admissions
Admissions 2015 – 2019 NEW STUDENTS ENTERING FALL 2015 – 2019
NEW STUDENTS ENTERING 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Freshman 1,093 1,145 1,094 1,111 1,011 Transfer 771 752 620 588 505 Graduate 405 358 353 400 360
Freshman Transfer Graduate 1,400
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• SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY FACT BOOK 2019 FRESHMAN ADMISSIONS FALL 2015 – 2019
FRESHMAN ADMISSIONS 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Applied 5,164 6,139 6,185 6,562 5,825 Accepted 3,868 4,517 5,066 5,558 4,985 Enrolled 1,093 1,145 1,094 1,111 1,111
Accept Rate 75% 74% 82% 85% 86% Yield 28% 25% 22% 20% 20%
Applied Accepted Enroll ed 7,000
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Accept R ate Yiel d 90% 80% 70% 60% 50%
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SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY FACT BOOK 2019 • FRESHMAN ENROLLED BY ACADEMIC PROFILE FALL 2015 – 2019
FRESHMAN ENROLLED 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 BY ACADEMIC PROFILE Enrolled 1,093 1,145 1,094 1,111 1,011
Average HS GPA 3.14 3.13 3.19 3.17 3.17
Average SAT Math 489 492 Verbal 494 497 Combined Math + Verbal 983 990
Average SAT (New) Math 526 528 522 Verbal 541 538 536 Combined Math + Verbal 1,067 1,066 1,058 Note – Beginning Fall 2017, SAT score data is not comparable to prior years.
Average HS GPA 3.5
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2.7 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Beginning Fall 2017, SAT score data is not comparable to prior years.
• SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY FACT BOOK 2019 FRESHMAN ENROLLED BY GENDER AND RACE/ETHNICITY FALL 2015 – 2019
FRESHMAN ENROLLED BY GENDER AND RACE/ 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ETHNICITY Total 1,093 1,145 1,094 1,111 1,011
Female 688 748 708 721 650 Male 405 397 386 390 361 % Female 62.9% 65.3% 64.7% 64.9% 64.3%
Non-Resident Alien 13 20 12 19 17 Hispanic/Latino 134 204 190 238 242 American Indian 3 1 2 1 4 Black or African American 87 107 102 122 82 White 775 726 700 623 590 Asian 31 41 34 44 25 Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0 0 0 2 0 Two or more races 41 34 33 42 38 Unknown 9 12 21 20 13 % Non-White* 27.6% 34.8% 34.0% 41.9% 39.9%
% Non-White excludes Non-resident Alien Students and students with unknown race/ethnicity.
SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY FACT BOOK 2019 • FRESHMAN ENROLLED BY MAJOR FALL 2015 – 2019
FRESHMAN ENROLLED BY MAJOR 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
UNDECLARED 150 165 161 159 144 BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 172 142 148 169 137 PSYCHOLOGY 78 98 88 93 102 CRIMINAL JUSTICE 86 94 78 87 89 NURSING 62 61 96 101 85 BIOLOGY 85 77 64 81 67 EDUCATION 84 87 91 79 64 SPORT & MOVEMENT SCIENCE 38 41 37 62 47 THEATRE 46 33 40 42 41 COMPUTER SCIENCE 37 43 33 38 31 SOCIAL WORK 43 29 28 34 29 CHEMISTRY 19 20 15 17 25 COMMUNICATIONS 30 41 33 22 22 HEALTHCARE STUDIES 22 26 22 22 ENGLISH 29 31 34 25 21 HISTORY 42 34 39 19 18 MATH 11 9 16 8 11 POLITICAL SCIENCE 11 14 18 14 10 ART 20 22 7 10 9 MUSIC 5 6 6 4 7 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 6 GEOGRAPHY 3 2 1 3 5 GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES 6 6 4 4 5 SOCIOLOGY 4 7 2 1 4 WORLD LANGUAGES AND CULTURES 4 10 7 5 3 DANCE 9 6 4 5 2 ECONOMICS 3 7 4 4 2 LIBERAL STUDIES 1 9 0 2 2 PHILOSOPHY 1 2 0 1 1 ATHLETIC TRAINING 14 26 13 0 0 CARTOGRAPHY 0 1 1 0 0 TOP 5 (IN 2019) PERCENT: 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 UNDECLARED 14% 14% 15% 14% 14% BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 16% 12% 14% 15% 14% PSYCHOLOGY 7% 9% 8% 8% 10% CRIMINAL JUSTICE 8% 8% 7% 8% 9% NURSING 8% 7% 6% 7% 7%
• SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY FACT BOOK 2019 FRESHMAN ENROLLED BY TOP FEEDER HIGH SCHOOLS FALL 2015 – 2019
