Quad

Head-to-head

Southern New Hampshire
Liberty

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

  1. 1

    Liberty's grants cover 28% of its full price on average, vs. 8% at Southern New Hampshire

    Aid generosity
  2. 2

    Southern New Hampshire has 3.3× as many undergrads as Liberty

    Undergrads
  3. 3

    Southern New Hampshire's yield is 14 pts higher than Liberty's

    Yield rate
  4. 4

    Southern New Hampshire has 10 pts more Pell recipients than Liberty (49% vs. 38%)

    Pell Grant recipients
  5. 5

    Liberty graduates 9 pts more of its students than Southern New Hampshire (44% vs. 35%)

    Graduation rate
  6. 6

    Liberty costs about $6.6K less per year on average than Southern New Hampshire ($30,545 vs. $37,150, all students)

    Average cost, all students

The shape of each school

Each axis is a national rank among 4-year colleges; further out = more of it.

SelectivityTest scoresSizePell shareFirst-genDiversity

Hollow dots at the center mean that measure isn't reported.

Who's hardest to get into

Liberty admits 99%, Southern New Hampshire 100%; Southern New Hampshire's yield is higher, at 38%.

Acceptance rate
Southern New Hampshire100%
Liberty99%
Quad's selectivity
  • Southern New HampshireOpen
  • LibertyOpen
SAT middle 50%
Southern New HampshireTest-blind
LibertyTest-blind
How they read a recordfirst-years at 3.75+
  • Southern New HampshireGPA, school record, and prep program required
  • LibertyGPA and school record required

Who's on each campus

Southern New Hampshire has 3.3× as many undergrads as Liberty and has the larger Pell share.

Undergrads
Southern New Hampshire163.2K
Liberty50K
Pell Grant share
Southern New Hampshire49%
Liberty38%

Majors and faculty

Business Administration and Management leads at both; Liberty has 18 students per faculty member to Southern New Hampshire's 24.

Students per faculty member
Southern New Hampshire24 to 1
Liberty18 to 1
Most popular majorshare of graduates
  • Southern New HampshireBusiness Administration and Management, General24%
  • LibertyBusiness Administration and Management, General15%

What each costs

Liberty costs about $6.6K less a year than Southern New Hampshire on average, and its grants cover the larger share of its price.

Average cost, all students
Southern New Hampshire$37.2K
Liberty$30.5K
Aid generosity
Southern New Hampshire8%
Liberty28%

What each pays off

Southern New Hampshire's former students earn more, a median $50.3K ten years after enrolling.

Median earnings, 10 years
Southern New Hampshire$50.3K
Liberty$44.8K
Graduation rate
Southern New Hampshire35%
Liberty44%

How each has changed

Applications grew at Southern New Hampshire but fell at Liberty; both got less selective.

Applications, 10-year change
  • Southern New HampshireGrowing+955%
  • LibertyShrinking−45%
All the numbersEvery figure for these colleges in one table, with differences highlighted.
Sources for this comparisonEvery dataset and year behind the numbers in this comparison; tap any ⓘ for one number's source

Sources:IPEDS Admissions survey, Fall 2024;College Scorecard, Fall 2024;College Scorecard, most recent release;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2023–24;College Scorecard, Entered fall 2023;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part D), Fall 2024;IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2024–25 graduates;College Scorecard, 2023–24;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)

Figures are the newest each college has published; years can differ between colleges. Each value's ⓘ shows its source and year. Why