unitid 237783 · Salem, WV · private for-profit 4-year · rural (distant)
Salem University
- enrollment 2023
- 1,450
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private for-profit 4-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
892
70th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
Pell share
75%
undergrads on Pell grants
87th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
completion
20%
finish within 150% time
13th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$18,650
3rd pctl among private for-profit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$12,303
after aid, aided students
4th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$34,642
after entry, Title IV students
23rd pctl among private for-profit 4-years
median grad debt
$24,694
68th pctl among private for-profit 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 $9,886 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private for-profit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k42%
- 30-48k22%
- 48-75k14%
- 75-110k12%
- 110k+10%
- Median family income
- $19,775
- First-generation students
- 54%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $11,900
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 1.4× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 58 | $60,529 | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 50 | $44,199 | $31,000 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 27 | $39,466 | — |
| Educational Administration and Supervision. | 24 | — | — |
| Educational Administration and Supervision. | 19 | — | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 12 | — | $37,874 |
| Biology, General. | 11 | — | — |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 10 | $42,215 | $30,949 |
| Curriculum and Instruction. | 9 | $69,475 | — |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 8 | $47,103 | — |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 6 | — | $27,037 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 6 | — | — |
— 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.