Which Salem College major has the lowest debt?

Education graduates leave with a median of $26,407 in federal loans, the lowest among 2 Salem College bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Salem College cost?

Tuition and fees are $33,848 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $18,277 a year.

How many Salem College programs report graduate pay?

2 bachelor's programs at Salem College report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Salem College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit college
Winston-Salem, NC
423 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

Salem College has two bachelor's programs that report what graduates earn. Business Administration pays more in the first year ($43,299) than Education ($36,646).

Tuition and fees$33,848Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$18,277Per year

Graduation rate57%Within 6 years

Admission rate77%Of applicants

Both bachelor's programs

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in North Carolina" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across North Carolina.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in North Carolina
Business AdministrationAbout 13 graduates a year	$43,299	$53,575	$27,000	20th of 37
EducationAbout 4 graduates a year	$36,646	$46,531	$26,407	1st of 2

Program names link to the program's own page, and North Carolina ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five North Carolina programs in the field do too.

2 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Common questions

Business Administration graduates earn a median of $43,299 in their first year, the most of 2 Salem College bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of North Carolina rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels