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Salem College

Salem College is a private women's liberal arts college in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Founded in 1772 as a primary school, it later became an academy and ultimately added the college. It is the oldest female educational establishment that is still a women's college and the oldest women's college in the United States.

Identifiers

OPEID6 Six-digit base OPE ID (without the two-digit branch suffix)
2960
OPEID Office of Postsecondary Education Identifier, used for federal financial aid program participation
296000
IPEDS UNITID Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System identifier assigned by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
199607
DAPIP ID Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs identifier from the U.S. Department of Education
134149

Location

Winston-Salem, NC, 27101

36.086271, -80.241297

Accreditation

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges

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