Kent State University at Salem
Salem, Ohio
- Two-year college
- Public
- Rural
- 1,164 students
What you can study
Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.
Agriculture and horticulture
- Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,375
- Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $37,113
- Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesBachelor's degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,512
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's degree · 0 finishedGraduates here earned $35,879 a year after finishingNationally: $44,159
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesBachelor's degree · 0 finishedGraduates here earned $38,183 a year after finishingNationally: $38,488
Computers and IT
- Computer ProgrammingAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,248
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 0 finishedGraduates here earned $44,207 a year after finishingNationally: $46,417
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementBachelor's degree · 1 finishedGraduates here earned $50,402 a year after finishingNationally: $69,677
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 22 finishedGraduates here earned $58,951 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsBachelor's degree · 23 finishedGraduates here earned $67,842 a year after finishingNationally: $69,634
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 2 finishedGraduates here earned $37,454 a year after finishingNationally: $33,067
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,452
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesBachelor's degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,300
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 2 finishedGraduates here earned $41,744 a year after finishingNationally: $34,369
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsBachelor's degree · 0 finishedGraduates here earned $38,743 a year after finishingNationally: $43,365
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's degree · 0 finishedGraduates here earned $74,293 a year after finishingNationally: $84,093
Other programs (6)
- Business/Commerce, GeneralCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $54,610
- Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 1 finishedGraduates here earned $41,080 a year afterNationally: $40,381
- ForestryAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $39,285
- Human Services, GeneralAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $32,008
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 55 finishedGraduates here earned $41,006 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- Security Science and TechnologyAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $39,731
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $11,097per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $16,812sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $7,716Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 34%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 34%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $45,5026 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $51,17810 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $23,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 25%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 2%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
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Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Kent State University at Salem, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.
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