Salem Academy and College

Name

Salem Academy and College

Legal name

Salem Academy and College

Website

https://salemacademyandcollege.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1772

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Salem Academy and College is a private Winston-Salem, NC educational institution operating Salem Academy, an all-girls STEAM-focused college-prep boarding and day high school, and Salem College, the only U.S. college exclusively dedicated to women in health leadership.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Private Women's Education

NAICS

All Other Schools and Instruction (61169), Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Women’s Liberal Arts Colleges (EDAHACAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

STEM/STEAM-Focused Private K–12 Schools (EDAJABAM)

Keywords

• Women's college education
• STEAM education
• Boarding school programs
• College preparatory curriculum
• Health leadership programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Winston Salem

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Tuition and fees: Salem Academy and College generates revenue primarily through tuition paid by students and families for its boarding/day high school (Academy) and undergraduate college programs (College). As an educational institution, tuition represents recurring per-student recurring revenue.
2. Grant funding: Supplemental revenue from institutional grants supporting specific programs. NASA awarded nearly $750,000 to fund the three-year "Soar with Salem" program aimed at increasing women's participation in STEM fields.

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Core offering

Salem Academy and College operates a unified private educational institution with two academic divisions: Salem Academy, a STEAM-focused, all-girls boarding and day high school delivering a rigorous college preparatory curriculum, and Salem College, an undergraduate women's college focused on elevating women in health leadership. The institution also runs the NASA-funded three-year "Soar with Salem" program providing STEM mentorship and resources to high school and college students.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Salem Academy: A STEAM-focused, all-girls boarding and day high school offering a rigorous college preparatory curriculum.
• Salem College

Products and services

• Salem Academy Salem Academy is a STEAM-focused, all-girls boarding and day high school offering a rigorous college preparatory curriculum with individualized support and a nurturing community to educate the whole student. It is designed for high school-aged girls seeking gender-specific STEAM and college-prep education.
• Salem College Salem College is positioned as the nation's only college exclusively dedicated to elevating and expanding women in health leadership, providing undergraduate education and pathways to healthcare leadership careers for women.
• Soar with Salem Soar with Salem is a NASA-funded three-year program that provides STEM mentorship, support, and resources to high school and college students, with a focus on increasing women's participation in STEM fields and reducing the gender gap.

Quantifiable outcome

• Received nearly $750,000 in NASA grant funding for the three-year "Soar with Salem" STEM program
• +1 more outcomes

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Technology focussed No

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Direct peers

• Spelman College: A leading HBCU women's college with deep STEAM focus and a national reputation. Highly comparable as a single-sex institution emphasizing women in STEM and leadership, competing for similar student profiles and federal/private grant dollars.
• Simmons University: A private women's-focused university historically strong in health sciences, nursing, and social work. Comparable as a women-centered institution with explicit health-leadership programming and graduate-level health credentials.
• Barnard College: An elite women's liberal arts college affiliated with Columbia University. Comparable as a prestigious single-sex institution competing for the same high-achieving female applicant pool and offering strong pre-health and STEM tracks.
• Smith College: A prominent women's liberal arts college in Massachusetts with strong STEM and pre-health programming. Comparable as a residential women's college serving a similar demographic with rigorous college-preparatory academic positioning.
• Wellesley College: A top-ranked women's liberal arts college with strong STEAM and pre-health pipelines. Comparable as a single-sex institution competing for high-achieving women interested in STEM and health careers.
• Mount Holyoke College: A historic women's college in Massachusetts with a strong STEM focus and notable alumnae in science. Comparable as a long-established women's college emphasizing STEM and pre-health pathways.
• Bryn Mawr College: A women's liberal arts college near Philadelphia with strong pre-med and science traditions. Comparable as a single-sex institution serving similar undergraduate women pursuing STEM and health careers.
• Agnes Scott College: A women's college in Georgia with a STEAM-focused SUMMIT curriculum. Comparable as a smaller women's college emphasizing STEM and leadership for women, competing in a similar applicant segment.
• Miss Porter's School: A prestigious all-girls boarding preparatory school in Connecticut. Comparable as the high-school-level counterpart to Salem Academy — single-sex college-prep boarding school competing for similar families.
• Madeira School: An all-girls boarding and day school in Virginia with a STEAM-focused, experiential curriculum. Comparable to Salem Academy as a college-preparatory girls' boarding school with STEAM emphasis and similar applicant demographic.

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Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

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