Which New Hampshire business administration program has the lowest debt?

Keene State College reports the lowest median federal debt, $26,000, with first-year pay of $47,847.

How much do business administration graduates earn in New Hampshire?

The median across 8 New Hampshire business administration bachelor's programs is $48,274 in the first year after graduating and $67,855 five years after.

How many business administration bachelor's programs are in New Hampshire?

8 New Hampshire programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 8 of them also report federal debt.

Business Administration (Bachelor's) Programs in New Hampshire, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

8 programs report first-year pay
8 also report federal debt
Bachelor's in Business Administration, Management and Operations

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median New Hampshire business administration bachelor's program pays its graduates $48,274 in their first year, $2,878 more than the national median. SNHU reports the highest first-year pay ($60,136), and Keene State College the lowest median debt ($26,000).

Median first-year pay$48,274National $45,396

Median pay after 5 years$67,855National $62,714

Median federal debt$27,000National $26,000

Debt-to-earnings55%National 55%

All 8 programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	School	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Debt to pay
1	SNHUManchester · private nonprofit	$60,136	$70,857	$32,001	53%
2	University of New HampshireDurham · public	$57,015	$86,306	$27,000	47%
3	Colby-Sawyer CollegeNew London · private nonprofit	$54,304	$74,976	$27,000	50%
4	Franklin Pierce UniversityRindge · private nonprofit	$48,700	$66,438	$27,000	55%
5	Keene State CollegeKeene · public	$47,847	$61,052	$26,000	54%
6	New England CollegeHenniker · private nonprofit	$45,086	$54,796	$27,791	62%
7	Plymouth StatePlymouth · public	$40,902	$54,303	$27,000	66%
8	Rivier UniversityNashua · private nonprofit	$39,453	$69,272	$27,000	68%

Debt and first-year pay at every New Hampshire business administration program

Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the New Hampshire medians.

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 8 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Lowest median debt

Lowest debt for the pay

"Debt for the pay" is median debt divided by first-year pay. Only programs that report both figures are included.

Careers this field leads to

These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to business administration, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.

General and Operations Managers

$124,680

Median pay in New Hampshire. 22,110 people work in this job in New Hampshire. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 285,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.

Bottom 10%: $61,100Top 10%: $264,270

First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers

$73,250

Median pay in New Hampshire. 7,600 people work in this job in New Hampshire. Nationally, jobs are projected to stay about the same in number from 2025 to 2035, with about 127,400 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.

Bottom 10%: $48,960Top 10%: $107,810

First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers

$51,650

Median pay in New Hampshire. 6,610 people work in this job in New Hampshire. Nationally, jobs are projected to shrink 4% from 2025 to 2035, with about 113,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.

Bottom 10%: $36,290Top 10%: $81,070

Project Management Specialists

$90,890

Median pay in New Hampshire. 3,840 people work in this job in New Hampshire. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 7% from 2025 to 2035, with about 76,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.

Bottom 10%: $60,950Top 10%: $144,920

Common questions

SNHU in Manchester reports the highest median first-year pay, $60,136. Its median federal debt is $32,001.

Business Administration (Bachelor's) programs in the US, ranked1,105 programs by pay and debt

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of New Hampshire rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Medians are across the business administration bachelor's programs that report each figure, so the counts differ by figure. Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024