Clemson University

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach National
Population 250,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%)
Sunshine Hours 2,845 (80%)
Days Without Precipitation 255 (65%)

Honors College

Name Honors College
Students 1,873 (8%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 23,406
Men / Women 46% / 54%
From State 56%
From Region 8%
Athletes 564 (2.5%)

Racial/Ethnic

White 76%
Hispanic 9%
Black 5%
Mixed 4%
Asian 3%
International 1%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences 470 40% 84% 0% 3% 6% 1% $66,309 33 +0.15 56 95%
Agricultural Business and Management 28 — 89% 93% 0% 4% 4% 0% $73,600 42 -0.04 70 97% — — — —
Agricultural Economics 29 — 52% 97% 0% 0% 0% 0% $73,600 42 -0.04 70 97% — — — —
Animal and Veterinary Sciences 127 — 17% 77% 1% 6% 8% 2% $60,588 85 +0.63 41 95% — — — —
Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations 2 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $62,702 52 +0.11 46 — — — — —
Aquaculture 36 — 56% 86% 0% 3% 6% 0% $45,631 11 -0.99 8 93% — — — —
Food Science 78 — 19% 85% 0% 3% 6% 0% $66,908 61 +0.28 57 96% — — — —
Forest Management/Forest Resources Management 30 — 90% 90% 0% 0% 0% 0% $62,890 53 +0.13 47 100% — — — —
Horticultural Science 17 — 47% 65% 0% 6% 6% 0% $59,407 44 -0.19 37 95% — — — —
Soil Sciences 9 — 44% 67% 11% 11% 11% 0% $62,030 52 +0.05 44 — — — — —
Natural Resources/Conservation 53 — 34% 89% 0% 0% 8% 0% $49,806 11 -1.18 14 89% — — — —
Packaging Science 61 — 56% 89% 0% 3% 5% 2% $101,538 93 +1.06 94 96% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Architecture, Art and Construction 348 45% 78% 3% 6% 8% 1% $72,710 52 +0.24 69 98%
Architecture 113 — 40% 70% 4% 10% 12% 1% $69,936 59 +0.21 63 97% — — — —
Fine Arts 10 — 10% 90% 0% 10% 0% 0% $37,588 10 -0.99 3 87% — — — —
Industrial Design 100 — 25% 76% 4% 5% 10% 1% $69,904 83 +0.76 63 100% — — — —
Landscape Architecture 22 — 55% 68% 0% 14% 0% 0% $64,795 30 -0.38 52 100% — — — —
Visual Arts 11 +1 18% 64% 0% 0% 18% 0% $37,588 10 -0.99 3 87% — — — —
Visual and Performing Arts 18 — 56% 89% 0% 6% 6% 0% $58,891 98 +2.12 36 100% — — — —
Construction Science and Management 74 — 81% 93% 0% 0% 3% 0% $96,421 34 -0.36 91 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Arts & Humanities 258 36% 71% 1% 11% 7% 3% $63,212 20 +0.88 47 94%
African American Studies 3 — 33% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $60,840 59 +0.13 41 — — — — —
English 54 +10 20% 85% 4% 4% 4% 0% $55,456 69 +0.37 27 88% — — — —
Foreign Languages 19 +2 26% 42% 5% 32% 16% 0% $61,553 64 +0.31 43 96% — — — —
Foreign Languages 42 — 26% 55% 0% 7% 21% 2% $87,975 100 +2.67 86 96% — — — —
History 51 +22 75% 80% 0% 8% 0% 0% $52,792 36 -0.40 20 95% — — — —
Philosophy 10 +1 30% 70% 0% 30% 0% 0% $51,765 23 -0.73 18 90% — — — —
Religious Studies 5 +1 80% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $54,962 77 +0.51 25 — — — — —
Rhetoric and Composition 64 — 22% 72% 0% 8% 5% 9% $66,621 96 +1.73 56 98% — — — —
Spanish — — — — — — — — $87,161 100 +2.60 85 83% — — — —
Women's Studies 1 +1 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $59,513 69 +0.40 38 — — — — —
Film Studies 9 — 56% 67% 0% 11% 22% 0% $51,025 64 +0.29 16 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences 1,270 22% 76% 1% 8% 8% 0% $66,926 35 +0.01 57 96% 3.2%
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences 97 — 14% 88% 3% 4% 1% 0% $73,216 71 +0.33 69 99% — — — —
Medical/Health Humanities 30 — 10% 70% 0% 7% 17% 0% $72,497 68 +0.28 68 — — — — —
Nursing 244 — 7% 78% 3% 3% 8% 0% $80,121 5 -1.21 79 96% 3.2% — — —
