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Salem State University

Salem State offers 33 undergraduate degree programs in the liberal arts, human services and business, along with graduate programs that provide degrees in 24 fields and a continuing education division that offers both credit and non-credit programs.

Salem, Massachusetts, United States Salem, Massachusetts, United States

https://www.salemstate.edu/

Company Information

Our Mission

Salem State's mission is to provide a high quality, student-centered education that prepares a diverse community of learners to contribute responsibly and creatively to a global society, and serve as a resource to advance the region's cultural, social and economic development.

Our Vision

Salem State University will be a premier teaching university that engages students in an inspiring transformational educational experience.

We put students first in all that we do and are committed to their success.
We are a community of learners where all faculty, staff and students have the opportunity to grow as individuals.
We are innovators, offering a unique brand of public higher education that inspires students to reach higher and achieve more.
We remain true to our heritage as a liberal arts university while we prepare students for today’s workforce.
We serve the communities of the North Shore while we create an ever more globally aware and culturally diverse campus environment.

At Salem State University, two fundamental commitments unite and motivate us in daily pursuit of our mission:

Academic excellence: Salem State cultivates an intellectually vibrant community led by a faculty dedicated to excellent teaching and enriched by students eager to learn and meet high standards of excellence.
Student success: The university puts students first in all that we do and are committed to fostering success in their studies, careers and life.

We hold the following core values as a public university whose foundation is the liberal arts tradition:

Access
Civic Engagement
Inclusion
Innovation
Scholarship
Stewardship
Well-roundedness

Company History

Salem State University, established in 1854 as Salem Normal School, is a comprehensive, publicly supported institution of higher learning located approximately 15 miles north of Boston and one mile from downtown Salem, and is one of the largest state universities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.