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Why PSU?

Location, Location, Location

Located in a beautiful New England setting, Plymouth State University has been recognized as one of the “Best in the Northeast” by The Princeton Review. Plymouth State University is very fortunate to be located in the scenic heart of the Lakes and White Mountain Region of New Hampshire, allowing us to provide our faculty, staff and students with a beautiful setting to work, study and live.  Faculty and staff, as well as students, come to Plymouth State for its caring academic community and friendly campus, the Main Street New England setting, and easy access to New Hampshire's great outdoors. With the White Mountains to the north, the Lakes Region to the south, and the Pemigewasset River bordering the town to the east, Plymouth, N.H., is surrounded by some of the country's most beautiful and accessible natural landscape. Ski destinations such as Cannon, Loon, Tenney and Waterville Valley are within 25 miles of the campus, as are the lakes: Big and Little Squam, Winnipesaukee and Newfound. Plymouth is less than two hours' drive from Boston on Interstate 93. Two hours to the east is Portland, Maine; two hours northwest is Burlington, Vt.; and three and a half hours northwest is Montreal, Canada.

Employment Benefits

Plymouth State University offers a comprehensive program of benefits to our faculty and staff that include medical, dental, life insurance, retirement, vacation benefits, and more.  To review the variety of benefit programs offered to our benefited faculty and staff, visit the Benefits Overview: Full-Time Faculty/Staff.

Plymouth State University - Part of the University System of New Hampshire

Plymouth State University (PSU) is a regional comprehensive university offering a rich, student-focused learning environment for both undergraduate and graduate students. PSU offers 42 majors and 62 minors in programs that include education, business, humanities, arts, and natural and social sciences. The College of Graduate Studies offers coursework that promotes research, best practices and reflection in locations on- and off-campus as well as online. For non-traditional students, PSU’s Frost School of Continuing and Professional Studies offers working professionals opportunities to pursue an undergraduate degree by attending classes in the evenings, weekends and online. Plymouth State University is one of four institutions that make up the University System of New Hampshire.  More information about the University System of New Hampshire and the other institutions within the system is available at the following links:

• University System of New Hampshire (USNH)
• University of New Hampshire (UNH)
• Keene State College (Keene)
• Granite State College (GSC)