Salem State University is harder to get into (96% vs open admission admitted), and students with aid paid less there on average (in-state): $12,921 vs $16,530 a year.
Highlighted = the better number: lower price or debt, higher rate or pay.
Sticker price per year (in-state at public colleges)
$22,974
$26,037
Average paid after grants (in-state at public colleges)
$16,530
$12,921
Average paid from out of state, estimated
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$20,330
What in-state families with aid paid, by income
Measure
Quincy College
Salem State University
Under $30,000
$14,793
$8,474
$30,000–$48,000
$16,217
$10,094
$48,000–$75,000
$16,867
$10,214
$75,000–$110,000
$18,950
$12,912
Over $110,000
$18,169
$22,319
After you start
Measure
Quincy College
Salem State University
Undergrads
2,300
4,291
Graduate within 6 years
17%
55%
Come back for year two
60%
75%
Median earnings 10 years after starting
$55,527
$62,762
Median debt at graduation
$15,500
$22,250
Highlighted only when the gap is at least 5%. "Average paid" is what students who got federal aid paid per year after grants, not a price quote; at public colleges the income rows are in-state students. The out-of-state estimate adds a public college's extra out-of-state tuition to its in-state average; out-of-state students usually get less aid, so many pay more. How we get our numbers