by our College Data Analytics TeamSalem earned 7 ranking badges in the 2026 College Factual rankings: 0 in the top 1%, 3 in the top 5%, 2 in the top 10% and 2 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #15 of 767 in Most Focused for Sociology, a top 5% award.
Key facts
Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2026. Data as of: July 2026.
Salem College holds 7 ranking badges across 3 fields of study, 3 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. It has no placements this edition in College Factual’s athletics rankings. Each ranking is recalculated when updated data becomes available. The awards below are from the 2026 edition. Each row marks the highest award tier reached in that ranking. Read about our data sources and methodologies. If you are an administrator interested in using our badge program to showcase your college’s strengths, please contact us.
| Award Level | Badges |
|---|---|
| Top 1% | 0 |
| Top 5% | 3 |
| Top 10% | 2 |
| Top 15% | 2 |
| Total | 7 |
Salem College is best known for Education: 2 of its 7 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Sociology, Student Counseling and Educational Administration.
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethnic Diversity | ✓ | |||
| Ethnic Diversity (Southeast) | ✓ | |||
| Ethnic Diversity (North Carolina) | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Educational Administration | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ | |||
| Student Counseling | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Design & Applied Arts | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
Salem College earned no online-program badge in the 2026 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s online-program rankings is #69 of 90 in Most Popular Online for Student Counseling.
Salem College earned no veterans badge in the 2026 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #2,053 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 42%).
Badges on this page come from rankings grounded in U.S. Department of Education data, 2026 edition. Salem College appears in 40 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.
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