University of New Hampshire Placements: Job Opportunities & Placement rate, Packages

Most of the graduates (87%) from the University of New Hampshire (UNH) who got hired had a job related to their major. After completing the second year of their degrees, the students obtained employment at the time of the pandemic and economic crisis. Still, the post-graduate success of the 2021 batch was better as compared to that of the 2020 graduates. The full-time average compensation for the graduates of New Hampshire University was recorded at $50,395, which was again better than the last graduating batch.

The performance of the graduates in relation to experiential learning, which included co-ops, internships, practicals, etc., was not better than the last year with 72% of the students gaining the same, whereas, in 2020, the number was 81%. The reason behind this is assumed to be the availability of lesser opportunities at the time of the pandemic. Also, a 5% increase (from last year) was witnessed in the number of students getting full-time employment from an internship agency.

The article contains the placement data for the year 2021, for which the survey was carried out from August to December 2021.

The success rate for the 2021 batch was 94%. This includes the involvement of students in activities such as employment, military, volunteering, higher education, and the like.

The success rate for the last five years (2017-2021) has been displayed in the graph below:

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UNH Placement Highlights 2021

Head	Data
Success Rate	94%
Employment Rate (after graduation)	74%
Highest Graduate Employment (by College)	Paul College of Business & Economics
Lowest Graduate Employment (by College)	College of Health & Human Services
Average salary by Job (full-time)	$50,395
Gender with the Higher Employment Rate	Male
College with the Highest Internship Average	College of Health & Human Services
Top Employers	Community Partners, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, McLean Hospital, Deloitte, Amazon

UNH Class Profile 2021

A total of 3,126 students were pursuing undergraduate courses in different subjects at the University of New Hampshire. Out of this 14 students were valedictorians and 368 were among the top 10 of their high school. The student population represented 19 countries and 37 states.

A total of 1,327 students were from New Hampshire only and the total average GPA of the students was 3.46.

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UNH Employment Profile 2021

After graduation, 74% of the students had a job, 20% were pursuing another higher degree, and 6% were searching for a job or were studying further (both) within 3-12 months of passing out. As compared to the year 2020, more university graduates had a job and a lesser number of students were searching for one.

UNH Employment by College 2021

• CEPS: College of Engineering and Physical Sciences
• CHHS: College of Health & Human Services
• COLA: College of Liberal Arts
• COLSA: College of Life Sciences & Agriculture
• Paul: Paul College of Business & Economics

The college which had the highest graduate employment rate was the Paul College of Business & Economics, with 86% of the students with full or part-time jobs. This was followed by the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences and the College of Liberal Arts, with employment rates being 76% and 72.1%. The College of Health & Human Services, recorded the lowest employment rate of 63%.

The bar graph displayed below features the employment (full/part-time) and ‘seeking job’ percentage of the 2021 graduates.

It can be observed that the percentage of graduates employed was much higher than the percentage of graduates still searching for employment.

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UNH Top Employers 2021

CVS Pharmacy	Dell Technologies	Ernst & Young
Fidelity Investments	KPMG LLP	BAE Systems
Bitsight	Elliot Hospitals	PwC
Lonza	Raytheon Technologies	TJX Companies
USDA	Genesis Healthcare	Lincoln Financial Group
Putnam Investments	EY LLP	Boston Analytical
Tufts Medical Centre	Liberty Mutual Insurance	ALKU
Rapid	MathWorks	Sig Sauer

UNH Placement 2021

If we talk about the graduate placement by location, most of the UNH graduates stayed back in the northeast after completing their graduate program. The university alumni were employed all across the world, in 35 states, in minimum five countries such as Spain, China, South Korea, The Bahamas, and Germany.

UNH Placement by Gender 2021

A difference is spotted in the post-graduating status of university students if we go by gender. It has been observed that men had more chances of being hired and women were more likely to pursue higher studies.

70% of women had a full-time/part-time job, whereas 80% of the males held the same. 24% of the females were enrolled in further education, whereas 14% of males opted to study further. 5% of females and 6% of males were either searching for jobs or planning to study further.

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UNH Average Salary 2023

The data mentioned in the table is sourced through emolument which is the current data of the year 2023. In the table we can see that highest average salary was given by the Engineering sector .

Job	Average Salary
Engineering	USD 90,000
IT & Software Development	USD 75,000
Executive Management & Change	USD 65,000
Marketing, Product and Communications	USD 63,000

The graph below represents the full-time salary difference in terms of gender. On average, the male students earned $8,000 higher than the female students. It should be kept in mind that the difference in compensation doesn’t always speak of gender bias. It may exist due to various other reasons such as different study fields or employment domains.

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UNH Internships 2021

Around 3/4^th of the university graduates had obtained a minimum of one internship. The overall internship average for 2020 was 1.70, whereas for the current year, i.e 2021, it was 1.48.

The average number of internships was the highest (2.86) at the College of Health & Human Services. This was followed by the Paul College of Business & Economics and the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, with the average internships being 1.38 and 1.28.

UNH Career Placement Support

University of New Hampshire’s career services team is known as CaPS (Career and Professional Success). With a focus on career preparedness, it helps students gain the right experience through the provision of internships, co-ops, job shadowing, part-time and full-time employment opportunities and much more. Students are offered numerous career technology tools which are free of cost and are available 24*7.

Some of the services which the career services team offers are mentioned below:

Handshake: A popular platform common to almost all the reputed colleges in the world, it bridged the gap between employers and students/alumni. University students and graduates are able to explore and send their applications for jobs and internships. They can also search for a particular industry, organisation, book an appointment with a counsellor, etc.

Wildcat Connections: This connects university students and alumni online and the former are free to get their doubts solved, questions answered, seek guidance, and hear professional success stories.

VMock: A resume analyzing tool available 24*7, students get instant feedback on their resume. This facility too is free of cost.

InterviewStream: Students can practice mock interviews on this platform and get their performance reviewed. 

UNH Study/Work Options after Graduation

Speaking of the post-graduation plans, 20% of the students who had received an undergraduate degree opted to study further. Of those continuing their studies, 44% stayed at the University of New Hampshire only for the same. The rest of the students chose the US and Europe for further education. Some of the renowned institutions which UNH graduates selected to study other higher programs were

• Boston College
• Cornell University
• Colombia University
• Dartmouth College
• Harvard University
• Plymouth State University
• Southern New Hampshire University
• Tufts University
• University of Massachusetts at Amherst
• New York University
• University of Rhode Island
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• University of Illinois at Chicago

The majority of students were enrolled in a master’s or a doctoral degree course - Master’s degree (77%), Doctoral degree (15%), Bachelor’s degree (3%), Other (3%), Certificate of advanced graduate study (2%).

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