Kent State University at Salem (Kent State Salem) is a
satellite campus
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in
Salem Township and
Salem, Ohio
Salem is the largest city in Columbiana County, Ohio, with a small district in southern Mahoning County. At the 2020 census, the city's population was 11,915. It is the principal city of the Salem micropolitan area in Northeast Ohio. It is 18 m ...
. Kent State Salem offers
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* Bachelor's degree, or baccalaureate, an undergraduate academic degree
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and
associate degree
An associate degree is an undergraduate degree awarded after a course of post-secondary study lasting two to three years. It is a level of qualification above a high school diploma, GED, or matriculation, and below a bachelor's degree.
The fi ...
programs and is administered with
Kent State University at East Liverpool as Kent State University's Columbiana County Campuses.
As of 2021, enrollment at Kent State Salem was 957 with total enrollment for the Columbiana Campuses at over 1,400. Kent State Salem occupies two buildings, the City Center and the Main Building. The City Center is located in downtown Salem on the former site of
Salem High School, while the Main Building is located on the campus in Salem Township, just south of the Salem city limits. In August 2011, the Health and Sciences wing was completed. The wing consists of additional centralized classrooms, labs, lecture hall and centralized faculty offices for nursing and radiology.
History
Kent State Salem was established in 1962 as an outreach program housed at
Salem High School. In 1966 it was relocated to an office building on South Broadway Street before it was moved to the permanent campus site in 1971.
Academics
Like other Kent State regional campuses, students at Kent State Salem can begin coursework for any of the undergraduate majors available at Kent State. Combined with Kent State East Liverpool, more than 20 degrees are offered, including 12 bachelor's degrees.
[ Tuition is also lower than at the main campus in Kent for in-state, lower division classes. Out-of-state tuition for residents in select counties in West Virginia and Pennsylvania was reduced in the spring of 2010. Residents must reside in either Brooke, Hancock or Ohio counties in West Virginia, or, Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Crawford, Erie, Lawrence or Mercer county in Western Pennsylvania.][ Numbers use concurrent enrollment]
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