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Salem College was awarded 16 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is biochemistry.
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Salem is ranked #1,639 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list.
Salem also holds the #55 spot on the Best Colleges in North Carolina ranking.
With an acceptance rate of 90%, Salem has a fairly liberal admissions policy. However, don't just assume you'll get in! Put together a good application and make sure you include all requested documents and materials.
About 13% of students accepted to Salem submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 555 and 605. Math scores were between 498 and 595.
The student to faculty ratio at Salem College is about average at 15 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Salem College is 59%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Salem College this rate is 62%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Salem the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 58%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 492 undergraduates at Salem with 378 being full-time and 114 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $16,577 | $17,459 | $17,645 | $25,263 | $24,675 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Salem, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Salem, approximately 51% of students took out student loans averaging $4,542 a year. That adds up to $18,168 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Salem is 4.4%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for Salem are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 601 S Church St, Winston-Salem, NC 27101 |
| Phone: | 336-721-2600 |
| Website: | www.salem.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/SalemCollege |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/SalemCollege |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 19 | $34,373 |
| General Biology | 11 | $27,085 |
| Mathematics | 11 | NA |
| Romance Languages | 10 | NA |
| General English Literature | 9 | NA |
| Political Science & Government | 9 | NA |
| Writing Studies | 8 | NA |
| History | 8 | NA |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 8 | NA |
| General Psychology | 7 | $26,016 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 338 students took at least one online class at Salem College. This is a decrease from the 636 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 338 | 69 |
| 2019-2020 | 636 | 636 |
| 2018-2019 | 136 | 66 |
| 2017-2018 | 97 | 66 |
| 2016-2017 | 119 | 72 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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