Editing New Hampshire (section)

==Education==
[[File:Baker-Library-Dartmouth-College-Hanover-New-Hampshire-05-2018a.jpg|thumb|right|[[Dartmouth College]]'s [[Baker Memorial Library|Baker Library]]]]
[[File:Thompson Hall, UNH Sunset.jpg|thumb|right|Thompson Hall, at [[University of New Hampshire|UNH]], was built in 1892.]]

===High schools===
{{See also|List of high schools in New Hampshire|List of school districts in New Hampshire}}

The first public high schools in the state were the Boys' High School and the Girls' High School of [[Portsmouth, New Hampshire|Portsmouth]], established either in 1827 or 1830, depending on the source.<ref>{{cite book |first=Emit Duncan |last=Grizzell |title=Origin and Development of the High School in New England Before 1865 |publisher=[[Macmillan Company]] |year=1923 |location=New York |isbn=978-1-4067-4258-9 |page=181 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=jP20VWHFqV4C |oclc=1921554 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=George Gary |last=Bush |title=№ 22, History of Education in New Hampshire |series=United States Bureau of Education Circular of Information, № 3, 1898 |publisher=[[United States Government Printing Office|GPO]] |year=1898 |location=Washington, D. C. |page=134 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MEIXAAAAYAAJ |oclc=817663 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Wallace |first1=R. Stuart |last2=Hall |first2=Douglas E. |title=A New Hampshire Education Timeline |publisher=[[New Hampshire Historical Society]] |url=http://www.nhhistory.org/edu/support/nhlearnmore/nhedtimeline.pdf |access-date=January 28, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225063655/http://www.nhhistory.org/edu/support/nhlearnmore/nhedtimeline.pdf |archive-date=February 25, 2009 }}</ref>

New Hampshire has more than 80 public high schools, many of which serve more than one town. The largest is [[Pinkerton Academy]] in [[Derry, New Hampshire|Derry]], which is owned by a private non-profit organization and serves as the public high school of several neighboring towns. There are at least 30 private high schools in the state.

New Hampshire is also the home of several prestigious [[University-preparatory school|university-preparatory]] schools, such as [[Phillips Exeter Academy]], [[St. Paul's School (New Hampshire)|St. Paul's School]], [[Proctor Academy]], [[Brewster Academy]], and [[Kimball Union Academy]].

In 2008, the state tied with Massachusetts as having the highest scores on the SAT and ACT standardized tests given to high school students.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.v-weiss.de/table.html |title=The IQ-Trapper |publisher=Volkmar Weiss |website=V-weiss.de |date=May 30, 2009 |access-date=July 31, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100417015438/http://www.v-weiss.de/table.html |archive-date=April 17, 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Colleges and universities===
{{Main list|List of colleges and universities in New Hampshire}}
* [[Antioch University New England]]
* [[Colby-Sawyer College]]
* [[Community College System of New Hampshire]]:
** [[Great Bay Community College]]
** [[Lakes Region Community College]]
** [[Manchester Community College (New Hampshire)|Manchester Community College]]
** [[Nashua Community College]]
** [[NHTI, Concord's Community College]]
** [[River Valley Community College]]
** [[White Mountains Community College]]
* [[Dartmouth College]]
** [[Tuck School of Business]]
** [[Geisel School of Medicine]]
** [[Thayer School of Engineering]]
** [[Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies]]
* [[Franklin Pierce University]]
* [[Hellenic American University]]
* [[Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences]]
* [[New England College]]
* [[New Hampshire Institute of Art]]
* [[Rivier University]]
* [[Saint Anselm College]]
* [[Southern New Hampshire University]]
* [[Thomas More College of Liberal Arts]]
* [[University System of New Hampshire]]:
** [[University of New Hampshire]]
*** [[University of New Hampshire School of Law]]
*** [[University of New Hampshire at Manchester]]
** [[Granite State College]]
** [[Keene State College]]
** [[Plymouth State University]]