University of New Hampshire-Main Campus
Durham, NH
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus is a public research university in Durham, New Hampshire, a town within 10 miles of a city, with 11,261 undergraduates. Its largest fields are business, biology and social sciences. 76% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $66,479 ten years after starting.
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus admitted 19,224 of 21,567 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (89.1%).
- Acceptance rate
- 89.1%
- Fall 2025 class
- In-state tuition
- $19,202
- $39,852 out of state
- Paid after aid
- $23,805
- Average, students with aid
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1120–1310
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2025 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What University of New Hampshire-Main Campus is known for
Measured by the 2,948 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
- Business Administration, Management and Operations61821.0% of degrees$86,535+27% vs $68,257 nationally
- Psychology2117.2% of degrees$56,153+11% vs $50,706 nationally
- Biology1816.1% of degrees$77,076+35% vs $57,214 nationally
- Communication and Media Studies1344.5% of degrees$69,098+23% vs $56,359 nationally
- Mechanical Engineering943.2% of degrees$93,622About the $92,135 national median
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services842.8% of degrees$55,186+14% vs $48,568 nationally
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.
The place
Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.
Setting
Town near a city
Durham, NH
Undergraduates
11,261
Fall 2024
Type
Public
Doctoral university, very high research activity
Living on campus
Half or more
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
17 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
1%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
What stands out at University of New Hampshire-Main Campus
Two things University of New Hampshire-Main Campus published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
19.4% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 1.4% sent an ACT. University of New Hampshire-Main Campus files test scores under “considered”.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Families paid $23,805 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
89.1%
19,224 admitted of 21,567 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
SAT, middle 50%
1120–1310
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
ACT, middle 50%
26–30
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Average GPA of admitted students
3.64
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
19.4%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
1.4%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Where do you actually stand at University of New Hampshire-Main Campus?
The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What University of New Hampshire-Main Campus costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
In-state tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $19,202 ($39,852 out of state), and the full in-state cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $35,537. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $23,805 a year on average.
In-state tuition and fees
$19,202
2024–25 school year
Out-of-state tuition and fees
$39,852
2024–25 school year
Full cost, in state
$35,537
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$23,805
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $35,537 full cost.
- Under $30k$16,523Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$17,476Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$19,446Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$22,815Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$28,588Typical public university: $22,475
Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.
Where it leads
Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.
Finish within six years
76%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
87%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$66,479
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$26,814
Our colleges' median: $23,725
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.
How the rate has moved
Two measured admit rates from the federal survey, the years apart it reports them. A rate that moved, not a forecast.
Over 5 years the admit rate rose from 77% to 87%.
What University of New Hampshire-Main Campus says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Course rigorvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- GPAvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Recommendationsimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Essayconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Class rankconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Not considered
- Legacy
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Demonstrated interest
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
More colleges on the record
Each of these pages carries the same measured figures and sources.
Other colleges in New Hampshire
Closest acceptance rates in the same state.
- Keene State College89.1%
- Colby-Sawyer College90%
- Franklin Pierce University90.2%
- Plymouth State University91%
Colleges with a similar acceptance rate
Closest acceptance rates anywhere in the country.
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