Salem University Business Programs

Salem University is a private for-profit institution situated in Salem, West Virginia. The rural area surrounding the school is great for students who prefer living in a country setting.

Where Is Salem University?

Contact details for Salem are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	223 W Main St, Salem, WV 26426
Phone:	304-326-1109
Website:	www.salemu.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/pages/Salem-International-University/34432636986?ref=hl

How Do I Get Into Salem?

You can apply to Salem online at: https://www.salemu.edu/apply-now/

Salem University has an open admissions policy, so you don't have to worry about getting into the school if you have a high school diploma or its equivalent.

Can I Afford Salem University?

The overall average net price of Salem is $21,390. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Salem, approximately 66% of students took out student loans averaging $6,939 a year. That adds up to $27,756 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Salem is 13.1%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.

Salem University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 809 undergraduate students at Salem, with 709 being full-time and 100 being part-time.

There are also 199 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 709 full-time undergraduates at Salem, 45% are male and 55% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Salem University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	3
Black or African American	147
Hispanic or Latino	49
White	294
International Students	109
Other Races/Ethnicities	107

Geographic Diversity

West Virginia students aren't the only ones who study at Salem University. At this time, 28 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Online Learning at Salem University

In 2019-2020, 1,008 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Salem has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 3rd most popular in West Virginia for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of Salem

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Salem University was 11.8%. This is the #653 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Salem regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Salem University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	35	91	53	179
TOTAL	35	91	53	179

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.