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Salem State University
Salem, MA · Public · 4,291 students · mostly bachelor degrees
27th-cheapest of 117 Massachusetts colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$15,996
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$28,291
Graduation rate
50%
Admission rate
96%
Median graduate earnings
$56,662
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$25,000
Pell grant recipients
35%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
103 programsClinical Nurse Leader · Master's Degree18 grads/yr$122,042Criminal Justice and Corrections, General · Master's Degree7 grads/yr$107,339Clinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree163 grads/yr$95,550Computer and Information Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree29 grads/yr$92,380Environmental Chemistry · Bachelor's Degree6 grads/yr$81,266Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree19 grads/yr$80,033Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education · Master's Degree57 grads/yr$72,560Social Work · Master's Degree121 grads/yr$69,819English Language and Literature, General · Master's Degree5 grads/yr$69,754Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabilitation Engineering · Master's Degree19 grads/yr$69,564Industrial and Organizational Psychology · Master's Degree48 grads/yr$69,495Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree50 grads/yr$67,789Biology/Biological Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree67 grads/yr$67,551Education/Teaching of Individuals with Orthopedic and Other Physical Health Impairments · Master's Degree20 grads/yr$63,889Educational Leadership and Administration, General · Master's Degree19 grads/yr$62,341Mathematics, General · Bachelor's Degree10 grads/yr$61,259Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education · Master's Degree72 grads/yr$60,928Social Work · Bachelor's Degree31 grads/yr$60,026Criminal Justice and Corrections, General · Bachelor's Degree74 grads/yr$59,774Geology/Earth Science, General · Bachelor's Degree11 grads/yr$59,424Geographic Information Science and Cartography · Bachelor's Degree17 grads/yr$58,593Political Economy · Bachelor's Degree11 grads/yr$58,499College Student Counseling and Personnel Services · Master's Degree22 grads/yr$57,817Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education · Bachelor's Degree74 grads/yr$56,509Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education · Bachelor's Degree3 grads/yr$55,808
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.