2023 Best Value Trade School Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Hampshire
Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Trade School Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Hampshire to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in New Hampshire to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for trade school students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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Top Value Trade Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Hampshire
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Our 2023 rankings named Granite State College the best value school in New Hampshire for trade school students working on their bachelor’s degree. GSC is a public institution located in Concord, New Hampshire. The school has a small population, and it awarded 353 bachelor’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at GSC are $9,150 a year. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $19,391 in student loans.
Online courses are available at GSC, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 100% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.
GSC also made our Best Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in New Hampshire list, coming in at #1.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern New Hampshire University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Trade School Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire list. SNHU is located in Manchester, New Hampshire and has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 18,173 bachelor’s degrees to qualified students.
SNHU undergraduate students pay an average of $15,380 in tuition and fees each year. On average, bachelor’s degree students take out $23,471 in loans while pursuing their degree.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since SNHU does offer online classes for certain majors. In fact, around 96% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.
SNHU also took the #2 spot in our Best Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in New Hampshire rankings.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Keene State College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire list. Keene State is a public institution located in Keene, New Hampshire. The school has a small population, and it awarded 862 bachelor’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Keene State are $25,547 a year. Bachelor’s Degree recipients from this school accumulate an average of $23,267 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online classes at Keene State. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 9% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
Keene State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in New Hampshire list.
Out of the 6 schools in New Hampshire that were part of this year’s value ranking, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. Durham, New Hampshire is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 3,145 students in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at UNH are $37,934 a year. On average, bachelor’s degree students take out $22,474 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Some students may be able to take online classes at UNH. In 2020-2021 about 28% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
UNH did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in New Hampshire list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Franklin Pierce University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Trade School Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire list. Franklin Pierce University is a small private not-for-profit school located in Rindge, New Hampshire that handed out 334 bachelor’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Franklin Pierce are $43,155 per year. Bachelor’s Degree recipients from this school accumulate an average of $22,082 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
Some students may be able to take online classes at Franklin Pierce. In fact, around 26% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Franklin Pierce is ranked #5 for overall quality in New Hampshire.
New England College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree trade school programs. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Henniker, New Hampshire, and it awarded 340 bachelor’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NEC are $27,054 per year. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $28,270 in student loans.
One thing to take note of is that NEC does offer online classes in some areas. In fact, around 56% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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