11
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
CIP 52.13 · No credentials fully online
345$83,585Suppressed for privacy
Marketing
CIP 52.14 · All credentials fully online
202$64,993Suppressed for privacy
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
CIP 51.15 · All credentials fully online
358$52,350Suppressed for privacy
Political Science and Government
CIP 45.10
$53,584Suppressed for privacy
Psychology, General
CIP 42.01 · All credentials fully online
956$53,198Suppressed for privacy
Public Health
CIP 51.22 · All credentials fully online
213$60,617Suppressed for privacy
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
CIP 09.09 · No credentials fully online
182$57,777Suppressed for privacy
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38 · All credentials fully online
190$114,968Suppressed for privacy
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
CIP 23.13 · All credentials fully online
178$46,180Suppressed for privacy
Special Education and Teaching
CIP 13.10
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
CIP 31.05 · All credentials fully online
93$56,703Suppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
CIP 13.12 · Some credentials fully online
170$57,679Suppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
CIP 13.13
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language
CIP 13.14 · No credentials fully online
110Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Graduate certificate (19)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Computer Science
CIP 30.16 · All credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03 · All credentials fully online
53$64,937Suppressed for privacy
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · All credentials fully online
127$79,492Suppressed for privacy
Curriculum and Instruction
CIP 13.03 · No credentials fully online
15Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Education, General
CIP 13.01 · All credentials fully online
29$81,503Suppressed for privacy
Educational Administration and Supervision
CIP 13.04 · No credentials fully online
73Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Finance and Financial Management Services
CIP 52.08 · All credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Health and Medical Administrative Services
CIP 51.07 · All credentials fully online
14Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Human Resources Management and Services
CIP 52.10 · All credentials fully online
123$63,878Suppressed for privacy
International Relations and National Security Studies
CIP 45.09 · All credentials fully online
36$71,820Suppressed for privacy
Leisure and Recreational Activities
CIP 36.01
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Management Information Systems and Services
CIP 52.12 · All credentials fully online
27Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Marketing
CIP 52.14 · All credentials fully online
17$75,993Suppressed for privacy
Public Administration
CIP 44.04
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
CIP 23.13 · All credentials fully online
113$40,081Suppressed for privacy
Special Education and Teaching
CIP 13.10
$64,802Suppressed for privacy
Taxation
CIP 52.16 · All credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
CIP 13.12 · All credentials fully online
96Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Doctoral degree (2)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Educational Administration and Supervision
CIP 13.04 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
International Business
CIP 52.11 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Field of Study Data. Varies by measure; see measure definitions. Published October 15, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.
UNITID 183026, OPEID 002580. Data unavailable means the Department of Education did not publish the figure or suppressed it for privacy. Report a data issue.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Institution-Level Data. Varies by measure; see measure definitions. Published October 15, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.