Salem State University Student Population and Demographics

Salem State Student Population

There are 6,539 students including 5,078 undergraduate and 1,461 graduate students at Salem State University for the academic year 2022-2023. By attending status, there are 4,485 full-time and 2,054 part-time students with gender distribution of 2,050 male and 4,489 female students. Salem State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 851 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Salem State University has a total enrollment of 6,539 with a gender distribution of 31.35% male (2,050 students) and 68.65% female (4,489 students). There are 1,746 male and 3,332 female students in undergraduate school and 304 male and 1,157 female students are attending graduate school at Salem State University.

Student Population By Gender
Salem State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	6,539	2,050	4,489
Undergraduate	5,078	1,746	3,332
Graduate	1,461	304	1,157
Full-time	4,485	1,414	3,071
Part-time	2,054	636	1,418

[Chart] Salem State University 2023 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Salem State University has 4,485 full-time and 2,054 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 3,924 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,154 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 561 students are full-time and 900 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Salem State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	6,539	4,485	2,054
Undergraduate	5,078	3,924	1,154
Graduate	1,461	561	900
Men	2,050	1,414	636
Women	4,489	3,071	1,418

[Chart] Salem State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Salem State University, 851 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,006 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 6,539 students. In undergraduate schools, 2,997 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 860 students are attending some online courses.

2023 Distance Learning Enrollment
Salem State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	6,539	5,078	1,461
Online Exclusively	851	415	436
In Some Online Classes	3,006	2,582	424
Not In Online Classes	2,682	2,081	601

[Chart] Salem State University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Salem State University. There are 20 American Indian/Native American, 3,833 White, 535 Black/African American, 212 Asian, 1,333 Hispanic, 3 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 154 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Salem State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	6,539	2,050	4,489
American Indian/Native American	20	3	17
Asian	212	76	136
Black/African American	535	175	360
Hispanic	1,333	370	963
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	1	2
White	3,833	1,219	2,614
Two More	209	72	137
Race Un-Known	195	82	113

[Chart] Salem State UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Salem State University.

Age Distribution
Salem State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	6,539	5,078	1,461
Under 18	260	260	0
Age 18-19	1,174	1,174	0
Age 20-21	1,581	1,578	3
Age 22-24	1,463	1,241	222
Age 25-29	920	430	490
Age 30-34	454	188	266
Age 35-39	240	75	165
Age 40-49	283	87	196
Age 50-64	142	40	102
Over 64	15	1	14
Age Un-Known	7	4	3

[Chart] Salem State University 2023 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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