by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began publishing its yearly rankings to help students identify graduate schools that put a high emphasis on educational quality as well as helping students succeed. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
In College Factual's 2024 ranking of the Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S., Salem State University landed the #537 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list.
Salem State also ranked #27 for Best Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts.
The total graduate student population at Salem State is made up of 79.1% women and 20.9% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
Of all the graduate students at Salem State, around 17.5% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. Salem State is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 2.2% of the graduate student population. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $2,520 | $4,140 |
| Fees | $6,337 | $6,337 |
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their master's degree at Salem State is $56,311. When comparing to other master's degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 4% lower than the national average of $58,425.
Get more details about the location of Salem State University.
Contact details for Salem State are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 352 Lafayette St, Salem, MA 01970 |
| Phone: | 978-542-6000 |
| Website: | www.salemstate.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/salemstateuniversity |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/SalemState |
Around 66.9% of Salem State graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year. For that same period, 29.6% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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