Granite State College Business Programs

Granite State College is a public institution situated in Concord, New Hampshire. The surrounding location of Concord is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

Granite State College Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at GSC.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#9	Best Value Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#19	Best Value Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#30	Best Value Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#41	Best Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#44	Best Value Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards GSC has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#6	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	College Factual
#98	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Business Administration and Management	College Factual
#108	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Business Administration & Management	College Factual
#159	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing	College Factual

Where Is Granite State College?

Contact details for GSC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	25 Hall Street, Concord, NH 03301-3471
Phone:	603-228-3000
Website:	www.granite.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/GraniteStateCollege
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/GraniteStateCol

How Do I Get Into GSC?

You can apply to GSC online at: https://www.granite.edu/become-a-student/apply-now/

Granite State College has an open admissions policy, so you don't have to worry about getting into the school if you have a high school diploma or its equivalent.

Can I Afford Granite State College?

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At GSC, approximately 84% of students took out student loans averaging $5,779 a year. That adds up to $23,116 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at GSC is 8.6%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Granite State College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,608 undergraduate students at GSC, with 793 being full-time and 815 being part-time.

There are also 271 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 793 full-time undergraduates at GSC, 32% are male and 68% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Granite State College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	9
Black or African American	25
Hispanic or Latino	43
White	673
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	43

Geographic Diversity

New Hampshire students aren't the only ones who study at Granite State College. At this time, 14 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Online Learning at Granite State College

In 2019-2020, 1,834 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at GSC has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 2nd most popular in New Hampshire for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of GSC Rankings

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Granite State College was $7,791 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $9,015. The following table shows how GSC is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Accounting and Finance	#1	#1
Operations Management	#4	#1
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	#7	#7
Organizational Leadership	#7	#7
Hospitality Management	#9	#6
General Hospitality Administration/Management	#9	#6
Project Management	#10	#10
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	#25	#16
Marketing	#25	#16
Human Resource Management	#28	#19
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	#28	#19
Accounting	#28	#16
General Business Administration and Management	#34	#25

Online Growth Rankings of GSC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Granite State College was 2.8%. This is the #717 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at GSC regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at GSC ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at GSC.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
General Hospitality Administration/Management	#45
Operations Management	#61
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	#68
Hospitality Management	#69
Project Management	#71
Accounting and Finance	#82
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	#168
Organizational Leadership	#180
Marketing	#234
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	#248
Human Resource Management	#285

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Granite State College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	23	75	0	4	102
Organizational Leadership	0	0	0	18	18
Project Management	0	0	10	8	18
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	0	12	0	0	12
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	0	3	7	0	10
Operations Management	0	10	0	0	10
Accounting and Finance	0	6	0	0	6
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	2	0	0	2
General Hospitality Administration/Management	0	1	0	0	1
TOTAL	23	109	17	30	179

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.