Our Graduates Are Ready For Tomorrow

Salisbury University sets success in motion. You can make tomorrow yours here – and own it – in a way that will propel you forward in your life, community and career – across Maryland and beyond. Study where your opportunities are endless, your cost is affordable and your return on investment will pay back a lifetime of possibilities.

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, Best Online Master’s in Nursing, Best Online M.B.A.
The Princeton Review: Best Colleges, Green Colleges (Top 30), Best College Libraries (Top 20)
Forbes: Top Colleges
Washington Monthly: Best Bang for the Buck Colleges
Money: America’s Best Colleges
The Wall Street Journal and College Pulse: Best Colleges in the U.S.
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance: Best Public College Values
Military Times: Best for Vets: 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.

$53,509 - Is the average salary of recent graduates

100+ - Student winners of prestigious fellowships and scholarship in the past decade

27% - Indicated that they had enrolled in additional formal education following their graduation from SU

86% - Of soon-to-be graduates that had accepted a job offer prior to graduation were satisfied with the job they accepted

99% - Of those seeking employment were employed full- or part-time within one year after graduation

70% - 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 27th consecutive year (September 2023). SU is among the Best Regional Universities in the North and also is included on lists for Top Public Schools, Best Value Schools, and Best Colleges for Veterans. Two of SU's online graduate programs also are ranked: Best Online Master’s in Nursing and Best Online M.B.A.
The Princeton Review's Best Colleges

SU is ranked in The Princeton Review’s The Best 390 Colleges: 2025 Edition for the 26th consecutive year (August 2024). SU also is among the nation’s top 15% of four-year colleges and The Best Mid-Atlantic Colleges. In 2024, SU ranked 29th in The Princeton Review’s Guide to Green Colleges, and the Guerrieri Academic Commons was named one of the Top 20 Best College Libraries in the nation, according to The Princeton Review’s rankings.
Forbes's Top Colleges and Best Values
Money's America's Best Colleges
Washington Monthly's 'Best Bang for the Buck' Colleges
The Wall Street Journal and College Pulse's Best Colleges in the U.S.
Kiplinger's Best Values
Chronicle's Top Producers of Fulbright Students

The Chronicle of Higher Education and U.S. Department of State recently highlighted Salisbury University among the nation’s top producers of Fulbright Students for the sixth consecutive year. 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.