Salem University Student Population and Demographics

Salem Student Population

There are 1,083 students including 892 undergraduate and 191 graduate students at Salem University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 999 full-time and 84 part-time students with gender distribution of 390 male and 693 female students.

Salem University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 450 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Salem University has a total enrollment of 1,083 with a gender distribution of 36.01% male (390 students) and 63.99% female (693 students). There are 305 male and 587 female students in undergraduate school and 85 male and 106 female students are attending graduate school at Salem University.

Student Population By Gender
Salem University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	1,083	390	693
Undergraduate	892	305	587
Graduate	191	85	106
Full-time	999	368	631
Part-time	84	22	62

[Chart] Salem University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Salem University has 999 full-time and 84 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 823 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 69 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 176 students are full-time and 15 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Salem University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	1,083	999	84
Undergraduate	892	823	69
Graduate	191	176	15
Men	390	368	22
Women	693	631	62

[Chart] Salem University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Salem University, 450 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 633 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 1,083 students.

In undergraduate schools, 892 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 191 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Salem University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	1,083	892	191
Online Exclusively	450	313	137
In Some Online Classes	633	579	54
Not In Online Classes	0	0	0

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Salem University. There are 3 American Indian/Native American, 644 White, 136 Black/African American, 5 Asian, 41 Hispanic, 3 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 49 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Salem University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	1,083	390	693
American Indian/Native American	3	2	1
Asian	5	2	3
Black/African American	136	56	80
Hispanic	41	14	27
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	0	3
White	644	195	449
Two More	3	3	0
Race Un-Known	134	46	88

[Chart] Salem UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

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