Salem State University Student Population

Population By Gender/Attending Status

For academic year 2022-2023, total 6,539 students enrolled into Salem State University. 5,078 enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,461 students enrolled in graduate programs. By attending status. there are 4,485 full-time and 2,054 part-time students. By gender, 2,050 male and 4,489 female students are attending at Salem State University. Next table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for Salem State University.

Gender Distribution
Attending Status

Student Population By Gender
Salem State University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	6,539	2,050	4,489
Undergraduate	5,078	1,746	3,332
Graduate	1,461	304	1,157

Student Population By Attending Status
Salem State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	6,539	4,485	2,054
Undergraduate	5,078	3,924	1,154
Graduate	1,461	561	900

Population by Race/Ethnicity

Next tables summarize the students population by race/ethnicity at Salem State University.

There are 3,833 White (58.62%), 535 Black/African American (8.18%), 1,333 Hispanic (20.39%), 212 Asian (3.24%), and 626 students with other races.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Salem State University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	6,539	2,050	4,489
American Indian/Native American	20	3	17
Asian	212	76	136
Black/African American	535	175	360
Hispanic	1,333	370	963
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	1	2
White	3,833	1,219	2,614
Two More	209	72	137
Un-Known	195	82	113

Undergraduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Salem State University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	5,078	1,746	3,332
American Indian/Native American	20	3	17
Asian	178	69	109
Black/African American	488	156	332
Hispanic	1,154	341	813
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0	2
White	2,767	1,002	1,765
Two More	173	62	111
Un-Known	151	72	79

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Salem State University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,461	304	1,157
American Indian/Native American	0	0	0
Asian	34	7	27
Black/African American	47	19	28
Hispanic	179	29	150
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	1	0
White	1,066	217	849
Two More	36	10	26
Un-Known	44	10	34

Online Student Population

Salem State University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for both undergraduate and graduate programs. 851 students (13.01% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 3,006 students (45.97% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. Next table summarizes the online student population for Salem State University.

Distance Learning Student Population at Salem State University
	Total	Enrolled Exclusively	Enrolled Some Courses	Not In Online Courses
Total	6,539	851	3,006	2,682
Undergraduate	5,078	415	2,582	2,081
Graduate	1,461	436	424	601

Population by Student Age

The following table summarizes the students population by age at Salem State University. 3,044 students are aged 20 to 24 (46.55% of total students), 1,434 students are aged below 20 (21.93%), 157 students are aged above 50 (2.40%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Salem State University.

Student Population By Age at Salem State University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	6,539	2,050	4,489
Under 18	260	88	172
Age 18-19	1,174	397	777
Age 20-21	1,581	467	1,114
Age 22-24	1,463	526	937
Age 25-29	920	278	642
Age 30-34	454	118	336
Age 35-39	240	72	168
Age 40-49	283	57	226
Age 50-64	142	38	104
Over 64	15	6	9
Age Un-Known	7	3	4

Undergraduate Student Population By Age at Salem State University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	5,078	1,746	3,332
Under 18	260	88	172
Age 18-19	1,174	397	777
Age 20-21	1,578	467	1,111
Age 22-24	1,241	484	757
Age 25-29	430	177	253
Age 30-34	188	63	125
Age 35-39	75	27	48
Age 40-49	87	27	60
Age 50-64	40	15	25
Over 64	1	0	1
Age Un-Known	4	1	3

Graduate Student Population By Age at Salem State University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,461	304	1,157
Age 20-21	3	0	3
Age 22-24	222	42	180
Age 25-29	490	101	389
Age 30-34	266	55	211
Age 35-39	165	45	120
Age 40-49	196	30	166
Age 50-64	102	23	79
Over 64	14	6	8
Age Un-Known	3	2	1

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