unitid 163851 · Salisbury, MD · public 4-year · suburb (small)
Salisbury University
- enrollment 2023
- 7,736
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
87%
60th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
6,057
57th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
26%
undergrads on Pell grants
30th pctl among public 4-years
completion
68%
finish within 150% time
87th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$28,310
82nd pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$17,743
after aid, aided students
82nd pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$61,515
after entry, Title IV students
76th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$21,000
63rd pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $6,743 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k18%
- 30-48k11%
- 48-75k16%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $69,454
- First-generation students
- 29%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $11,084
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.9× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Work. | 171 | $63,877 | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 140 | $55,101 | $22,804 |
| Psychology, General. | 131 | $52,655 | $22,625 |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 125 | $54,349 | $22,250 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 114 | $62,669 | $25,000 |
| Social Work. | 102 | $56,449 | $23,552 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 94 | $74,902 | $23,450 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 93 | $79,207 | $24,297 |
| Marketing. | 89 | $67,383 | $21,842 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 65 | $50,005 | $25,000 |
| Biology, General. | 64 | $58,765 | $23,250 |
| Information Science/Studies. | 58 | $85,326 | $23,250 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.