2024 Best Private Colleges in New Hampshire

4 Year  •  Hanover, NH  • 

Dartmouth College is a private not-for-profit university based in Hanover, New Hampshire. It is an institution with an enrollment of over 1,215 bachelor’s degree candidates. The admission criteria is somewhat competitive with the acceptance rate of 10%.

#1 in 2024 Best Private Colleges in New Hampshire

4 Year  •  Manchester, NH

Saint Anselm College is a private not-for-profit university based in Manchester, New Hampshire. It is an institution with an enrollment of over 546 bachelor’s degree candidates. The admission criteria is somewhat competitive with the acceptance rate of 76%.

#2 in 2024 Best Private Colleges in New Hampshire

4 Year  •  Manchester, NH

Southern New Hampshire University is a private not-for-profit university based in Manchester, New Hampshire. It is an institution with an enrollment of over 7,191 bachelor’s degree candidates. The admission criteria is somewhat competitive with the acceptance rate of 78%.

#3 in 2024 Best Private Colleges in New Hampshire

4 Year  •  Rindge, NH

Franklin Pierce University is a private not-for-profit university based in Rindge, New Hampshire. It is an institution with an enrollment of over 462 bachelor’s degree candidates. The admission criteria is somewhat competitive with the acceptance rate of 76%.

#4 in 2024 Best Private Colleges in New Hampshire

4 Year  •  Nashua, NH

Rivier University is a private not-for-profit university based in Nashua, New Hampshire. It is an institution with an enrollment of over 267 bachelor’s degree candidates. The admission criteria is somewhat competitive with the acceptance rate of 67%.

#5 in 2024 Best Private Colleges in New Hampshire

4 Year  •  New London, NH

Colby-Sawyer College is a private not-for-profit university based in New London, New Hampshire. It is an institution with an enrollment of over 274 bachelor’s degree candidates. The admission criteria is somewhat competitive with the acceptance rate of 87%.

#6 in 2024 Best Private Colleges in New Hampshire

4 Year  •  Merrimack, NH

Thomas More College of Liberal Arts is a private not-for-profit university based in Merrimack, New Hampshire. It is an institution with an enrollment of over 13 bachelor’s degree candidates. The admission criteria is somewhat competitive with the acceptance rate of 100%.

#7 in 2024 Best Private Colleges in New Hampshire

4 Year  •  Henniker, NH

New England College is a private not-for-profit university based in Henniker, New Hampshire. It is an institution with an enrollment of over 480 bachelor’s degree candidates. The admission criteria is somewhat competitive with the acceptance rate of 99%.

#8 in 2024 Best Private Colleges in New Hampshire

4 Year  •  Warner, NH

Northeast Catholic College is a private not-for-profit university based in Warner, New Hampshire. It is an institution with an enrollment of over 16 bachelor’s degree candidates. The admission criteria is somewhat competitive with the acceptance rate of 100%.

#9 in 2024 Best Private Colleges in New Hampshire

4 Year  •  Manchester, NH

New Hampshire Institute of Art is a private not-for-profit university based in Manchester, New Hampshire. It is an institution with an enrollment of over 62 bachelor’s degree candidates. The admission criteria is somewhat competitive with the acceptance rate of 99%.

#10 in 2024 Best Private Colleges in New Hampshire

4 Year  •  Keene, NH

Antioch University-New England is a private not-for-profit university based in Keene, New Hampshire.

#11 in 2024 Best Private Colleges in New Hampshire

4 Year  •  Lebanon, NH

Upper Valley Educators Institute is a private not-for-profit university based in Lebanon, New Hampshire.

#12 in 2024 Best Private Colleges in New Hampshire