Salem State University Student Population and Demographics

Salem State Student Population

There are 6,230 students including 4,867 undergraduate and 1,363 graduate students at Salem State University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 4,271 full-time and 1,959 part-time students with gender distribution of 2,086 male and 4,144 female students.

Salem State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 836 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Salem State University has a total enrollment of 6,230 with a gender distribution of 33.48% male (2,086 students) and 66.52% female (4,144 students). There are 1,753 male and 3,114 female students in undergraduate school and 333 male and 1,030 female students are attending graduate school at Salem State University.

Student Population By Gender
Salem State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	6,230	2,086	4,144
Undergraduate	4,867	1,753	3,114
Graduate	1,363	333	1,030
Full-time	4,271	1,501	2,770
Part-time	1,959	585	1,374

[Chart] Salem State University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Salem State University has 4,271 full-time and 1,959 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 3,758 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,109 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 513 students are full-time and 850 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Salem State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	6,230	4,271	1,959
Undergraduate	4,867	3,758	1,109
Graduate	1,363	513	850
Men	2,086	1,501	585
Women	4,144	2,770	1,374

[Chart] Salem State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Salem State University, 836 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,702 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 6,230 students.

In undergraduate schools, 2,694 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 844 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Salem State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	6,230	4,867	1,363
Online Exclusively	836	371	465
In Some Online Classes	2,702	2,323	379
Not In Online Classes	2,692	2,173	519

[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 5 American Indian/Native American, 3,402 White, 490 Black/African American, 202 Asian, 1,442 Hispanic, and 149 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Salem State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	6,230	2,086	4,144
American Indian/Native American	5	2	3
Asian	202	84	118
Black/African American	490	143	347
Hispanic	1,442	439	1,003
White	3,402	1,189	2,213
Two More	211	65	146
Race Un-Known	232	84	148

[Chart] Salem State UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

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