Salisbury University Overview

Salisbury University is a public institution located in Salisbury, Maryland. The suburban atmosphere of Salisbury makes it a great place for students who want the amenities of city life without actually living in the middle of a constant hustle and bustle.

What Is Salisbury University Known For?

• The 4% student loan default rate at Salisbury is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at Salisbury.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 67% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Salisbury makes roughly $50,500 a year. This is 24% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Salisbury University Rankings

We have ranked Salisbury as #300 out of 2,587 colleges and universities in the country in our 2022 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. It is also ranked #4 out of 39 schools in Maryland.

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Salisbury has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#108	Best Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Salisbury.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#3	Best Teaching English or French Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#18	Best Geological & Earth Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#30	Best Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#32	Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#33	Best Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#36	Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#38	Best General Biology Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#67	Best Public & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#75	Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#100	Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Salisbury has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#22	Best Early Childhood Education Schools	College Factual
#50	Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools	College Factual
#74	Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools	College Factual
#94	Best Public Administration & Social Service Schools	College Factual
#103	Best Teaching Schools	Teaching Degree Search
#110	Best Education Schools	College Factual

Where Is Salisbury University?

Contact details for Salisbury are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1101 Camden Ave, Salisbury, MD 21801-6862
Phone:	410-543-6000
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/pages/Salisbury-University/122620361558
Twitter:	http://www.twitter.com/salisburyu

How Do I Get Into Salisbury?

You can apply to Salisbury online at: www.salisbury.edu/admissions/apply/

Admission Requirements for Salisbury

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	recommended
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Salisbury?

With an acceptance rate of 78%, Salisbury may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 39% of accepted students are men and 61% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 74%, and the acceptance rate for women is 80%.

Can I Afford Salisbury University?

The overall average net price of Salisbury is $29,916. 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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Salisbury, approximately 49% of students took out student loans averaging $7,254 a year. That adds up to $29,016 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Salisbury is 3.5%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Salisbury University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 7,150 undergraduate students at Salisbury, with 6,621 being full-time and 529 being part-time.

There are also 974 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 6,621 full-time undergraduates at Salisbury, 45% are male and 55% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	266
Black or African American	898
Hispanic or Latino	349
White	4,685
International Students	57
Other Races/Ethnicities	366

Geographic Diversity

Maryland students aren't the only ones who study at Salisbury University. At this time, 22 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 41 countries are represented at Salisbury. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and Nigeria.

Online Learning at Salisbury University

In 2019-2020, 7,777 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Salisbury has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 21st most popular in Maryland for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Salisbury

The following table shows how Salisbury is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Geography & Cartography	#10	#10
Social Work	#40	#19
Social Sciences	#73	#49

Online Growth Rankings of Salisbury

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Salisbury University was 194.3%. This is the #285 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Salisbury regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Salisbury majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Health Professions	6%
Nursing	2%
Social Sciences	4%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Salisbury ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Salisbury.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Geography & Cartography	#3
Other Health Professions	#7
Social Sciences	#30
Nursing	#53
Health Professions	#169

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Salisbury University Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Social Work	137	0	176	0	313
Communication & Media Studies	177	0	0	0	177
Teacher Education Grade Specific	136	0	4	0	140
Health & Physical Education	134	0	0	0	134
Business Administration & Management	97	0	31	0	128
General Psychology	121	0	0	0	121
General Biology	102	0	6	0	108
Nursing	89	0	0	9	98
Marketing	95	0	0	0	95
Teacher Education Subject Specific	81	0	7	0	88
General English Literature	56	0	18	0	74
Liberal Arts General Studies	66	0	0	0	66
Accounting	63	0	0	0	63
Finance & Financial Management	56	0	0	0	56
Information Science	55	0	0	0	55
Natural Resources Conservation	51	0	0	0	51
Fine & Studio Arts	47	0	0	0	47
Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution	33	0	10	0	43
Political Science & Government	40	0	0	0	40
Computer Information Systems	39	0	0	0	39
Geography & Cartography	29	0	8	0	37
History	31	0	1	0	32
Allied Health Professions	22	0	9	0	31
General Education	0	0	29	0	29
Chemistry	24	0	0	0	24
Mathematics	23	0	0	0	23
International Studies	23	0	0	0	23
Economics	22	0	0	0	22
Educational Administration	0	2	13	6	21
Physics	20	0	0	0	20
Geological & Earth Sciences	17	0	0	0	17
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	16	0	0	0	16
Sociology	16	0	0	0	16
Teaching English or French	2	10	0	0	12
Romance Languages	12	0	0	0	12
Other Health Professions	0	0	12	0	12
Business/Managerial Economics	8	0	0	0	8
Urban & Regional Planning	7	0	0	0	7
Drama & Theater Arts	7	0	0	0	7
Music	7	0	0	0	7
Philosophy	6	0	0	0	6
International Business	3	0	0	0	3
Outdoor Education	1	0	0	0	1
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	0	0	0	0	0
Data Science	0	0	0	0	0
Other Science Technologies/Technicians	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1,971	12	324	15	2,322

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
• Image Credit: By Kane5187 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.