Enrollment Trends at Salem

The student population at Salem University is 984 (762 undergraduate and 222 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 366 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Salem is 77.44% which is increased by 321 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 45 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.15 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

559 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 161.21% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 874 where 984 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

77.44% of total students is undergraduate students and 22.56% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 321 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 45 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.15 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Salem than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Salem University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	618	441	205	236	177	74	103
2014-15	536 -82	402 -39	195 -10	207 -29	134 -43	54 -20	80 -23
2015-16	681 145	533 131	258 63	275 68	148 14	62 8	86 6
2016-17	848 167	649 116	297 39	352 77	199 51	86 24	113 27
2017-18	1,126 278	892 243	421 124	471 119	234 35	93 7	141 28
2018-19	990 -136	747 -145	317 -104	430 -41	243 9	108 15	135 -6
2019-20	960 -30	773 26	373 56	400 -30	187 -56	84 -24	103 -32
2020-21	1,008 48	809 36	373 0	436 36	199 12	87 3	112 9
2021-22	991 -17	782 -27	368 -5	414 -22	209 10	94 7	115 3
2022-23	984 -7	762 -20	350 -18	412 -2	222 13	107 13	115 0
Average	874	679	316	363	195	85	110

Salem University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 679 where 762 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 University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	441	441	205	236	0	0	0
2014-15	402	402	195	207	0	0	0
2015-16	533	533	258	275	0	0	0
2016-17	649	649	297	352	0	0	0
2017-18	892	892	421	471	0	0	0
2018-19	747	747	317	430	0	0	0
2019-20	773	628	310	318	145	63	82
2020-21	809	709	321	388	100	52	48
2021-22	782	698	321	377	84	47	37
2022-23	762	670	305	365	92	45	47
Average	679	679	295	342	679	21	21

Salem University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 195 where 222 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 University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	177	174	72	102	3	2	1
2014-15	134	134	54	80	0	0	0
2015-16	148	145	62	83	3	0	3
2016-17	199	198	85	113	1	1	0
2017-18	234	233	93	140	1	0	1
2018-19	243	242	108	134	1	0	1
2019-20	187	141	63	78	46	21	25
2020-21	199	194	83	111	5	4	1
2021-22	209	199	89	110	10	5	5
2022-23	222	203	95	108	19	12	7
Average	195	195	80	106	195	5	4

Salem University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 46.44% and the percentage of black students is 18.50% at Salem University. 1.02% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Salem University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	2	1	125	24	1	216	2
2014-15	2	1	119	22	2	204	4
2015-16	3	5	158	49	5	271	11
2016-17	6	4	167	54	2	451	33
2017-18	8	6	201	96	6	545	27
2018-19	3	2	179	66	8	372	16
2019-20	6	3	196	54	5	346	10
2020-21	4	3	207	73	2	434	12
2021-22	3	7	194	69	4	455	14
2022-23	5	10	182	62	5	457	12
Average	4	4	173	57	4	375	14

Salem University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

559 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 57% of total students. The number of online students has increased 161.21% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Salem University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	536	214	308	14
2015-16	681	320	361	0
2016-17	848	467	381	0
2017-18	1,126	563	563	0
2018-19	990	408	582	0
2019-20	960	593	367	0
2020-21	1,008	646	362	0
2021-22	991	597	394	0
2022-23	984	559	425	0
Average	903	485	416	2

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