thumb|[[Dartmouth College, the only Ivy League institution 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, 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.
The state's three public universities are administered by the University System of New Hampshire. 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.
Extant institutions
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! Institution
! Location(s)
! Control
| align="center" |1945
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| Lakes Region Community College
| Laconia
| align="center" | Public
| Associates college
| align="center" |735
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| Manchester Community College
| Manchester
| align="center" | Public
| Associates college
| align="center" |1945
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| Nashua Community College
| Nashua
| align="center" | Public
| Associates college
| align="center" |1970
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| NHTI, Concord's Community College
| Concord
| align="center" | Public
| Associates college
| align="center" |1965
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| River Valley Community College
| Claremont, Keene and Lebanon
| align="center" | Public
| Associates college
| align="center" |1968
|-
| White Mountains Community College
| Berlin and Littleton
| align="center" | Public
| Associates college
| align="center" |1966
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| Keene State College
| Keene
| align="center" | Public
| Master's university
| align="center" |1909
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| Plymouth State University
| Plymouth
| align="center" | Public
| Master's university
| align="center" |1871
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| University of New Hampshire
| Durham
| align="center" | Public
| Research university
| align="center" |1866
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| University of New Hampshire at Manchester
| Manchester
| align="center" | Public
| Baccalaureate college
|-
| University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law
| Concord
| align="center" | Public
| Law school
| align="center" |1973
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| Antioch University New England
| Keene
| align="center" | Private
| Master's university
| align="center" |1964
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| Colby-Sawyer College
| New London
| align="center" | Private
| Baccalaureate college
| align="center" |1837
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| Dartmouth College
| Hanover
| align="center" | Private
| Research university
| align="center" |1769
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| Franklin Pierce University
| Rindge
| align="center" | Private
| Master's university
| align="center" |1962
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| Hellenic American University
| Nashua
| align="center" | Private
| Not classified
| align="center" |324
| align="center" |2004
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| New England College
| Henniker
| align="center" | Private
| Master's university
| align="center" |1946
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| Rivier University
| Nashua
| align="center" | Private<br /><small>(Catholic)</small>
| Master's university
| align="center" |1933
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| Saint Anselm College
| Goffstown
| align="center" | Private<br /><small>(Catholic)</small>
| Baccalaureate college
| align="center" |1889
|-
|St. Joseph School of Nursing
|Nashua
| align="center" | Private<br /><small>(Catholic)</small>
|Special-focus two-year institution
| align="center" |1908
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| Southern New Hampshire University
| Manchester
| align="center" | Private
| Master's university
| align="center" |1932
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| Thomas More College of Liberal Arts
| Merrimack
| align="center" | Private<br /><small>(Catholic)</small>
| Baccalaureate college
| align="center" |1978
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Defunct institutions
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! Institution
! Location(s)
! data-sort-type="number" | Founded
Unaccredited institutions
Four schools are recognized by the state as a degree-granting institution, but have not been accredited by a recognized accrediting body:
The following two institutions have candidacy status with New England Commission of Higher Education and are seeking full accreditation:
- American University of Madaba — Concord, New Hamsphire
- Upper Valley Educators Institute - Lebanon, New Hampshire
The following two institutions do not currently have candacy status with New England Commission of Higher Education:
- New England Aeronautical Institute - Portsmouth, NH
- Signum University - Bedford, New Hampshire
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
- 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).
- The types listed here are as categorized in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
- The nine locations were Claremont, Concord, Conway, Lebanon, Littleton, Manchester, Nashua, Portsmouth, and Rochester
- The University of New Hampshire School of Law is in Concord, another branch campus is in Manchester
References
External links
- US Department of Education listing of accredited institutions in New Hampshire
- List of colleges and universities in New Hampshire viewable in Google Earth