The 4 Best Christian Colleges in New Hampshire for 2024

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The editors at Lord’s Library have compiled this list of the best Christian colleges in New Hampshire to save you the search.

Searching for the best Christian colleges in New Hampshire can involve a fair bit of research with a number of options across the state. According to Pew Research Center’s 2014 Religious Landscape Study, the religious composition of Christian adults in the state is 59 percent. New Hampshire’s Christian higher learning landscape includes colleges and universities with varying degrees of religious study, as well as dedicated Bible colleges for a scripture-first approach.

Choosing the institution that is right for you will largely depend on your spiritual and educational goals. It’s with this in mind that our editors assembled this list of the best Christian colleges in New Hampshire to consider. Each entry includes the school’s location and a brief “From the institution” description to give you a high-level overview of the college and save you time. Simply click the college name or logo to go direct to the institution’s website if you want to learn more.

Note: The best Christian colleges in New Hampshire are ranked in alphabetical order.

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The Best Christian Colleges in New Hampshire


Magdalen College of the Liberal ArtsMagdalen College of the Liberal Arts 

Location: Warner, NH

From the institution: “Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts calls her students to a transformative liberal education of the whole person. This education is ordered to human flourishing and communion, animated by the perennial questions, given shape by the classic books, and nourished by a vibrant liturgical and sacramental culture. Joyfully Catholic in this ascent toward true freedom and a vision of the Good, Magdalen College calls all within her community to enter the great conversation of authors seeking wisdom that has unfolded across the ages, cultivating a life of virtue, poetic imagination, service, and life-giving fidelity.”


Rivier UniversityRivier University

Location: Nashua, NH

From the institution: “Rivier University is a four-year, Catholic institution that welcomes students from all backgrounds and provides a transformative and supportive educational experience. Located in Nashua, New Hampshire, Rivier was founded by the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary and Sister Madeleine of Jesus in 1933. Throughout its history, the University has been dedicated to providing a learning environment that educates the whole person—mind, body, and spirit. Our graduates excel professionally, academically, and in service to their communities.”


Saint Anselm CollegeSaint Anslem College

Location: Manchester, NH

From the institution: “Our Catholic Benedictine tradition of faith, reason, and community engagement is the foundation of life at Saint Anselm, and it comes to life every day through the community of Benedictine monks who live at Saint Anselm Abbey. You’ll also see it in the lives of the students who work together to create an environment where hard work pays off, where new paths are discovered, and where time-honored traditions are a part of life (and new traditions are created all the time).”


Thomas More CollegeThomas Moore College

Location: Merrimack, NH

From the institution: “The Thomas More College of Liberal Arts was founded to provide a solid education in the liberal arts, a Catholic education for students of all faiths, united in the quest for what is true, good, and beautiful. It pursues this mission by seeking wisdom and sharing it joyfully with the world. The College holds that every human life, from the moment of conception until natural death, is sacred because the human person has been willed for his own sake in the image and likeness of the living and holy God.”


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