Student Outcomes

Salisbury University has a reputation for excellence in public higher education. Since 1925, we have prepared students to make a difference in the lives of others across our state and the nation. Here you’ll receive a thoughtful education that will help you explore your passions, sharpen your talents and expand your vision for the future. It’s an education that works – our graduates go out into the world ready to pursue meaningful careers and build their lives with a spirit of engagement.

Spotlight on Recent SU Accolades

In college guidebooks and surveys, SU remains highly ranked for the value it provides students and families, its academic offerings, and its “green” campus. Here are a few of the national publications that have lauded SU:

U.S. News and World Report: Top Public Schools, Best Value Schools
The Princeton Review: Best Colleges, Green Colleges, Best College Libraries
Forbes: Top Colleges, Best Value Colleges
Washington Monthly: Best Bang for the Buck Colleges
Money: America’s Best Colleges
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance: Best Public College Values

Destinations of Graduates

The University, along with its Career Services and Alumni Engagement offices, surveys students and recent graduates, learning valuable data about their satisfaction and successes. This is just a snapshot of outcomes for Salisbury Sea Gulls:

Employment Success Locally and Nationally

Salisbury University graduates benefit from a network of over 56,000 alumni worldwide, as well as the lifelong support of the SU Alumni Association and SU Career Services. SU students go on to be teachers in our classrooms, nurses in our hospitals, civil servants and corporate leaders, and entrepreneurs creating jobs in our communities. We produce continuous learners who will be an integral part of our society and communities in the 21st century.

91% - Of students are satisfied with their ability to experience intellectual growth

$50,000 - Is the median salary of recent graduates (75th percentile for workers over age 25 with a bachelor’s degree)

70 - Student winners of prestigious fellowships and scholarship in the past five years

34% - Indicated that they had enrolled in additional formal education following their graduation from SU

90% - Of soon-to-be graduates that had accepted a job offer prior to graduation were satisfied with the job they accepted

79% - Of those seeking employment or graduate school enrollment had accepted an offer prior to graduation

92% - Of those seeking employment were employed full- or part-time within one year after graduation

78% - Felt SU prepared them for their current job

Just a Few of Our Accolades

In guidebooks and surveys, SU consistently ranks among the nation’s best for quality and value.

U.S. News and World Report's Best Colleges
The Princeton Review's Best Colleges

SU is ranked in The Princeton Review’s The Best 388 Colleges: 2023 Edition for the 24th consecutive year (August 2022). SU also is included among The Best Northeastern Colleges. SU also has been named one of Princeton Review’s Green Colleges, an honor SU has earned each year since it was first offered in 2010. In 2022, SU's Guerrieri Academic Commons was named one of the Top 25 Best College Libraries in the nation, according to The Princeton Review’s rankings.
Forbes's Top Colleges and Best Values

SU is ranked among Forbes magazine’s America’s Top Colleges for 2022 for the 9th year (August 2022 edition). Forbes also lists SU as one of America's Best Value Colleges, calling the campus one “for those looking for an excellent return on one of the most important investments of their lives” (April 2019).
Money's America's Best Colleges
Washington Monthly's 'Best Bang for the Buck' Colleges
Kiplinger's Best Values
Chronicle's Top Producers of Fulbright Students

For the fifth consecutive year, SU was named among the nation’s top producers of Fulbright Students for 2021-22 by the U.S. Department of State. SU also was a top producer of Fulbright Scholars. Top-producing campuses were highlighted in The Chronicle of Higher Education. Dozens of SU students have won national and international fellowships in recent years. Learn more about their successes.

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Alumni In The News

It’s a Friday afternoon in May. Rise Up Coffee Roasters founder Tim Cureton pulls up to their newest location in Cambridge, MD, with his son and father. It was Grandparents Day at his son’s school, and as usual, Tim has a busy schedule, but he always makes time for his Alma Mater. Family is everything to Tim. Like most, he has many families: he has his family who are relatives, he has his “work/specialty coffee” family, and he has his Salisbury University family.