Student Success

At Salem State, doing all that we can to help ensure our students earn their degree is job one. We’re committed to meeting students where they are, affirming their goals and passions and fully supporting them in their quest to grow and challenge themselves.

Creating Pathways to Graduation

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students at commencement

Creating Pathways to Graduation

The campaign's Case for Support highlights our investment in student success strategies: from internships to collaborative international experiences to success coaches and cohorts. 

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$25 million / Student Success

Our experience has shown that students who feel a sense of community are more likely to succeed academically. These funds help develop spaces and programs where students can focus on intellectual exploration, collaboration and skills development. 

Degree Completion

  • Success coaches and peer-to-peer mentoring
  • Food and housing insecurities
  • Emerging Scholars and other cohort learning models

Career and Life Readiness

  • Internships
  • Cultural immersion and study abroad programs
  • Centers: Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Civic Engagement and Entrepreneurship

Building a Network of Support

See Our Success

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

Adam Silvia ’20
Adam Silvia ’20

"My Tanglewood internship was an amazing experience where I was constantly meeting new people, learning new things and making connections that I still draw on today.”

Facts

  • 38%

    of students identified as having low food security

  • 20%

    more students persist to graduation with a success coach

  • 1,047

    students received an internship scholarship since 2012

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Advancement, Alumni Association and Foundation

978.542.7591
Tax Identification number (EIN): 04-2620632
331 Lafayette Street, 2nd floor
Salem, Mass. 01970
Mailing Address:
352 Lafayette St.
Salem, MA 01970
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