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

Fall college guidebooks and surveys are out, and Salisbury University 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 recently have lauded SU:

Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine’s 2019 “Best Public College Values”
Money magazine’s 2020 “America's Best Colleges”
The Princeton Review’s 2021 “Best 386 Colleges,” “Best Northeastern Colleges,” Top 20 College and University Libraries in the U.S. and “Green Colleges"

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

SU is ranked among U.S. News and World Report’s Best Colleges for the 24th consecutive year (September 2020). SU is among the Best Regional Universities in the North and also is included on lists for Top Public Schools, Best Value Schools, Best Colleges for Veterans and A-plus Schools for B Students.
The Princeton Review's Best Colleges

SU is ranked in The Princeton Review’s The Best 386 Colleges: 2021 Edition for the 22nd consecutive year (August 2020). SU also is included among The Best Northeastern Colleges. For 11 consecutive years, SU also has been one of Princeton Review’s Green Colleges. In 2020, SU's Guerrieri Academic Commons was named one of the Top 20 Best College Libraries in the nation, according to The Princeton Review’s rankings.
Kiplinger's Best Values
Washington Monthly's Best-Bang-For-The-Buck Colleges
Forbes's Top Colleges and Best Values

SU is ranked among Forbes magazine’s America’s Top Colleges for 2019 for the 6th consecutive year (August 2019 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
Chronicle's Top Producers of Fulbright Students

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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.