With steady growth since its launch in 1999, the Early College At Your High School (formerly Running Start program) exceeded 10,000 course registrations in just the Fall of ’23, with more than 8,000 NH students taking at least one course for dual high school/college credit.   

With courses in more than 100 high schools across NH,  students in the Early College At Your High School  and all CCSNH Early College Programs can take up to a total of two free Early College courses,  saving students thousands of dollars from the costs of college and giving them a head start on meeting college requirements. 

Besides the growth, the CCSNH Early College programs have taken on added benefits to students.  While courses are still available in a wide variety of subjects, students can take sequences of courses that lead into accelerated degree completion in college majors like criminal justice, early childhood education, culinary, computer programming, HVAC, business studies, computer science, robotics, engineering and medical assisting. 

Enrollment in the CCSNH Early College Programs courses grew this year by 20 percent, in part due to the state of NH expanding the scholarship program that pays the costs for any two Early College courses per year.  Clearly, students and families are seeing the benefit in getting college credits before students complete high school, and getting a true running start on college and careers.