Salem State Outcomes - Graduation, Transfer-out, Retention Rates

At Salem State University, the graduation rates was 49.77% (546 students out of 1,097 candidates were completed their degree within 150% normal time. For example, within 6 years for students seeking a 4-year bachelors degree.). By gender, 165 male and 381 female students have graduated from the school last year by completing their jobs in the period.

The following table and chart describe the graduation rates (150% normal time) by gender at Salem State University. Last year, the graduation rate was 49.77%. where 546 students out of 1,097 candidate completed their degree.

395 students completed their course in 4 years and 115 finished there bachelor's (or equivalent) degree. Additional 36 students graduated within 6 years, usually referred as 150% normal time.

The following table and chart show graduation rates by race/ethnicity. The numbers in parenthesis denotes number of completers over number of candidates for each category.

Non-resident alien student is not a US citizen and studies with student visa, such as F visa, in United States. At Salem State University, 8 of 19 non-resident alien students completed their courses within 150% normal time and the graduation rate was 42.11%.

By definition, retention rate is the percentage of students who return to a college for their sophomore year. At Salem State University, the retention rate is 75% for full-time students and 65 % for part-time students.