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Salem Community College

Carneys Point, New Jersey · Large suburb

10%
Transfer rate: $10,816
Avg net price: 40%
Grad / completion: $38,020
Median earnings

Salem Community College is a public associate-granting institution in Carneys Point, New Jersey (large suburb setting), enrolling 910 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicSmall · 910 undergradsLarge suburbNJCAA Division IIICold wintersNear the coast

About Carneys Point, New Jersey

Carneys Point Township is a township in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 24 miles to Philadelphia, PA
To the ocean: 1 mile
Nearest airport: 7 miles to Wilmington (ILG)

How Salem Community College compares

Graduation rate40%

Higher than 26% · #70 of 89 in New Jersey

First-year retention66%

Higher than 35%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$38,020

Higher than 60% · #39 of 68 in New Jersey

Average net price$10,816

Cheaper than 67% · #23 cheapest of 83 in New Jersey

Median debt at graduation$9,500

Lower than 57%

Student–faculty ratio17 : 1

Lower than 44%

Undergraduate enrollment910

Larger than 72%

Percentiles compare Salem Community College with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in New Jersey.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women57263%
Men33837%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White41%
Black30%
Hispanic15%
Asian1.8%
Other or multiracial12%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 910
Student–faculty ratio: 17 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 40%
First-generation students: 50%
Students over 25: 34%
Median family income: $25,077
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $60,471
Endowment: $3,303,667

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Where students come from

Home state of the 256 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From New Jersey79%
Other U.S. states18%
International2.3%

Most first-years stay in state — Salem Community College draws overwhelmingly from New Jersey.

2% came from outside the U.S. Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Cost

In-state tuition: $6,360
Out-of-state tuition: $10,260
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $2,000
Total cost of attendance: $17,857
Average net price: $10,816

Outcomes

Graduated: 40%
First-year retention: 66%
Transferred to another college: 10%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $32,880
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $38,020
Median debt at graduation: $9,500
Students with federal loans: 12%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 34%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

40%

Low-income (Pell)

32%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free
Athletics: NJCAA Division III
Varsity athletes: 94 (52 men · 42 women)

Varsity sports (3)

Baseball35

Softball30

Basketball29

Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.

Campus safety

Safety grade: A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students: 0.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024): 0
Property offenses (2022–2024): 0

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$9,845

$30–48k

$8,997

$48–75k

$11,702

$75–110k

$14,568

$110k+

$16,712

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

of first-years get a grant from the school

$2,277

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 2% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,277. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 188 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $38,020
Typical debt at graduation: $9,500
Debt vs. one year's pay: 25%
Out-earn a HS grad: 45%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.5 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$35,349

Men

$43,029

Men out-earn women by $7,680 (22%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 84°F
Winter low: 24°F
Annual rain: 50.3″
Annual snow: 12″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Wilmington Porter Rsch, DE US station (6.4 mi from campus).

What Salem Community College graduates study — and earn

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssoc.

59 grads$74k 1 yr— 5 yr$25k debt

59$74,062—$25,395 Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCert.

49 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr$14k debt

49——$13,925 Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssoc.

30 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

30———Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssoc.

18 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

18———Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssoc.

16 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

16———Precision Production, OtherAssoc.

14 grads$30k 1 yr— 5 yr$12k debt

14$29,500—$12,375 Biology, GeneralAssoc.

8 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

8———Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessAssoc.

8 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

8———Psychology, GeneralAssoc.

8 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

8———Fine and Studio ArtsAssoc.

7 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

7———Education, GeneralAssoc.

6 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

6———Agriculture, GeneralAssoc.

5 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

5———

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.