General Education at Salem College

If you plan to study general education, take a look at what Salem College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Salem is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and has a total student population of 636. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students received a bachelor's degree in education from Salem.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Education section at the bottom of this page.

Salem General Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education

Salem General Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the education progam at Salem compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The education major at Salem is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	30
Most Popular General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	130
	152
Most Focused General Education Schools	152
Best Value General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	156
Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	162
Best General Education Schools	424
Most Popular General Education Schools	465

Earnings of Salem Education Graduates

The median salary of education students who receive their bachelor's degree at Salem is $31,850. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $33,820 for all education students.

Education Student Demographics at Salem

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education majors at Salem College.

Salem General Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 education students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Salem, about 14% were men and 86% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% more racial-ethnic minorities in its education bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Salem College with a bachelor's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Salem also has a doctoral program available in education. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Teacher Education Grade Specific
• Special Education
• Student Counseling

Careers That Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in education can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for Salem College.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Education Professors	2,500	$66,990

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Bjoertvedt under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.