How many students at Salem? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 469 students have enrolled in Salem College with 364 undergraduate and 105 graduate students.

By gender, 15 male and 454 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (1,429 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Baccalaureate College - Arts & Sciences).

67 students are enrolled exclusively, and 132 students are enrolled in some online courses.

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


Student Population by Gender

Salem College has a total of 469 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 364 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 105 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 15 male and 454 female students (the male-female ratio is 3:97) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total469364105
Men1569
Women45435896
Salem College 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartSalem College 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartSalem College 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 233 White, 76 Black, and 10 Asian students out of a total of 469 are attending at Salem College. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American101
Asian1028
Black76175
Hispanic70070
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders---
White2339224
Two or more races33132
Race Unknown41239
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American101
Asian707
Black52151
Hispanic65065
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders---
White1724168
Two or more races31031
Race Unknown34133
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American---
Asian321
Black24024
Hispanic505
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders---
White61556
Two or more races211
Race Unknown716
Salem College 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartSalem College 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartSalem College 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, Salem has 24 students under 18 years old and 2 students over 65 years old. There are 306 students under 25 years old, and 163 students over 25 years old out of 469 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 24 students are younger than 18 and 1 students are older than 65. Salem has 301 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 63 students aged 25 and over.

It has 5 graduate students aged under 25 and 100 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1824240
18-191111110
20-211201200
22-2451510
25-2941374
30-3432302
35-3921201
40-4938344
50-6429263
Over 65211
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1824240
18-191111110
20-211201200
22-2446460
25-2922211
30-34981
35-391091
40-49752
50-6414131
Over 65110
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
22-24550
25-2919163
30-3423221
35-3911110
40-4931292
50-6415132
Over 65101
Salem College 2023 Student Population by Age chartSalem College 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartSalem College 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartSalem College 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartSalem College 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartSalem College 2023 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart

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 College, 67 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 132 students are enrolled in some online courses.

65 students lived in North Carolina or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students46967132
Undergraduate3644126
Graduate105636
Online Student Population by Locality
North Carolina ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students6511
Undergraduate3-1
Graduate6210
Salem College 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 364 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 23 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 6.32%.18 students have transferred in as full-time status and 5 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time261
Transfer-in Full-time18
Regular Part-time80
Transfer-in Part-time5

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