Enrollment Trends at Salem State

The student population at Salem State University is 6,539 (5,078 undergraduate and 1,461 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,917 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Salem State is 77.66% which is decreased by 2,663 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 254 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 2.19 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

851 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 319.21% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 8,354 where 6,539 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

77.66% of total students is undergraduate students and 22.34% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 2,663 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 254 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.19 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Salem State than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Salem State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	9,456	7,741	3,030	4,711	1,715	426	1,289
2013-14	9,301 -155	7,664 -77	3,013 -17	4,651 -60	1,637 -78	424 -2	1,213 -76
2014-15	9,267 -34	7,600 -64	3,007 -6	4,593 -58	1,667 30	407 -17	1,260 47
2015-16	9,215 -52	7,499 -101	2,949 -58	4,550 -43	1,716 49	424 17	1,292 32
2016-17	9,001 -214	7,346 -153	2,821 -128	4,525 -25	1,655 -61	406 -18	1,249 -43
2017-18	8,702 -299	7,110 -236	2,719 -102	4,391 -134	1,592 -63	372 -34	1,220 -29
2018-19	8,338 -364	6,811 -299	2,570 -149	4,241 -150	1,527 -65	354 -18	1,173 -47
2019-20	7,706 -632	6,273 -538	2,355 -215	3,918 -323	1,433 -94	292 -62	1,141 -32
2020-21	7,242 -464	5,716 -557	2,026 -329	3,690 -228	1,526 93	319 27	1,207 66
2021-22	7,131 -111	5,555 -161	1,919 -107	3,636 -54	1,576 50	343 24	1,233 26
2022-23	6,539 -592	5,078 -477	1,746 -173	3,332 -304	1,461 -115	304 -39	1,157 -76
Average	8,354	6,763	2,560	4,203	1,591	370	1,221

Salem State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 6,763 where 5,078 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Salem State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	7,741	5,862	2,319	3,543	1,879	711	1,168
2013-14	7,664	5,834	2,314	3,520	1,830	699	1,131
2014-15	7,600	5,905	2,345	3,560	1,695	662	1,033
2015-16	7,499	5,919	2,331	3,588	1,580	618	962
2016-17	7,346	5,864	2,260	3,604	1,482	561	921
2017-18	7,110	5,792	2,209	3,583	1,318	510	808
2018-19	6,811	5,434	2,028	3,406	1,377	542	835
2019-20	6,273	4,997	1,863	3,134	1,276	492	784
2020-21	5,716	4,444	1,528	2,916	1,272	498	774
2021-22	5,555	4,234	1,421	2,813	1,321	498	823
2022-23	5,078	3,924	1,325	2,599	1,154	421	733
Average	6,763	6,763	1,995	3,297	6,763	565	907

Salem State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,591 where 1,461 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Salem State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,715	314	68	246	1,401	358	1,043
2013-14	1,637	360	82	278	1,277	342	935
2014-15	1,667	382	86	296	1,285	321	964
2015-16	1,716	452	101	351	1,264	323	941
2016-17	1,655	489	100	389	1,166	306	860
2017-18	1,592	541	125	416	1,051	247	804
2018-19	1,527	548	112	436	979	242	737
2019-20	1,433	582	108	474	851	184	667
2020-21	1,526	633	106	527	893	213	680
2021-22	1,576	644	139	505	932	204	728
2022-23	1,461	561	89	472	900	215	685
Average	1,591	1,591	101	399	1,591	269	822

Salem State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 58.62%. The percentage was 71.35% 10 years ago and Salem State still has a high percentage of white students. 3.24% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.18% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Salem State University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	16	247	655	818	11	6,747	174
2013-14	27	271	662	889	10	6,526	167
2014-15	15	278	697	976	3	6,373	176
2015-16	20	278	710	1,035	3	6,293	210
2016-17	17	292	784	1,165	1	5,947	216
2017-18	11	271	774	1,242	0	5,666	221
2018-19	12	243	739	1,336	4	5,293	222
2019-20	10	236	636	1,343	4	4,809	220
2020-21	9	247	588	1,327	5	4,450	213
2021-22	9	247	590	1,354	6	4,332	218
2022-23	20	212	535	1,333	3	3,833	209
Average	15	257	670	1,165	5	5,479	204

Salem State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

851 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 13% of total students. The number of online students has increased 319.21% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Salem State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	9,267	203	1,867	7,197
2015-16	9,215	130	1,658	7,427
2016-17	9,001	237	1,792	6,972
2017-18	8,702	273	2,229	6,200
2018-19	8,338	305	1,924	6,109
2019-20	7,706	271	2,208	5,227
2020-21	7,242	4,903	2,220	119
2021-22	7,131	1,251	3,979	1,901
2022-23	6,539	851	3,006	2,682
Average	8,127	936	2,320	4,870

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