List of colleges and universities in New Hampshire

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.

Dartmouth College, the only Ivy League institution in New Hampshire

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]	Enrollment	Founded
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	324	2004[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

Institution	Location(s)[52]	Founded[52]	Closed[52]
American College of History & Legal Studies	Salem	2010	2015
Belknap College	Center Harbor	1963	1974
Canaan College	Canaan	1961	1973
Castle College	Windham	1963	1999
Chester College of New England	Chester	1965	2012
Concord College	Concord	1887	1973
Daniel Webster College	Nashua	1965	2017
Franconia College	Franconia	1963	1978
Granite State College	Nine locations[c]	1972	2023
Gunstock College	Gilford	1965	1969
Lebanon College	Lebanon	1956	2014
Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts	Warner	1974	2024
McIntosh College	Dover	1896	2009
Mount Saint Mary College	Manchester/Hooksett	1893	1978
Mount Washington College	Manchester	1900	2016
Nathaniel Hawthorne College	Antrim	1962	1988
New Hampshire Institute of Art	Manchester	1898	2019
Notre Dame College	Manchester	1950	2002
Pierce College for Women	Concord	1951	1972
St. Anthony College	Hudson	1954	1979
St. John International University	Concord/Turin, Italy	2008	2014

Out-of-state institutions

• Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences offers a Doctor of Pharmacy, Master of Physician Assistant Studies, Master of Science in Occupational Therapy, Master of Science in Nursing, and a post-baccalaureate Bachelor of Science in Nursing at its location in Manchester.^[53]

See also

• Higher education in the United States
• List of college athletic programs in New Hampshire
• List of recognized higher education accreditation organizations
• Lists of American institutions of higher education
• Lists of universities and colleges
• Lists of universities and colleges by country

Notes

• ^a Two institutions are approved to operate in New Hampshire, but lacking academic accreditation: Signum University (which has announced its intent to seek accreditation) and the Upper Valley Educators Institute (which has candidacy status with the New England Commission of Higher Education).
• ^b The types listed here are as categorized in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
• ^c The nine locations were Claremont, Concord, Conway, Lebanon, Littleton, Manchester, Nashua, Portsmouth, and Rochester^[54][55]
• ^d The University of New Hampshire School of Law is in Concord, another branch campus is in Manchester