Salem State University
Salem State University admitted 96% of applicants. Its average net price after aid for in-state students was $12,921 a year. Within six years, 49% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 96%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Not required
Cost
- In-state cost of attendance, before aid
- $26,037 a year
- Average in-state net price after aid
- $12,921 a year
- In-state net price for families earning under $30,000
- $8,474 a year
- In-state tuition and fees
- $12,708 a year
- Out-of-state tuition and fees
- $20,117 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 49%
- Students who return for a second year
- 75%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $62,762 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $22,250
Students
- Undergraduates
- 4,291
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 41%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 12 to 1
- Campus setting
- Suburb
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Health professions
- 18%
- Business, management and marketing
- 17%
- Psychology
- 10%
- Homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting
- 8%
- Education
- 8%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- LIM College NY · 96% admitted
- Texas A&M University-Victoria TX · 96% admitted
- The University of Montana MT · 96% admitted
- Life Pacific University CA · 96% admitted
- Pfeiffer University NC · 96% admitted
- Pontifical College Josephinum OH · 96% admitted
More colleges in Massachusetts
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA · 60% admitted
- Boston University MA · 11% admitted
- Northeastern University MA · 5.2% admitted
- University of Massachusetts-Boston MA · 84% admitted
- University of Massachusetts-Lowell MA · 83% admitted
- Boston College MA · 16% admitted
- Bridgewater State University MA · 88% admitted
- Harvard University MA · 3.6% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.