Mathematics at Salem College

If you are interested in studying mathematics, you may want to check out the program at Salem College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Salem is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and has a total student population of 636. Of the 154 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Salem College in 2021, 11 of them were mathematics majors.

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

Salem Mathematics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Math

Salem Mathematics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks math programs across the country. The following shows how Salem performed in these rankings.

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 math major at Salem is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mathematics. 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 Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	18
Most Focused Mathematics Schools	19
Most Popular Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	413
Most Popular Mathematics Schools	551

Math Student Demographics at Salem

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

Salem Mathematics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 11 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Salem in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women. The typical math bachelor's degree program is made up of only 39% women. So female students are more repesented at Salem since its program graduates 61% more women than average.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in math at Salem are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

Careers That Math Grads May Go Into

A degree in math 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
High School Teachers	25,240	$47,580
Natural Sciences Managers	2,960	$153,490
Mathematical Science Professors	1,870	$74,330
Statisticians	1,500	$101,010

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.