Southern New Hampshire University Overview

Southern New Hampshire University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Manchester, New Hampshire. The suburban atmosphere of Manchester makes it a great place for students who want the amenities of city life without actually living in the middle of a constant hustle and bustle.

What Is Southern New Hampshire University Known For?

• The student loan default rate at SNHU is 2%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at SNHU.
• In <nil>, 100% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, SNHU bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $53,611 a year. That's about 31% more than their peers at other schools.
• It takes the average SNHU student 4.1 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is Southern New Hampshire University?

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

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?

Since SNHU has an acceptance rate of 92%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 39% of accepted students are men and 61% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 91%, and the acceptance rate for women is 93%.

Can I Afford Southern New Hampshire University?

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

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 SNHU, approximately 50% of students took out student loans averaging $5,216 a year. That adds up to $20,864 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at SNHU is 2.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Southern New Hampshire University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 121,884 undergraduate students at SNHU, with 35,970 being full-time and 85,914 being part-time.

There are also 23,649 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 35,970 full-time undergraduates at SNHU, 38% are male and 62% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	653
Black or African American	3,941
Hispanic or Latino	3,709
White	18,521
International Students	503
Other Races/Ethnicities	8,643

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

There are 96 bachelor’s degree and 66 master’s degree programs available online at SNHU. In 2020-2021, 139,412 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.

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 2020-2021.

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 #694 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at SNHU regardless of major.

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%.

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
• Image Credit: By Kylejtod at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.