Financial Assistance

Salem State has a proud legacy of unlocking the doors of opportunity, and we’re increasing investment in student support where it’s needed most. Gifts to financial assistance enable students to earn their degree, take charge of their future and reap the benefits of a college education.

Female student in cap and gown smiling at Commencement

Removing Hurdles

The campaign's Case for Support highlights the programs, strategies and innovative approaches to financial assistance that benefit students at different stages of their academic career.

Read the Case for Support

$20 million / Financial Assistance

These funds help ensure we continue to make opportunities available and accessible for current and future students, especially those from under-resourced households and underrepresented communities for which an education may be less financially feasible.

Scholarships
Completion and Persistence Grants
Student Emergency Funds
Internship Scholarships

Supporting Financial Assistance

See "The Difference"

See why Salem State has been a beacon of hope and opportunity for nearly 170 years

Alyssa Giordano ’21

“I probably would have given up and not graduated if it wasn’t for my Viking Completion Grant.”

Rev. Arthur T. Gerald ’12H, campaign steering committee

“If I can help somebody as I travel on, then my living will not be in vain. And if we all live by that mandate, I believe the world will be a far better place for everyone.”