unitid 183026 · Manchester, NH · private nonprofit 4-year · suburb (midsize)
Southern New Hampshire University
- enrollment 2023
- 251,081
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
100%
95th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
163,164
100th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
49%
undergrads on Pell grants
77th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
43%
finish within 150% time
25th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$40,918
38th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$36,708
after aid, aided students
91st pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$50,318
after entry, Title IV students
43rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$21,082
25th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $36,441 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k34%
- 30-48k15%
- 48-75k17%
- 75-110k16%
- 110k+19%
- Median family income
- $27,192
- First-generation students
- 48%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $17,200
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.4× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 5,571 | $70,857 | $32,001 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 3,485 | $94,314 | — |
| Psychology, General. | 2,993 | $48,663 | $34,547 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 1,312 | $61,845 | $29,084 |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services. | 1,064 | $61,580 | $35,924 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 1,042 | $57,171 | $19,592 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 917 | $65,237 | $24,500 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 895 | $67,442 | $31,000 |
| Psychology, General. | 858 | $57,776 | — |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 797 | $71,339 | $34,900 |
| Design and Applied Arts. | 662 | $49,885 | $33,260 |
| Computer Science. | 631 | — | $32,614 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.