Sandown Old Meetinghouse · Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Northern Essex Community College is 11.7 miles from Sandown
No college sits inside Sandown’s boundary, but Northern Essex Community College’s campus in Haverhill, with 3,674 students on campus, is 11.7 miles from the center of town, and Manchester Community College is 16.3 miles away in Manchester. About 5% of Sandown’s residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Hampshire (6%).
From the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard, June 2026; IPEDS fall 2023 enrollment) and the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020–24. Straight-line distances from the center of Sandown. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Sandown
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Sandown
Both are public. Every other college is more than 15 miles from Sandown.
Degree-granting colleges with 100 or more students on campus (fall 2023 enrollment, minus students who study only online). Admitted: share of applicants offered a place. Net price: the average a year after grants, for students on federal aid. Graduate: within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting.
What would your family pay?
The average a year after grants, for families on federal aid, at the colleges within 15 miles. Pick your family’s income.
Starts at Over $110k, where Sandown’s median household income ($135,040) falls.
The average a year after grants and scholarships, for first-time, full-time students on federal aid, from the College Scorecard. Your own price depends on your aid package; every college has a net price calculator. For community colleges the net price counts housing and food at full cost, so tuition is shown beside it. “—”: not reported for that income.
Do students finish, and does it pay?
Each dot is a college within 15 miles of Sandown: across is the share who graduate, up is what they earn ten years after starting.
Graduation: first-time, full-time students within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 years (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting, for students who got federal aid. *Reported for all the campuses that file together: University of New Hampshire at Manchester (4).
Questions about college near Sandown
Is Sandown a college town?
No. About 5 of every 100 Sandown residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as New Hampshire (6). The nearest campus, Northern Essex Community College, is 11.7 miles away in Haverhill.
What colleges are near Sandown?
Within 15 miles: Northern Essex Community College (11.7 miles, 3,674 students on campus) and the University of New Hampshire at Manchester (14.9 miles, 662).
What is the closest community college to Sandown, and what does it cost?
Manchester Community College in Manchester, 16.3 miles away. Tuition and fees are $7,090 a year for New Hampshire residents; the federal net price, $14,143, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does the University of New Hampshire at Manchester cost if we live in New Hampshire?
Tuition and fees are $15,838 a year in-state and $36,418 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $3,181 (under $30,000 income) to $16,386 (over $110,000), housing and food included.
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Colleges: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023 enrollment). “On campus” is fall enrollment minus students who study only online. Distances are straight-line from the center of Sandown. Residents in college, age, rent and poverty (including poverty without college students, table B14006): U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24. Colleges are described, not graded; the College town label marks towns where 15% or more of residents are enrolled. How TownRatings describes colleges →