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Franklin Pierce University

40 University Dr, Rindge, NH

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Franklin Pierce University, founded in 1962 and named for the 14th US president, a New Hampshire native, has built solid physical therapy and occupational therapy graduate programs alongside its traditional undergraduate liberal arts offerings. The university's rural Rindge, New Hampshire campus, set at the base of Mount Monadnock, gives Franklin Pierce a scenic, self-contained setting that supports the school's outdoor recreation and environmental science programs. Franklin Pierce's relatively small size and its combination of undergraduate liberal arts programs alongside increasingly significant graduate health professions offerings reflect a broader institutional strategy common among smaller private universities seeking to diversify their program offerings and enrollment base. The university's combination of its presidential namesake, its scenic mountain-adjacent campus, and its growing health professions graduate programs has made Franklin Pierce a distinctive choice among New Hampshire's smaller private universities.

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