List of colleges and universities in New Hampshire

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This is a list of colleges and universities in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. For the purposes of this list, colleges and universities are defined as accredited, [a] degree-granting, postsecondary institutions. Currently, there are several universities and one law school, as well as a number of undergraduate associates and baccalaureate colleges, operating in the state. In addition, one out of state institution offer courses and degrees at locations in New Hampshire, and twenty one academic institutions were formerly active in the state.

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The state's three public universities are administered by the University System of New Hampshire. [1] New Hampshire is also served by a network of seven public community colleges. The oldest school in the state is Dartmouth College, a member of the Ivy League and the only New Hampshire institution founded before the American Revolution. Enrollment sizes range from small liberal arts colleges with fewer than 100 students to the flagship state school, the University of New Hampshire in Durham, which has over 14,000 on-campus students, and up to Southern New Hampshire University, whose combined online and in-person enrollment is over 160,000. [2]

The New Hampshire College & University Council is a consortium of 19 of the state's public and private institutions of higher education. [3]

Extant institutions

Institution [4] Location(s) [5] Control [5] Type [b] EnrollmentFounded
Great Bay Community College Portsmouth Public Associates college [6] 1,415 [6] 1945 [7]
Lakes Region Community College Laconia Public Associates college [8] 645 [8] 1967 [9]
Manchester Community College Manchester Public Associates college [10] 1,976 [10] 1945 [11]
Nashua Community College Nashua Public Associates college [12] 1,245 [12] 1970 [13]
NHTI, Concord's Community College Concord Public Associates college [14] 2,619 [14] 1965 [15]
River Valley Community College Claremont, Keene and Lebanon Public Associates college [16] 658 [16] 1968 [17]
White Mountains Community College Berlin and Littleton Public Associates college [18] 523 [18] 1966 [19]
Keene State College Keene Public Master's university [20] 2,872 [20] 1909 [21]
Plymouth State University Plymouth Public Master's university [22] 3,872 [22] 1871 [23]
University of New Hampshire Durham [d] Public Research university [24] 13,953 [24] 1866 [25]
University of New Hampshire at Manchester Manchester Public Baccalaureate college [26] 1,959 [26] [27] [28] 1985 [29]
University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law Concord Public Law school [30] 651 [30] 1973 [31]
Antioch University New England Keene Private Master's university [32] 1,045 [32] 1964 [33]
Colby-Sawyer College New London Private Baccalaureate college [34] 943 [34] 1837 [35]
Dartmouth College Hanover Private Research university [36] 6,744 [36] 1769 [37]
Franklin Pierce University Rindge Private Master's university [38] 1,663 [38] 1962 [39]
Hellenic American University Nashua Private Not classified 3242004 [40]
New England College Henniker Private Master's university [41] 2,852 [41] 1946 [42]
Rivier University Nashua Private
(Catholic)		 Master's university [43] 2,551 [43] 1933 [44]
Saint Anselm College Goffstown Private
(Catholic)		 Baccalaureate college [45] 1,977 [45] 1889 [46]
St. Joseph School of Nursing Nashua Private
(Catholic)		 Special-focus two-year institution [47] 135 [47] 1908 [48]
Southern New Hampshire University Manchester Private Master's university [2] 164,091 [2] 1932 [49]
Thomas More College of Liberal Arts Merrimack Private
(Catholic)		 Baccalaureate college [50] 89 [50] 1978 [51]

Defunct institutions

InstitutionLocation(s) [52] Founded [52] Closed [52]
American College of History & Legal Studies Salem 20102015
Belknap College Center Harbor 19631974
Canaan College Canaan 19611973
Castle College Windham 19631999
Chester College of New England Chester 19652012
Concord College Concord 18871973
Daniel Webster College Nashua 19652017
Franconia College Franconia 19631978
Granite State College Nine locations [c] 19722023
Gunstock College Gilford 19651969
Lebanon College Lebanon 19562014
Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts Warner 19742024
McIntosh College Dover 18962009
Mount Saint Mary College Manchester/Hooksett 18931978
Mount Washington College Manchester 19002016
Nathaniel Hawthorne College Antrim 19621988
New Hampshire Institute of Art Manchester 18982019
Notre Dame College Manchester 19502002
Pierce College for Women Concord 19511972
St. Anthony College Hudson 19541979
St. John International University Concord/Turin, Italy20082014

Out-of-state institutions

See also

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