College · Private nonprofit · Rindge, NH · Rural
Franklin Pierce University
Rindge, NH
Admit rate93%
6-yr median pay$46k
Net price / yr$27k
Undergrad size992
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $27k/yr for a shot at a $46k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 93% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1175.
If you get in
992 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 $64k/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$257k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$109k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$148k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.4x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $46.4k
- Room & board
- $16.5k
- Books & supplies
- $1,110
How students pay for it.
Pell grants29%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans70%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$27k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $7k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention74%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr54%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$46k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$53k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out34%
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
- 992
- Location
- Rindge, NH
- Region
- New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- New England Commission on Higher Education
- Also known as
- Franklin Pierce College, Franklin Pierce, FPU, Pierce
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White68%
- Hispanic9%
- Black9%
- International5%
- Unknown4%
- Two or more races3%
- Asian1%
First-gen students30%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time15%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$75k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 27
What you can study.