FRESHMAN ENROLLED BY 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 TOP FEEDER HIGH SCHOOLS Peabody Veterans Memorial HS 42 44 43 55 54 Salem High School 45 34 28 34 41 Lynn Classical High School 20 39 25 27 37 Essex Agricultural and Tech HS 13 6 10 17 30 Lynn English High School 20 25 24 30 29 Danvers High School 19 13 30 16 26 Everett High School 31 15 9 23 25 Revere High School 12 9 14 40 23 Woburn Memorial High School 14 20 20 21 19 Beverly High School 23 17 22 25 18 Lynn Vo-Tech Institute 2 14 7 13 17 Saugus High School 22 11 25 18 17 Gloucester High School 20 15 14 16 16 Salem Academy Charter School 11 15 7 9 15 Lowell High School 11 14 15 9 14 Methuen High School 10 11 9 4 14 Winthrop High School 11 16 6 2 14 Reading Memorial High School 8 6 18 10 13 Malden High School 12 14 9 14 12 Framingham High School 3 3 10 2 11 Burlington High School 9 6 7 8 10 Northeast Metro Tech High School 14 19 13 18 10 Saint Mary Jr/Sr High School 14 4 6 7 10 Swampscott High School 11 10 9 10 10 Boston Arts Academy 2 2 1 1 9 Billerica Memorial High School 15 7 4 3 8 Melrose High School 5 9 7 10 8 Shawsheen Valley Vo-Tech HS 6 7 3 7 8 Andover High School 10 3 3 2 7 Lawrence High School 2 3 1 20 7 Lynnfield High School 1 7 5 2 7 Marblehead High School 2 10 11 9 7 Medford High School 9 7 14 11 7 Stoneham High School 3 6 7 3 7 TOP 5 (IN 2019) PERCENT: 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Peabody Veterans Memorial HS 4% 4% 4% 5% 5% Salem High School 4% 3% 3% 3% 4% Lynn Classical High School 2% 4% 2% 2% 4% Essex Agricultural and Tech HS 1% 1% 1% 2% 3% Lynn English High School 2% 2% 2% 3% 3%
SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY FACT BOOK 2019 • TRANSFER ADMISSIONS FALL 2015 – 2019
TRANSFER ADMISSIONS 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Applied 1,475 1,543 1,400 1,176 947 Accepted 1,272 1,268 1,151 1,056 836 Enrolled 771 752 620 588 505
Accept Rate 86% 82% 82% 90% 88% Yield 61% 59% 54% 56% 60%
Applied Accepted Enroll ed 2,000
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• SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY FACT BOOK 2019 TRANSFER ENROLLED BY GENDER AND RACE/ETHNICITY FALL 2015 – 2019
TRANSFER ENROLLED BY GENDER AND 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 RACE/ETHNICITY Total 771 752 620 588 505
Female 459 443 353 342 295 Male 312 309 267 246 210 % Female 59.5% 58.9% 56.9% 58.2% 58.4%
Non Resident Alien 32 30 21 31 34 Hispanic/Latino 127 131 117 113 104 American Indian 0 3 0 1 0 Black or African American 76 79 50 51 40 White 470 434 365 331 275 Asian 19 25 20 19 12 Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0 0 0 2 0 Two or more races 29 24 23 17 23 Unknown 18 26 24 23 17 % Non-White* 34.8% 37.6% 36.5% 38.0% 39.4%
% Non-White excludes Non-Resident Alien students and students with unknown race/ethnicity.
SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY FACT BOOK 2019 • TRANSFER ENROLLED BY MAJOR FALL 2015 – 2019
TRANSFER ENROLLED BY 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 MAJOR Total 771 752 620 588 505 Business Administration 181 144 148 110 104 Psychology 57 63 62 53 55 Criminal Justice 57 76 55 50 47 Biology 54 32 33 29 37 Education 60 52 54 46 29 Social Work 53 37 32 37 28 English 25 19 21 24 27 Communications 32 34 20 25 26 Undeclared 31 39 21 30 20 Sport and Movement Science 40 36 28 32 19 Healthcare Studies 19 23 25 17 Computer Science 19 24 17 19 14 Art 9 11 3 7 10 Information Technology 9 Theater 12 13 10 10 9 Nursing 46 48 12 13 8 History 19 21 16 12 7 Political Science 7 7 6 6 7 Occupational Therapy 4 6 4 1 5 Geography 5 6 6 8 4 Economics 6 4 1 5 3 Fire Science 4 9 6 7 3 Math 9 2 3 6 3 Sociology 3 5 6 4 3 Cartography 3 0 0 2 2 Geological Sciences 2 3 4 3 2 Music 3 2 3 3 2 World Languages and Cultures 4 4 5 3 2 Chemistry 7 8 10 9 1 Liberal Studies 4 11 5 1 1 Philosophy 3 2 2 2 1 Athletic Training 11 13 2 0 0 Dance 1 2 2 6 0 TOP 5 (IN 2019) PERCENT: 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Business Administration 23% 19% 24% 19% 21% Psychology 7% 8% 10% 9% 11% Criminal Justice 7% 10% 9% 9% 9% Biology 7% 4% 5% 5% 7% Education 7% 5% 5% 6% 6%
• SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY FACT BOOK 2019 TRANSFER ENROLLED BY FALL 2015 – 2019 TOP FEEDER COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
TRANSFER ENROLLED BY TOP FEEDER COLLEGES AND 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 UNIVERSITIES North Shore Community College 211 244 197 207 177 Bunker Hill Community College 67 62 44 47 43 Middlesex Community College 56 47 32 37 31 Northern Essex Community College 31 33 42 21 22 University Mass Boston 11 7 5 9 11 University Mass Lowell 14 10 4 11 11 Quincy College 9 10 8 7 9 University New Hampshire D 4 4 5 11 7 Bridgewater State University 9 7 13 9 6 Plymouth State University 5 Suffolk University 4 7 4 5 5 University Mass Dartmouth 12 6 3 1 5 Mass Bay Community College 12 12 11 7 4 Merrimack College 4 4 5 3 4 New Hampshire College 5 7 7 3 4 University Mass Amherst 11 12 13 7 4 University Rhode Island 3 1 2 4 Westfield State University 5 10 9 8 4 Community C Air Force 3 2 3 Fitchburg State University 6 3 6 2 3 Franklin Pierce College 1 2 1 3 Holyoke Community College 3 3 5 3 Keene State College 3 1 2 2 3
Newbury College 8 2 3 University Maine Orono 1 2 3 4 3
# of Enrolling – Top Ten 519 555 406 408 356
% of Total Enrolled – Top Ten 67% 74% 65% 69% 70%
Total Count of Feeder Colleges 141 149 132 101 109
Top 10 based on number of admitted, enrolled students. Colleges and universities that sent the same numbers of students are counted at the same rank which is why the top 10 may include more than 10 colleges and universities.
SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY FACT BOOK 2019 • GRADUATE ADMISSIONS FALL 2015 – 2019
GRADUATE ADMISSIONS 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Applied 689 677 687 719 672 Accepted 558 538 563 644 606 Enrolled 405 358 353 400 360
Accept Rate 81% 79% 82% 90% 90% Yield 73% 67% 63% 62% 59%
Applied Accepted Enroll ed 800
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• SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY FACT BOOK 2019 GRADUATE STUDENTS ENROLLED BY FALL 2015 – 2019 GENDER AND RACE/ETHNICITY
GRADUATE STUDENTS ENROLLED BY GENDER 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 AND RACE/ETHNICITY Total 405 358 353 400 360
Female 307 278 262 318 288 Male 98 80 91 82 72 % Female 75.8% 77.7% 74.2% 79.5% 80.0%
Non-Resident Alien 13 20 15 14 14 Hispanic/Latino 32 29 34 40 33 American Indian 1 1 0 0 1 Black or African American 17 20 17 21 18 White 303 260 267 306 269 Asian 4 7 6 5 5 Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 Two or more races 8 5 4 4 9 Unknown 27 16 10 10 11 % Non-White* 16.8% 18.8% 18.3% 18.4% 19.4%
% Non-White excludes Non-Resident Alien students and students with unknown race/ethnicity.
SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY FACT BOOK 2019 • GRADUATE STUDENTS ENROLLED BY PROGRAM FALL 2015 – 2019
GRADUATE STUDENTS 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ENROLLED BY PROGRAM Social Work – MSW 107 108 83 91 90
Business – MBA 10 14 12 12 12
Higher Education in Student Affairs – MED 21 20 28 23 29 Elementary Education – MED 14 6 10 13 14 Early Childhood Education – MED 7 14 8 6 13 Special Education – MED 15 16 13 19 7 Library Media Studies – MED 5 5 2 2 6 Reading – MED 6 4 7 6 3 School Counseling – MED 15 6 12 23 Physical Education – MED 1 2 1 Secondary Education – MED 2
English as a Second Language – MAT 8 6 9 9 5 English – MAT 1 1 3 History – MAT 6 2 4 2 2 Physical Education – MAT 2 2 Mathematics – MAT 3 1 3 5 1 Spanish – MAT 2 3 3 2 1 English – MA/MAT 1 1 1 Art – MAT 5 4 8
Counseling and Psychological Services – MS 23 20 20 22 15 Nursing – MSN 22 22 26 17 19 Occupational Therapy – BS/MS 19 28 18 14 16
History – MA 5 7 7 6 4 English – MA 5 4 8 4 6
Geo-Information Science – MS 7 4 1 5 5 Industrial/Organizational Psychology – MS 12 17 11 6 12 Behavior Analysis – MS 5 5 3 2 3 Criminal Justice – MS 3 5 3 1 3 Mathematics – MS 2 1 3 3 2 Accounting – MS 2 8
CAGS – Education 12 66 60 Certificates 62 33 47 38 18
• SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY FACT BOOK 2019