Southern New Hampshire University
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 22.6-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 159 Title IV programs, 79 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 79 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing79 · 49.7%
- No Data79 · 49.7%
- Failing1 · 0.6%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Near the line (±5%)
Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
New England Commission of Higher Education
Programmatic accreditations · 3
Action history · 4
- Oct 2019Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the baccalaureate degree levels
- Oct 2019Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the graduate degree levels
- Feb 2019Renewal of AccreditationNew England Commission of Higher Education
- Mar 2012Renewal of AccreditationNew England Commission of Higher Education
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 123,508 students received $372.8M in Pell grants, alongside $1.4B in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 38,544 borrowers who entered repayment, 801 (2.0%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Southern New Hampshire
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 13
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus14
Includes 13 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
- Kingston1 fireCookingDamage $0-$99
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Southern New Hampshire vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Southern New Hampshire selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectSouthern New Hampshire University | 43% | — | 189,531 | $36,708 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
| 35% | 92.1% | 3,275 | $26,972 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| — | — | 992 | — | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 63% | 60.4% | 9,229 | $34,192 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 67% | 43.5% | 8,369 | $49,465 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 70% | 70.0% | 5,862 | $37,927 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| Peer group median | 63% | 65.2% | 7,116 | $36,708 |
Institutions like Southern New Hampshire
Explore the federal data for institutions in Southern New Hampshire's comparison group.
- Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsNew Hampshire
New England College
Grad rate35%Admit rate92.1%Enrollment3,275Net price$26,972View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsNew Hampshire
Antioch University-New England
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment992Net price—View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsConnecticut
University of New Haven
Grad rate63%Admit rate60.4%Enrollment9,229Net price$34,192View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsMassachusetts
Berklee College of Music
Grad rate67%Admit rate43.5%Enrollment8,369Net price$49,465View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsMassachusetts
Merrimack College
Grad rate70%Admit rate70.0%Enrollment5,862Net price$37,927View data
Southern New Hampshire Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
- Dr. Jennifer VarneyExecutive Vice President of Academic Effectiveness
- Dr. Meleena EatonExecutive Director of Academic Effectiveness
- Seth MatthewsAssociate Dean of Academic Effectiveness
- Dr. Beth VanOrsdaleAssociate Dean of Academic Effectiveness
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