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Salem State University Acceptance Rate & Admissions Info

4 Year

Public

Not-for-Profit

Award Completions

Bachelor’s degree
Postbaccalaureate certificate
Master’s degree
Post-master’s certificate

State Abbreviation

Massachusetts

352 LAFAYETTE STSALEM, MA 01970

Net Price

Admission Stats

Total enrollments (2022)

Average ACT

$18,125

90%

6539

21

Admission Deadlines

Competitiveness Scale

Average GPA

Average SAT

Rolling Admissions

Normal

3.17

1065

Salem State is a public university located in Salem, Massachusetts in the Boston Area. It is a small institution with an enrollment of 4,234 undergraduate students. The Salem State acceptance rate is 90%. Popular majors include Psychology, Nursing, and Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Administration. Graduating 57% of students, Salem State alumni go on to earn a starting salary of $36,200.

How does college or university compare?

The acceptance rate for Salem State University is fifty-one percent higher than the national average of all colleges which is around 56.7%.

Endicott College69.30%
Gordon College74.10%
Suffolk University83.60%
Emerson College33.40%