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2023 Best Value Trade School 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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Trade School Schools in New Hampshire ranking. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in New Hampshire to see which programs offered the best value experiences for trade school students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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 Schools in New Hampshire
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Our analysis found White Mountains Community College to be the best value school for trade school students in New Hampshire. This very small public school is located in Berlin, New Hampshire, and it awarded 205 degrees in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at White Mountains Community College are $15,300 per year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, White Mountains Community College is ranked #1 for overall quality in New Hampshire.
Out of the 11 schools in New Hampshire that were part of this year’s ranking, Great Bay Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Great Bay Community College is a small public school situated in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. It awarded 313 degrees in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Great Bay Community College are $15,450 per year.
Great Bay Community College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Trade Schools in New Hampshire list.
The excellent programs at NHTI-Concord’s Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value trade schools in New Hampshire. This small public school is located in Concord, New Hampshire, and it awarded 689 degrees in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NHTI are $15,450 per year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, NHTI is ranked #4 for overall quality in New Hampshire.
The excellent programs at Granite State College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value trade schools in New Hampshire. This small public school is located in Concord, New Hampshire, and it awarded 586 degrees in 2021-2022.
GSC undergraduate students pay an average of $9,150 in tuition and fees each year.
GSC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Trade Schools in New Hampshire list.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means River Valley Community College is a great place for trade school students who want to get the most value for their educational dollar. River Valley Community College is a very small public school located in Claremont, New Hampshire that handed out 203 degrees in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NH Community Technical College - Claremont are $15,190 per year.
NH Community Technical College - Claremont also took the #5 spot in our Best Trade Schools in New Hampshire rankings.
Nashua Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Trade School Schools in New Hampshire ranking. Located in Nashua, New Hampshire, the small public school awarded 256 diplomas to qualifed students in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Nashua Community College are $15,390 a year.
Southern New Hampshire University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Trade School Schools in New Hampshire ranking. SNHU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Manchester, New Hampshire. The school has a large population, and it awarded 29,238 degrees in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SNHU are $15,380 per year.
Keene State College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Schools in New Hampshire list. Keene State is located in Keene, New Hampshire and has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 902 degrees to qualified students.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Keene State are $25,547 a year.
University of New Hampshire - Main Campus came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Trade School Schools in New Hampshire ranking. UNH is located in Durham, New Hampshire and has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 4,149 degrees to qualified students.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at UNH are $37,934 a year.
Franklin Pierce University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for trade school students. It came in at #10 on the list. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Rindge, New Hampshire, and it awarded 551 degrees in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Franklin Pierce are $43,155 a year.
New England College landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value trade school programs. New England College is a small private not-for-profit school located in Henniker, New Hampshire that handed out 1,244 degrees in 2021-2022.
NEC undergraduate students pay an average of $27,054 in tuition and fees each year.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 11 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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