unitid 199999 · Winston-Salem, NC · public 4-year · city (large)
Winston-Salem State University
- enrollment 2023
- 5,512
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
78%
41st pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
4,170
44th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
65%
undergrads on Pell grants
95th pctl among public 4-years
completion
47%
finish within 150% time
51st pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$23,147
54th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$13,479
after aid, aided students
55th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$45,344
after entry, Title IV students
35th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$25,000
91st 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 $11,463 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
- 0-30k48%
- 30-48k24%
- 48-75k14%
- 75-110k9%
- 110k+6%
- Median family income
- $28,552
- First-generation students
- 35%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $6,126
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 1.8× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 158 | $89,276 | $24,082 |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services. | 82 | $45,411 | $30,500 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 76 | $44,551 | $26,000 |
| Psychology, General. | 65 | $40,888 | $27,375 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 64 | $46,119 | $28,805 |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions. | 54 | — | $25,361 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 53 | $35,537 | $28,524 |
| Social Work. | 47 | $45,131 | $28,537 |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions. | 45 | $66,872 | — |
| Biology, General. | 43 | $46,686 | $27,446 |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 42 | $35,446 | $27,096 |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions. | 42 | $39,811 | $28,000 |
— 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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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
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.