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 2023 rankings named White Mountains Community College the best value school in New Hampshire for trade school students working on their degree. 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.
White Mountains Community College also made our Best Trade Schools in New Hampshire list, coming in at #1.
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. Portsmouth, New Hampshire is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out degrees to 313 students 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 also took the #3 spot in our Best Trade Schools in New Hampshire rankings.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means NHTI-Concord’s Community College is a great place for trade school students who want to get the most value for their educational dollar. This small public school is located in Concord, New Hampshire, and it awarded 689 degrees in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at NHTI are $15,450 a 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.
Out of the 11 schools in New Hampshire that were part of this year’s ranking, Granite State College landed the # 4 spot on the list. GSC is a small public school situated in Concord, New Hampshire. It awarded 586 degrees in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at GSC are $9,150 per year.
GSC also made our Best Trade Schools in New Hampshire list, coming in at #2.
Out of the 11 schools in New Hampshire that were part of this year’s ranking, River Valley Community College landed the # 5 spot on the list. NH Community Technical College - Claremont is located in Claremont, New Hampshire and has a very small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 203 degrees to qualified students.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at NH Community Technical College - Claremont are $15,190 a 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 handed out 256 degrees 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 ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Schools in New Hampshire list. Located in Manchester, New Hampshire, the large private not-for-profit school awarded 29,238 diplomas to qualifed students in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at SNHU are $15,380 a 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 ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Schools in New Hampshire list. Durham, New Hampshire is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out degrees to 4,149 students in 2021-2022.
UNH undergraduate students pay an average of $37,934 in tuition and fees each year.
Franklin Pierce University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Trade School Schools in New Hampshire ranking. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Rindge, New Hampshire, and it awarded 551 degrees in 2021-2022.
Franklin Pierce undergraduate students pay an average of $43,155 in tuition and fees each year.
New England College came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Trade School Schools in New Hampshire ranking. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Henniker, New Hampshire, and it awarded 1,244 degrees in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NEC are $27,054 per 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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