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.
- Top 7%Student-faculty ratio
- Top 19%Pell Grant share
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
- $18,835977th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $32,2361,399th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $32,2361,331st cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $47,9471,425th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $26,6491,553rd lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $44,6401,376th highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $38,4961,324th highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 56.3%905th highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 66.7%1,394th highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 87.0%1,142nd most selective of 1,608 reporting
- Average SAT
- 1168488th highest of 1,024 reporting
- Median ACT
- 19867th highest of 954 reporting
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 3901,740th largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 7.0:1146th smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 48.8%406th highest of 2,140 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.
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.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Communication and Media StudiesCommunications | bachelors | $41,937 | — |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | $41,007 | $32,925 |
| Political Science and GovernmentSocial Sciences | bachelors | $37,568 | — |
| Biology, GeneralBiological Sciences | bachelors | $35,416 | — |
| Education, GeneralEducation | bachelors | $29,685 | $29,685 |
| SociologySocial Sciences | bachelors | $25,194 | — |
| Design and Applied ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | $22,578 | — |
| Accounting and Related ServicesBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
| Arts, Entertainment,and Media ManagementVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | — |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular BiologyBiological Sciences | bachelors | — | — |
| Biological and Physical SciencesMultidisciplinary Studies | bachelors | — | — |
| Business/Commerce, GeneralBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
- A women's collegesource
- Founded in 1772source
- Athletic nickname: "Spirits"source
- Competes in NCAA Division IIIsource
- Formerly known as "Little Girls' School" (1772–1866)source
- Formerly known as "Salem Female Academy" (1866–1907)source
- Religious affiliation: Moravian Churchsource
- Athletic conference: USA Southsource
Key links
- Official websitesalem.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 199607)
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