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Salem College

Winston-Salem, NC · Private · Large city

Private institution in Winston-Salem, NC · 390 undergraduates · 87% acceptance rate · $44,640 median earnings 10 years after entry.

Stats

College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.

Cost

Average net price
$18,835975th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
In-state tuition & fees
$32,2361,387th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
Out-of-state tuition & fees
$32,2361,319th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
Cost of attendance
$47,9471,414th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
Median graduate debt
$26,6491,542nd lowest of 1,865 reporting

Outcomes

Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$44,6401,370th highest of 1,954 reporting
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$38,4961,319th highest of 1,950 reporting
Graduation rate (4-year)
56.3%900th highest of 2,014 reporting
Full-time retention
66.7%1,386th highest of 1,837 reporting

Admissions

Acceptance rate
87.0%1,131st most selective of 1,596 reporting
Average SAT
1168487th highest of 1,022 reporting
Median ACT
19865th highest of 952 reporting

Campus

Undergraduates
3901,735th largest of 2,144 reporting
Student-faculty ratio
7.0:1144th smallest of 2,141 reporting
Pell Grant share
48.8%403rd highest of 2,122 reporting

Nearest large-hub airport: 72 mi (CLT)

List appearances

This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.

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Applying

Common App member
Yes
Application fee
Free
Personal essay
Optional / not required
Writing supplement
No

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Best-paying fields of study

Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 12 of 34 reported programs.

FieldLevel1 yr2 yr
Communication and Media StudiesCommunicationsbachelors$41,937—
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusinessbachelors$41,007$32,925
Political Science and GovernmentSocial Sciencesbachelors$37,568—
Biology, GeneralBiological Sciencesbachelors$35,416—
Education, GeneralEducationbachelors$29,685$29,685
SociologySocial Sciencesbachelors$25,194—
Design and Applied ArtsVisual & Performing Artsbachelors$22,578—
Accounting and Related ServicesBusinessbachelors——
Arts, Entertainment,and Media ManagementVisual & Performing Artsbachelors——
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular BiologyBiological Sciencesbachelors——
Biological and Physical SciencesMultidisciplinary Studiesbachelors——
Business/Commerce, GeneralBusinessbachelors——

Campus facts

Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Salem College’s 390 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.

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