Student Population at Salem State University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
6,539	5,078	1,461

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 6,539 students have enrolled in Salem State University with 5,078 undergraduate and 1,461 graduate students.

By gender, 2,050 male and 4,489 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (9,858 students in average - public Master's College and University (larger programs)).

851 students are enrolled exclusively, and 3,006 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Salem State University has a total of 6,539 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 5,078 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,461 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 2,050 male and 4,489 female students (the male-female ratio is 31:69) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	6,539	5,078	1,461
Men	2,050	1,746	304
Women	4,489	3,332	1,157

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 3,833 White, 535 Black, and 212 Asian students out of a total of 6,539 are attending at Salem State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	20	3	17
Asian	212	76	136
Black	535	175	360
Hispanic	1,333	370	963
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	3	1	2
White	3,833	1,219	2,614
Two or more races	209	72	137
Race Unknown	195	82	113

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	20	3	17
Asian	178	69	109
Black	488	156	332
Hispanic	1,154	341	813
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	2	0	2
White	2,767	1,002	1,765
Two or more races	173	62	111
Race Unknown	151	72	79

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	-	-	-
Asian	34	7	27
Black	47	19	28
Hispanic	179	29	150
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	1	0
White	1,066	217	849
Two or more races	36	10	26
Race Unknown	44	10	34

Student Age Distribution

By age, Salem State has 260 students under 18 years old and 15 students over 65 years old. There are 4,478 students under 25 years old, and 2,054 students over 25 years old out of 6,539 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 260 students are younger than 18 and 1 students are older than 65. Salem State has 4,253 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 821 students aged 25 and over.

It has 225 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,233 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	260	172	88
18-19	1,174	777	397
20-21	1,581	1,114	467
22-24	1,463	937	526
25-29	920	642	278
30-34	454	336	118
35-39	240	168	72
40-49	283	226	57
50-64	142	104	38
Over 65	15	9	6

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	260	172	88
18-19	1,174	777	397
20-21	1,578	1,111	467
22-24	1,241	757	484
25-29	430	253	177
30-34	188	125	63
35-39	75	48	27
40-49	87	60	27
50-64	40	25	15
Over 65	1	1	0

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Salem State University, 851 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,006 students are enrolled in some online courses.

810 students lived in Massachusetts or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 41 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	6,539	851	3,006
Undergraduate	5,078	415	2,582
Graduate	1,461	436	424

Online Student Population by Locality
	Massachusetts Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	810	21	20
Undergraduate	397	13	5
Graduate	413	8	15

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 5,078 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 351 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 6.91%.275 students have transferred in as full-time status and 76 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	3,649
Transfer-in Full-time	275
Regular Part-time	1,078
Transfer-in Part-time	76

Student Population at Salem State University

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