Academic Life at Salem College

Academics at a Glance

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at Salem College: its faculty, its majors and fields of study, and its online learning options.

27 Majors With Completions

7:1 Student-Faculty Ratio

43% Full-Time Faculty

Jump to any section below, or follow a link to dig deeper into a specific part of academic life at Salem College:

Faculty Resources
Most Popular Majors
Additional Questions to Ask
Continue Your Research

Faculty and Teaching

With 7 students for every instructional faculty member, Salem College ranks among the best colleges for instructional attention when compared with the national average of 15 to 1. 43% of the instructors at Salem College are employed full time, near the national average of 47%.

For the full breakdown — tenure status, part-time and adjunct share, and how the faculty compares with the national average — see the faculty composition page.

Majors and Fields of Study

Salem College offers 27 majors with reported completions across 16 broad fields of study.

Degrees offered at Salem College are summarised below:

Degree Level	Offered
Associate	—
Bachelor’s	✓
Master’s	✓
Doctorate	—

The most popular majors at Salem College, measured by graduates, are listed below.

Most Popular Majors	Graduates
Visual and Performing Arts, General	12
Business Administration, Management and Operations	10
Education, General	10
Student Counseling and Personnel Services	9
Educational Administration and Supervision	8

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors page.

Additional Questions to Ask

As you weigh academic life at Salem College, a few more questions are worth asking:

Need flexibility? Check whether Salem College offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 225 undergraduates study at least partly online. See distance learning options.
Interested in outcomes? Look at how well Salem College retains and graduates its students — 68% of full-time freshmen return). See graduation and retention.
Will a degree land you a job? Ask how many graduates were employed full time a year after finishing.

Explore Further into Salem College

Use the pages below to go deeper on any academic topic:

Academic Majors at Salem College — the full list of majors, concentrations and graduation numbers
Faculty & Class Sizes at Salem College — how the teaching staff is structured
Graduation and Retention at Salem College — how well the school retains and graduates students
Online Learning at Salem College — what online and distance learning is available
Accreditation at Salem College — regional and program accreditation status