Salem University Overview

Salem University is a private for-profit institution situated in Salem, West Virginia. The rural area surrounding the school is great for students who prefer living in a country setting.

What Is Salem University Known For?

• The highest award offered at Salem is the doctor's degree.
• In a recent academic period24% of the faculty were full-time.
• It takes the average Salem student 4.1 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is Salem University?

Contact details for Salem are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	223 W Main St, Salem, WV 26426
Phone:	304-326-1109
Website:	www.salemu.edu

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How Do I Get Into Salem?

You can apply to Salem online at: https://www.salemu.edu/apply-now/

Salem University has an open admissions policy, so you don't have to worry about getting into the school if you have a high school diploma or its equivalent.

Can I Afford Salem University?

The overall average net price of Salem is $21,390. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Salem, approximately 92% of students took out student loans averaging $7,194 a year. That adds up to $28,776 over four years for those students.

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Salem University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 809 undergraduate students at Salem, with 709 being full-time and 100 being part-time.

There are also 199 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 709 full-time undergraduates at Salem, 45% are male and 55% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Salem University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	3
Black or African American	147
Hispanic or Latino	49
White	294
International Students	109
Other Races/Ethnicities	107

Geographic Diversity

West Virginia students aren't the only ones who study at Salem University. At this time, 28 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Salem University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	27	50	0	58	135
Educational Administration	0	0	24	19	43
Criminal Justice & Corrections	8	10	0	4	22
Nursing	12	6	0	2	20
Computer Information Systems	4	6	0	6	16
General Biology	4	11	0	0	15
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	0	9	9
Security Science and Technology	0	0	0	4	4
Health & Physical Education	0	0	0	2	2
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	0	0	0	0
Teaching English or French	0	0	0	0	0
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	55	83	24	104	266

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.