2023 Best Value Graduate Certificate Schools in New Hampshire
Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Graduate Certificate Schools in New Hampshire ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in New Hampshire to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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Top Value Graduate Certificate Schools in New Hampshire
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Our 2023 rankings named Granite State College the best value school in New Hampshire for students working on their graduate certificate. GSC is located in Concord, New Hampshire and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 66 graduate certificates to qualified students.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at GSC are $10,620 per year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at GSC. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 92% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
GSC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Graduate Certificate Schools in New Hampshire list.
Out of the 6 schools in New Hampshire that were part of this year’s value ranking, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. Durham, New Hampshire is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 126 students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNH are $29,992 a year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at UNH. During the 2019-2020 year, about 60% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
UNH also took the #2 spot in our Best Graduate Certificate Schools in New Hampshire rankings.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Plymouth State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value schools in New Hampshire. This small public school is located in Plymouth, New Hampshire, and it awarded 85 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Plymouth State are $16,234 per year.
One thing to take note of is that Plymouth State does offer online graduate classes in some areas. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 76% took at least some of their classes online.
Plymouth State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Graduate Certificate Schools in New Hampshire list.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Southern New Hampshire University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value schools in New Hampshire. Located in Manchester, New Hampshire, the large private not-for-profit school handed out 582 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SNHU are $19,470 per year.
One thing to take note of is that SNHU does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 95% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
SNHU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Graduate Certificate Schools in New Hampshire list.
Out of the 6 schools in New Hampshire that were part of this year’s value ranking, Antioch University - New England landed the # 5 spot on the list. Keene, New Hampshire is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 99 students in 2020-2021.
Antioch University - New England graduate students pay an average of $24,934 in tuition and fees each year.
Antioch University - New England is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Antioch University - New England is ranked #4 for overall quality in New Hampshire.
With a ranking of #6, New England College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for students working on their graduate certificate. NEC is a private not-for-profit institution located in Henniker, New Hampshire. The school has a small population, and it awarded 14 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
NEC graduate students pay an average of $15,048 in tuition and fees each year.
NEC does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 100% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 6 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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