New Hampshire·Management Occupations·SOC 11-3131

Best Training programs in New Hampshire, ranked by enrollment

Plan, direct, or coordinate the training and development activities and staff of an.

18 schools in New Hampshire run programs that feed this job, graduating 14,430 people a year. The job pays a median of $141,360 in New Hampshire across about 260 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledLearning ManagerTraining ManagerTraining DirectorL and D Director (Learning and Development Director)Learning OfficerKnowledge ManagerLearning DirectorOnboarding Manager
Graduates / yr
14,430
in New Hampshire
Median pay · New Hampshire
$141,360
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
260
people employed
Schools
18
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
49%
across those schools
Median net price
$26,344
per year, IPEDS

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.

4 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.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
112,379
85.8%
17$43,506$25,000
2985
6.8%
4$49,084$26,536
3920
6.4%
1$39,658$24,500
4146
1.0%
5$43,506$25,000

Top 18 schools in New Hampshire

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 10 of the 18 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester, NH Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs
13,113Business Administration and Management, General$60,13643%$34,565100%
2University of New Hampshire - Main Campus
Durham, NH Public · 1 feeder programs
483Business Administration and Management, General$57,01576%88%
3New England College
Henniker, NH Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
196Business Administration and Management, General$45,08635%$30,08692%
4Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
156Business Administration and Management, General96%$14,6895%
5University of New Hampshire College of Professional Studies Online
Manchester, NH Public · 3 feeder programs
69Business Administration and Management, General$51,85430%
6Plymouth State University
Plymouth, NH Public · 2 feeder programs
64Business Administration and Management, General$40,90252%88%
7Keene State College
Keene, NH Public · 1 feeder programs
61Business Administration and Management, General$47,84760%90%
8Rivier University
Nashua, NH Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
59Business Administration and Management, General$39,45352%$25,06583%
9NHTI - Concord's Community College
Concord, NH Public · 1 feeder programs
48Business Administration and Management, General$36,40329%
10Franklin Pierce University
Rindge, NH Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs
47Business Administration and Management, General$48,70054%$26,34493%
11Great Bay Community College
Portsmouth, NH Public · 1 feeder programs
45Business Administration and Management, General34%
12Nashua Community College
Nashua, NH Public · 1 feeder programs
28Business Administration and Management, General38%
13Manchester Community College
Manchester, NH Public · 2 feeder programs
16Business Administration and Management, General41%
14White Mountains Community College
Berlin, NH Public · 1 feeder programs
13Business Administration and Management, General62%
15Colby - Sawyer College
New London, NH Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
12Business Administration and Management, General$54,30457%$21,74780%
16River Valley Community College
Claremont, NH Public · 1 feeder programs
12Business Administration and Management, General22%
17Lakes Region Community College
Laconia, NH Public · 1 feeder programs
7Business Administration and Management, General46%
18Antioch University - New England
Keene, NH Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
1Organizational Leadership

All 18 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.

All schools in New Hampshire that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchesterPrivate not-for-profit13,1133
University of New Hampshire - Main CampusDurhamPublic4831
New England CollegeHennikerPrivate not-for-profit1962
Dartmouth CollegeHanoverPrivate not-for-profit1561
University of New Hampshire College of Professional Studies OnlineManchesterPublic693
Plymouth State UniversityPlymouthPublic642
Keene State CollegeKeenePublic611
Rivier UniversityNashuaPrivate not-for-profit591
NHTI - Concord's Community CollegeConcordPublic481
Franklin Pierce UniversityRindgePrivate not-for-profit473
Great Bay Community CollegePortsmouthPublic451
Nashua Community CollegeNashuaPublic281
Manchester Community CollegeManchesterPublic162
White Mountains Community CollegeBerlinPublic131
Colby - Sawyer CollegeNew LondonPrivate not-for-profit121

What training and development managers earn in New Hampshire

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in New Hampshire
$141,360
Mean annual
$141,170
Jobs in state
260
What the range looks like
10th pct$82,850Median$141,36090th pct$203,830
Versus the national median
+6.3%

U.S. median $133,000. New Hampshire pays above the national figure.

Job concentration
1.22×

Concentrated here: New Hampshire employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.

Metro areas in New Hampshire

Manchester-Nashua, NH
$142,860median
80 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+5.8%
Faster than average
Openings per year
3,800
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
2,700
46,400 → 49,200
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree

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 Training and Development Managers page.

How to become a Training

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

Learning StrategiesReading ComprehensionActive ListeningSpeakingWritingMonitoring

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 9 majors mapped to Training and Development Managers9 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 09.0901Organizational Communication, General
  • 13.0403Adult and Continuing Education Administration
  • 13.0607Learning Sciences
  • 42.2804Industrial and Organizational Psychology
  • 52.0201Business Administration and Management, General
  • 52.0213Organizational Leadership
  • 52.1001Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General
  • 52.1003Organizational Behavior Studies
  • 52.1006Executive/Career Coaching

Common questions

Answers for people weighing training and development managers programs in New Hampshire.

What degree do you need to become a Training?+

Bachelor's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Business Administration and Management, General, which awarded 12,379 degrees in New Hampshire in 2024-25, 85.8% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a Training?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 4 programs to this occupation. The largest are Business Administration, Human Resources Management and Services, Public Relations. Together they graduate about 14,430 people a year in New Hampshire.

How much do training and development managers earn in New Hampshire?+

The median is $141,360 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 6.3% above the U.S. median of $133,000. 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 training and development managers growing?+

BLS projects a +5.8% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, faster than average, with roughly 3,800 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in New Hampshire?+

18 institutions in New Hampshire reported graduates from at least one of the 4 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 training and development managers work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Learning Manager, Training Manager, Training Director, L and D Director (Learning and Development Director) among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 11-3131.

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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 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected 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 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, 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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