Salem College Historical Acceptance Rate

Historical Acceptance Rates

Salem College's overall acceptance rate has remained consistently high in recent years, maintaining an 87% acceptance rate for both the application years 2023 and 2022, with 1,951 applicants in 2023 and 1,159 in 2022. Prior to these years, the rate was 90% for 2021 from a smaller pool of 479 applicants, and it decreased to 85% in 2020 with 872 applicants. Notably, the acceptance rate has seen a significant increase from just 39% in 2018, highlighting a trend of growing applicant acceptance in the years following that peak. The stability in acceptance rates suggests that Salem College continues to attract and enroll a substantial number of students despite fluctuating applicant numbers.