College · Private nonprofit · New London, NH · Rural
Colby-Sawyer College
New London, NH
Admit rate80%
6-yr median pay$38k
Net price / yr$27k
Undergrad size771
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $27k/yr for a shot at a $38k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 80% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
771 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Rural — true campus bubble, nature on the doorstep, plan for a car.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $39k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $27k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$154k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$110k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$44k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.9x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $19.1k
- Room & board
- $17.4k
- Books & supplies
- $2,000
How students pay for it.
Pell grants23%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans66%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$27k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $6k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention79%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr57%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$38k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$46k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Rural
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 771
- Location
- New London, NH
- Region
- New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- New England Commission on Higher Education
- Also known as
- Colby-Sawyer
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White78%
- Unknown12%
- Black4%
- Hispanic3%
- International2%
- Asian1%
- Two or more races1%
First-gen students24%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time7%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$80k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 27
What you can study.