Student loans in New Hampshire
New Hampshire levies no personal income tax on wages, so a forgiven student loan balance is not taxed by the state. The aid agency, and what it costs to attend college in New Hampshire.
Will New Hampshire tax a forgiven balance?
No
New Hampshire levies no personal income tax on wage and salary income, so a forgiven balance cannot be taxed as income here.
That covers the state side only. Income-driven forgiveness is federal taxable income from 2026 wherever you live. Public Service Loan Forgiveness is not taxed federally either.
State aid
New Hampshire administers its student aid through New Hampshire Department of Education. Grant programmes, deadlines and residency rules come from them rather than from the federal system, and they are the right first call about anything the federal pages do not answer.
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What it costs to attend in New Hampshire
- 17Institutions on this site
- $35,537Median published cost of attendance, a year
Sources
- Court actions affecting income-driven repayment, U.S. Department of Education. Checked on . Backs that the federal exclusion covered discharges to 31 December 2025 and was not extended; that Public Service Loan Forgiveness remains federally tax-free.
- College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data, U.S. Department of Education. Figures describe 2025-26. Collected automatically on , so nobody checked this row by hand.