Enrollment Trends at Kent State University at Salem

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,615 where 1,633 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 1,739 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,315 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,739 to 1,633 students, a net loss of 106 (6.1%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Kent State University at Salem since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,738	541	1,197
2016-17	1,673 -65	518 -23	1,155 -42
2017-18	1,694 21	514 -4	1,180 25
2018-19	1,697 3	491 -23	1,206 26
2019-20	1,646 -51	504 13	1,142 -64
2020-21	1,729 83	490 -14	1,239 97
2021-22	1,566 -163	444 -46	1,122 -117
2022-23	1,315 -251	370 -74	945 -177
2023-24	1,463 148	412 42	1,051 106
2024-25	1,633 170	530 118	1,103 52
Average	1,615	481	1,134

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 80.47%. The percentage was 88.79% 10 years ago and Kent State University at Salem still has a high percentage of white students. 0.86% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.80% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 3.67% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 88.79% to 80.47%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.69% to 0.86%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.34% to 6.80%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.73% to 3.67%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3444 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2099 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Kent State University at Salem over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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• Interactive Chart
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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	5	12	58	30	0	1,544	30
2016-17	3	13	53	32	0	1,490	28
2017-18	2	15	61	29	0	1,463	40
2018-19	5	21	51	30	0	1,471	39
2019-20	2	21	41	49	1	1,400	33
2020-21	2	13	89	54	1	1,451	31
2021-22	4	18	70	37	1	1,312	44
2022-23	0	14	70	35	0	1,101	50
2023-24	2	18	93	52	1	1,211	42
2024-25	3	14	111	60	0	1,314	74
Average	3	16	70	41	0	1,376	41