- The Inkwell
- New Hampshire
- Thomas More College of Liberal Arts
Merrimack, NHSuburb: midsizeZIP 03054Founded 1978
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1978
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 1991
- Website
- www.thomasmorecollege.edu
New HampshireReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Thomas More College of Liberal Arts
Thomas More College of Liberal Arts is a private nonprofit college in Merrimack, New Hampshire, with 97 undergraduates. It graduates 71% within six years and costs $18,810 a year after aid.
71%graduate
Retention88%
4-year graduation67%
Pell Grant share50%
Federal loans87%
$18,810net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
71%graduate in 6 years
$41,534median earnings, 10 yrs
$23,750median debt
#1,534 of 1,704 for earnings#778 of 1,739 for lowest net price#340 of 1,738 for graduation rate
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $43,800tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $30,400
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $30,400
- Average net price
- $18,810national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$14,555
$30,001–48,000—
$48,001–75,000$13,315
$75,001–110,000$30,338
$110,001+$19,533
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- open admissionsnational median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Retention · this college88%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college71%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college50%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 71%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 67%
- First-year retention
- 88%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 65%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $39,144
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $41,534middle 50%: $25,034–$58,028
- Median debt at graduation
- $23,750
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$58,028
Median, Thomas More College of Liberal Arts$41,534
Lower quarter$25,034
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 97
- Part-time
- 0%
- Women / men
- 54% / 46%
- Average age at entry
- 20.3
- First-generation students
- —
- Pell Grant recipients
- 50%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 10 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 100%
- Average faculty salary
- $5,762 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $13,139
- Endowment, end of year
- $3,706,220
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White77%
Hispanic5.1%
Asian2.1%
Two or more races3.1%
U.S. nonresident2.1%
Unknown10%
1 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Liberal arts & humanities100%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 183275. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q7792542.