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Southern New Hampshire University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Manchester, New Hampshire. Manchester is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

7,180 Undergraduate Degrees
3,851 Graduate Degrees
$28,739 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
94% Acceptance Rate

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Southern New Hampshire University 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 SNHU.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#1 Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#1 Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#4 Best Value Other Business & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#10 Best Value Specialized Sales Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#21 Best Value Management Sciences & Methods Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#27 Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#33 Best Value Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#45 Best Value International Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#94 Best Value Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#170 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 SNHU has earned from around the web.

Rank Ranking Name Source
#5 Best Marketing Associate Degree Schools College Factual
#5 Best Accounting Associate Degree Schools College Factual
#15 Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools College Factual
#154 Best Accounting Schools College Factual
#161 Best General Business Administration and Management Schools College Factual
#167 Best Business Administration & Management Schools College Factual

Where Is Southern New Hampshire University?

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Contact details for SNHU are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 2500 North River Road, Manchester, NH 03106-1045
Phone: 603-668-2211
Website: www.snhu.edu
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SNHU
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SNHU

How Do I Get Into SNHU?

You can apply to SNHU online at: www.snhu.edu/admission/apply-now

Admission Requirements for SNHU

Submission Required?
High School GPA required
High School Rank neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript required
College Prep Program required
Recommendations required
SAT or ACT Scores neither required nor recommended
TOEFL required

How Hard Is It To Get Into SNHU?

94% Acceptance Rate
66% Of Accepted Are Women
With an acceptance rate of 94%, SNHU is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 34% of accepted students are men and 66% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 91%, and the acceptance rate for women is 95%.

Can I Afford Southern New Hampshire University?

$28,739 Net Price
63% Take Out Loans
8.7% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of SNHU is $28,739. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At SNHU, approximately 63% of students took out student loans averaging $7,501 a year. That adds up to $30,004 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at SNHU is 8.7%. 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.

Southern New Hampshire University Undergraduate Student Diversity

34,316 Full-Time Undergraduates
62% Women
28% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 111,599 undergraduate students at SNHU, with 34,316 being full-time and 77,283 being part-time.

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There are also 22,746 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 34,316 full-time undergraduates at SNHU, 38% are male and 62% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Southern New Hampshire University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 644
Black or African American 4,179
Hispanic or Latino 3,794
White 19,010
International Students 382
Other Races/Ethnicities 6,307

Geographic Diversity

New Hampshire students aren't the only ones who study at Southern New Hampshire University. At this time, all 50 states and the District of Columbia are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 81 countries are represented at SNHU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at Southern New Hampshire University

128,360 Took All Classes Online
128,672 Took At Least One Class Online
20.6% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 128,672 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

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This school is the 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 SNHU Rankings

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Southern New Hampshire University was $9,650 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how SNHU 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 & Computer Science #1 #1
Business Statistics #1 #1
Accounting & Computer Science #1 #1
Fashion Merchandising #1 #1
General Organizational Communication #1 #1
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing #1 #1
Advertising #3 #3
General Economics #4 #4
Public Relations & Advertising #4 #4
Economics #4 #4
General Sales & Marketing #7 #7
Retailing and Retail Operations #7 #7
Operations Management #7 #7
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods #15 #15
International Business/Trade/Commerce #16 #16
International Business #16 #16
Business Management & Marketing #21 #21
Other Business, Management & Marketing #21 #21
Marketing #25 #25
Marketing/Marketing Management, General #25 #25
Finance & Financial Management #27 #27
Finance #28 #28
Accounting #40 #19
Accounting and Finance #55 #55
Management Information Systems #60 #60
General Management Information Systems #60 #60
Accounting #61 #61

Online Growth Rankings of SNHU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Southern New Hampshire University was 20.6%. This is the #613 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at SNHU regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at SNHU 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 SNHU.

Major Growth Rate Rank
Accounting & Computer Science #3
Accounting & Computer Science #3
General Organizational Communication #4
Retailing and Retail Operations #6
Advertising #6
Business Statistics #9
Fashion Merchandising #16
Other Marketing #19
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing #21
Economics #23
General Economics #23
Business Management & Marketing #28
Other Business, Management & Marketing #28
Operations Management #32
Public Relations & Advertising #32
Accounting and Finance #32
General Sales & Marketing #39
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods #45
Supply Chain Management #49
International Business/Trade/Commerce #54
General Management Information Systems #54
International Business #54
Finance #60
Management Information Systems #67
Finance & Financial Management #92
Marketing/Marketing Management, General #93
Marketing #114
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration #117
Human Resource Management #145
Accounting #187
Accounting #338

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%.

Southern New Hampshire University Business Concentrations

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

Major Basic Certificate Associate’s Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management 4 772 3,684 98 2,096 0 6,654
Accounting 80 302 530 32 306 0 1,250
General Organizational Communication 0 0 533 0 187 0 720
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration 96 0 0 63 340 0 499
Marketing/Marketing Management, General 0 107 210 8 170 0 495
Operations Management 0 0 284 15 175 0 474
Business Statistics 0 0 98 0 173 0 271
Finance 0 0 119 3 85 0 207
Accounting and Finance 0 0 112 0 42 0 154
General Economics 0 0 61 0 22 0 83
Fashion Merchandising 0 20 52 0 0 0 72
General Management Information Systems 0 0 46 0 0 0 46
Business Management & Marketing 0 0 41 0 0 0 41
Supply Chain Management 0 0 0 24 0 0 24
International Business/Trade/Commerce 0 0 14 0 0 2 16
General Hospitality Administration/Management 0 0 13 0 0 0 13
Other Marketing 0 0 0 10 0 0 10
Retailing and Retail Operations 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Advertising 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Taxation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Accounting & Computer Science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Economics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 180 1,201 5,799 253 3,596 2 11,031

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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