New Hampshire has 11 private and 6 public 4-year colleges that enroll 17,926 first-year students yearly. The average tuition of public colleges is $27,052 for in-state students and $38,644 for out-of-state and international students.

Private colleges in New Hampshire charge around $54,784 per year in tuition regardless of residency.

In the 2021-2022 academic year, New Hampshire provided $1.4 million in financial aid to 834 students who enrolled in 4-year colleges for the first time as undergraduates. In addition, the colleges themselves awarded $124.3 million in grants and scholarships to 7,423 students.

New Hampshire receives less than 1% of the total pell grant the federal government allocates. In the 2021-2022 academic year, 3,297 4-year college first-year undergraduates were awarded a total amount of $13.4 million in pell grant ($4,553 per student on average), and 5,961 students received a total amount of $31.5 million in the form of student loans from the federal government ($4,953 per student on average).