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Payoff, meaning ten years of that pay minus four years of cost: $502,636 ahead with aid, $453,456 ahead at full price.","Highest median earnings four years after the degree, by program: Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing ($95,550); Computer and Information Sciences, General ($92,380); Chemistry ($81,266).","Economic mobility (Opportunity Insights): 7% of students came from families in the bottom fifth of income, and 27% of those reached the top fifth as adults.","High schools that publish a numbered matriculation list and name Salem State University: 3, 3 enrolled students between them \u2014 ranked by graduates per class year, most often Friends School of Baltimore (1.0 per class year, 1 over 1 class year, Class of 2026); Berwick Academy (0.2 per class year, 1 over 5 class years, past five graduating classes (2021 \u2013 2025)); Vermont Academy (0.2 per class year, 1 over 6 class years, Matriculation List (2021-2026)). Each figure is the number that school printed divided by the class years its own list covers; the totals and years are shown. These are the schools that publish such a list, not every school that sends students; full list: https://highschoolreach.com/leaderboards/feeder-schools/salem-state-university.","High schools that publish a numbered list of college acceptances naming Salem State University: 1, 1 admissions between them \u2014 ranked by admissions per class year, most often Archbishop Mitty High School (1.0 per class year, 1 over 1 class year, Class of 2025). Admits are counted at each college, so this counts admissions, not students. These are a different set of documents from the matriculation lists above and the two are never added together; full list: https://highschoolreach.com/leaderboards/feeder-schools/salem-state-university.","Machine-readable version of this page: https://highschoolreach.com/colleges/salem-state-university.json"],"caveats":["Admit rate, SAT/ACT bands and applicant counts are IPEDS (federal); admit rates by major are the college system's own reporting (UC Information Center; CSU Chancellor's Office).","UC admits to the campus, not the major, at most programs; a UC admit rate by major is a guide to selectivity, not a rule.","'transfer_only' majors at a CSU had no first-year row reported: freshmen enter as a pre-major and apply into the program later.","net_price_with_aid is the average for aid recipients; full_price is the cost of attendance. 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