Best Fundraising Manager programs in New Hampshire, ranked by enrollment
Plan, direct, or coordinate activities to solicit and maintain funds for special projects or nonprofit.
13 schools in New Hampshire run programs that feed this job, graduating 987 people a year. The job pays a median of $157,080 in New Hampshire across about 270 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in New Hampshire that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
5 programs in New Hampshire that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in New Hampshire (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own New Hampshire page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 52.1401In New Hampshire → | 796 | 80.6% | 10 | $44,670 | $24,250 |
| 2 | CIP 52.0213In New Hampshire → | 146 | 14.8% | 5 | $43,506 | $25,000 |
| 3 | CIP 09.0100In New Hampshire → | 26 | 2.6% | 4 | $34,858 | $25,000 |
| 4 | CIP 52.0206In New Hampshire → | 18 | 1.8% | 2 | $43,506 | $25,000 |
| 5 | CIP 09.0902In New Hampshire → | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | $39,658 | $24,500 |
Top 13 schools in New Hampshire
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 6 of the 13 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 681 | Marketing/Marketing Management, General | $45,472 | 43% | $34,565 | 100% |
| 2 | New England College Henniker, NH Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs | 110 | Organizational Leadership | $45,086 | 35% | $30,086 | 92% |
| 3 | Plymouth State University Plymouth, NH Public · 2 feeder programs | 65 | Marketing/Marketing Management, General | $46,649 | 52% | — | 88% |
| 4 | Franklin Pierce University Rindge, NH Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs | 49 | Marketing/Marketing Management, General | $47,445 | 54% | $26,344 | 93% |
| 5 | University of New Hampshire College of Professional Studies Online Manchester, NH Public · 3 feeder programs | 26 | Organizational Leadership | $51,854 | 30% | — | — |
| 6 | Saint Anselm College Manchester, NH Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 25 | Marketing/Marketing Management, General | $50,721 | 80% | $29,600 | 78% |
| 7 | NHTI - Concord's Community College Concord, NH Public · 1 feeder programs | 10 | Communication, General | — | 29% | — | — |
| 8 | Rivier University Nashua, NH Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 7 | Marketing/Marketing Management, General | — | 52% | $25,065 | 83% |
| 9 | Nashua Community College Nashua, NH Public · 2 feeder programs | 6 | Communication, General | — | 38% | — | — |
| 10 | Manchester Community College Manchester, NH Public · 1 feeder programs | 4 | Marketing/Marketing Management, General | — | 41% | — | — |
| 11 | Great Bay Community College Portsmouth, NH Public · 1 feeder programs | 2 | Marketing/Marketing Management, General | — | 34% | — | — |
| 12 | Antioch University - New England Keene, NH Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 1 | Organizational Leadership | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Keene State College Keene, NH Public · 1 feeder programs | 1 | Public Relations/Image Management | — | 60% | — | 90% |
All 13 schools in New Hampshire
Every school in New Hampshire with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern New Hampshire University | Manchester | Private not-for-profit | 681 | 2 |
| New England College | Henniker | Private not-for-profit | 110 | 3 |
| Plymouth State University | Plymouth | Public | 65 | 2 |
| Franklin Pierce University | Rindge | Private not-for-profit | 49 | 3 |
| University of New Hampshire College of Professional Studies Online | Manchester | Public | 26 | 3 |
| Saint Anselm College | Manchester | Private not-for-profit | 25 | 1 |
| NHTI - Concord's Community College | Concord | Public | 10 | 1 |
| Rivier University | Nashua | Private not-for-profit | 7 | 1 |
| Nashua Community College | Nashua | Public | 6 | 2 |
| Manchester Community College | Manchester | Public | 4 | 1 |
| Great Bay Community College | Portsmouth | Public | 2 | 1 |
| Antioch University - New England | Keene | Private not-for-profit | 1 | 1 |
| Keene State College | Keene | Public | 1 | 1 |
What fundraising managers earn in New Hampshire
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $125,470. New Hampshire pays above the national figure.
Concentrated here: New Hampshire employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.
Metro areas in New Hampshire
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.
How to get in
The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Fundraising Managers page.
How to become a Fundraising Manager
Job zone 4 of 5 · SVP 7.0 to < 8.0- Typical entry education
- Bachelor's degree
- Work experience needed
- 5 years or more
Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
Top skills
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in New Hampshire
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 8 majors mapped to Fundraising Managers8 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 09.0100Communication, General
- 09.0900Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
- 09.0902Public Relations/Image Management
- 09.0909Communication Management and Strategic Communications
- 52.0206Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management
- 52.0213Organizational Leadership
- 52.0502Grantsmanship
- 52.1401Marketing/Marketing Management, General
Common questions
Answers for people weighing fundraising managers programs in New Hampshire.
What degree do you need to become a Fundraising Manager?+
Bachelor's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Marketing/Marketing Management, General, which awarded 796 degrees in New Hampshire in 2024-25, 80.6% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming a Fundraising Manager?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 5 programs to this occupation. The largest are Marketing, Business Administration, Communication and Media Studies, Public Relations. Together they graduate about 987 people a year in New Hampshire.
How much do fundraising managers earn in New Hampshire?+
The median is $157,080 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 25.2% above the U.S. median of $125,470. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.
Is demand for fundraising managers growing?+
BLS projects a +4.2% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 3,600 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in New Hampshire?+
13 institutions in New Hampshire reported graduates from at least one of the 5 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.
What other job titles do fundraising managers work under?+
Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Fundraising Manager, Advancement Director, Development Director, Annual Giving Director among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 11-2033.
About the data on this page
Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).
BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
May 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.
IPEDS Completions
2024-25 (provisional)Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.
College Scorecard, Field of Study
2020-21 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.
Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA
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