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Facts & Figures:

The new knowledge-based economy has made a higher education more important than ever. There is a real benefit to having a college degree. Not only will you have the potential to earn more over your lifetime, but countless opportunities will emerge because of your college experience.

Some highlights:

• The six occupations projected to grow the fastest through 2014 are computer and medical related. The top occupation, Medical Assistant, is expected to nearly double its employment by 2014.

• 61% of New Hampshire students enroll in college the fall after they graduate high school.

• New Hampshire has a higher attainment of Bachelor's degrees than the national average.

• New Hampshire ranks 8^th nationally for percent of college education workers currently in the State.

Source: NH Economic Review, Public Service of NH

• Average tuition and fees to attend a public 2 or 4 year New England college or university is more than the national average.

	State	Nation
Public 4-year	$ 10,296	$ 6,585
Public 2-year	$ 5,609	$ 2,402

• The state’s higher education sector generates more than $4.5 billion for NH’s economy, including over 18,000 jobs. (2005)

• New Hampshire ranks last, 50^th out of 50 states, in appropriations of state tax funds for higher education per $1,000 of personal income.

• 7 out of 10 of New Hampshire’s fastest growing jobs over the next 10 years require a post secondary degree.

• Demand for college-educated workers is forecasted to outpace supply nationwide.

Resources:

NH Forum on the Future

Stay Work Play NH, Inc.

College Degree Nearly Doubles Annual Earnings by:The US Census Bureau
 

Links:

NHHEAF Network Organizations

Intern to Career NH