Salisbury University, located on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, is a regionally accredited, four-year comprehensive university offering 54 distinct undergraduate and graduate degree programs. We are 30 miles from the beaches and 2.5 hours from Washington, DC and Baltimore.

Salisbury University is a premier comprehensive Maryland public university, offering excellent, affordable education in undergraduate liberal arts, sciences, pre-professional and professional programs, including education, nursing, social work, and business, and a limited number of applied graduate programs.  Our highest purpose is to empower our students with the knowledge, skills, and core values that contribute to active citizenship, gainful employment, and life‑long learning in a democratic society and interdependent world. 

The University recruits exceptional and diverse faculty, staff, and undergraduate and graduate students from across Maryland, the United States, and around the world, supporting all members of the University community as they work together to achieve the institution’s goals and vision.  Believing that learning and service are vital components of civic life, Salisbury University actively contributes to the local Eastern Shore community and the educational, economic, cultural, and social needs of our State and nation.

42 Undergraduate Programs;13 Graduate Programs; 4 Post Baccalaureate Certificate Programs; 1 Post-Master Certificate Programs; Student/Faculty Ratio: 16.3:1; Total Headcount (Fall 2008) 7,868;Undergraduate Headcount 7,281; Graduate Headcount 587; Countries Represented: 62; States/Territories Represented: 32; Percent out-of state: 13.9%; Percent minority & nonresident alien: 18.0%; Percent female: 56.3%; Percent that are undergraduate: 92.5%; Percent full-time (undergraduates):  87.7% 

Rankings:  For the 13th consecutive year Salisbury University is ranked as a top 10 public comprehensive university in the North by U.S. News & World Report, "America's Best College's: 2009 Edition." SU's ranking in the 2009 edition is 7th.

For the 7th consecutive year SU is ranked as a top tier institution among both public and private universities in the North by U.S. News & World Report, "America's Best College's: 2009 Edition."  SU's top tier ranking in the 2009 edition is 35th.

For the 11th consecutive year SU is ranked by The Princeton Review as one of the nation's best institutions in "The Best 371 Colleges" in America (2010 Edition) and one of "The Best Northeastern Colleges, 2009."

At the end of the 2007-08 season, Salisbury University's Athletics Program was recognized as the 23rd best Division III program in the country by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), United States Sports Academy and USA TODAY. 

Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine has named Salisbury University one of its 2009 100 Best Values in Public Colleges. Out-of-state (residency) rank: 55th  In-state rank: 68th.   

As our student body grows, so too does our campus. In fall2008, we will be thrilled to open the new Teacher Education and Technology Center. This will be followed by the completion of SU's first parking garage in August 2009 and, soon after, thecampus will break ground on a new home for the Perdue School of Business. Once again, Salisbury was ranked this year among the topschools in the nation’s leading college guidebooks. This wouldnot be true were it not for our exceptional faculty, who continued this year to amass awards and recognition fromacross the state and the country.

Dr. Ernie Bond was named 2007 Maryland Professor of the Year by the CarnegieFoundation for the Advancement of Teaching—a first for anyuniversity on the Eastern Shore. And SU earned the University System of Maryland Regents’ Award for Excellencewas awarded to three professors, and one professor washonored with the USM Elkins Endowed Professorship.

Many SU students take advantage of studying abroad, but a growing trend at SU is to make spring break a travel and learning break—and they often make a global difference in the process. SU students with the Global Program Service Group assisted some 37 foster children in Cartago, Costa Rica. The University students planned activities and played with the children while also helping clean the foster home facility and assisting the youngsters with hygiene from nail clipping to hair cutting. The stakes were high for 13 nursing students who traveled to Tanzania, Africa, to teach HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention. Through the Global Service Corps Program they learned about the challenges faced by those who had already contracted the disease in one of the world’s five poorest countries. Students of SU’s London and the Lakes Honors course traveled to London and the English Lake District. There they followed in the footsteps of great writers, such asWilliam Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Thomas DeQuincey. Bringing the hands-on experience back to the classroom.