Pre-Pharmacy Studies 5 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $100,392 35 -0.58 93 — — — — —
Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management 139 — 45% 82% 0% 8% 5% 0% $57,042 34 -0.32 31 94% — — — —
Anthropology 20 — 35% 75% 0% 10% 0% 0% $54,992 49 -0.17 25 — — — — —
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services — — — — — — — — $55,143 60 +0.22 26 96% — — — —
Political Science 146 +3 40% 73% 1% 9% 11% 1% $79,136 78 +0.51 78 95% — — — —
Psychology 318 +2 13% 74% 2% 7% 9% 0% $62,745 89 +1.17 46 95% — — — —
Sociology 110 +3 19% 65% 0% 18% 7% 0% $56,747 56 -0.01 30 97% — — — —
Sports Communication 35 — 60% 77% 0% 6% 11% 3% $71,964 83 +0.94 67 100% — — — —
Criminology 126 +4 26% 71% 2% 10% 13% 0% $50,575 6 -1.28 15 100% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences 1,248 74% 77% 6% 4% 8% 1% $101,041 95 -0.31 94 98% 4.0%
Agricultural and Biological Engineering 17 — 53% 88% 0% 0% 12% 0% $93,339 80 +0.26 89 100% — — — —
Biomedical Engineering 100 — 37% 76% 7% 3% 9% 0% $94,043 38 -0.40 90 99% — — — —
Chemical Engineering 64 — 61% 86% 6% 0% 5% 0% $103,457 44 -0.21 95 98% — — — —
Civil Engineering 165 — 76% 85% 1% 2% 8% 0% $90,414 38 -0.27 88 97% — — — —
Computer Engineering 55 — 87% 76% 5% 7% 2% 0% $103,913 23 -0.62 95 98% — — — —
Electrical Engineering 91 — 88% 70% 5% 7% 9% 2% $98,494 9 -0.88 92 99% 4.0% — — —
Engineering 4 — 100% 75% 0% 25% 0% 0% $100,612 64 +0.16 93 — — — — —
Environmental Engineering 26 — 27% 88% 0% 0% 12% 0% $88,567 73 +0.44 86 100% — — — —
Industrial Engineering 144 — 67% 79% 4% 3% 6% 1% $106,250 32 -0.48 96 99% — — — —
Materials Engineering 24 — 62% 71% 0% 12% 12% 0% $97,485 66 +0.34 92 94% — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 273 — 82% 81% 4% 1% 6% 1% $97,585 45 -0.20 92 98% — — — —
Computer Information Systems 30 — 80% 63% 20% 7% 10% 0% $125,175 91 +1.31 99 100% — — — —
Computer Science 255 — 85% 66% 11% 5% 10% 2% $110,395 36 -0.43 97 96% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Science 599 29% 73% 6% 6% 10% 0% $74,613 57 +0.64 72 96%
Chemistry 25 — 32% 72% 4% 16% 4% 0% $77,018 80 +0.52 75 95% — — — —
Geosciences 7 — 29% 86% 0% 0% 14% 0% $65,771 59 +0.06 54 — — — — —
Mathematics 48 +7 56% 85% 4% 2% 4% 0% $89,716 71 +0.16 87 98% — — — —
Physics 19 — 74% 79% 0% 0% 16% 0% $86,091 62 +0.18 84 — — — — —
Biochemistry 70 — 41% 67% 11% 4% 10% 1% $69,171 41 -0.21 62 97% — — — —
Biology 335 — 24% 73% 5% 7% 11% 0% $74,595 88 +0.95 72 97% — — — —
Microbiology 50 — 14% 66% 10% 2% 14% 0% $67,169 30 -0.42 58 94% — — — —
Animal Genetics 45 +1 13% 69% 11% 4% 9% 0% $70,569 96 +1.72 65 96% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Eugene T. Moore School of Education 245 11% 87% 1% 4% 3% 0% $51,729 1 -0.27 18 94%
Agricultural Teacher Education 7 — 43% 71% 0% 0% 0% 0% $60,879 58 +0.02 41 100% — — — —
Early Childhood Education 52 — 0% 87% 0% 2% 12% 0% $52,331 55 +0.01 19 94% — — — —
Education 16 — 25% 75% 6% 19% 0% 0% $53,640 45 -0.17 22 — — — — —
Elementary Education 93 — 6% 87% 1% 4% 1% 1% $52,331 55 +0.01 19 94% — — — —
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching 14 — 21% 79% 0% 7% 0% 0% $52,331 36 -0.32 19 94% — — — —
Mathematics Teacher Education 1 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $60,879 76 +0.30 41 100% — — — —
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education — — — — — — — — $60,879 76 +0.30 41 100% — — — —
Secondary Education and Teaching 36 — 22% 92% 0% 3% 0% 0% $52,331 36 -0.32 19 94% — — — —
Special Education 26 — 12% 92% 4% 4% 0% 0% $43,226 2 -1.91 6 94% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business 1,699 55% 80% 2% 3% 9% 1% $89,495 89 +0.32 87 96%
Accounting 176 +4 53% 80% 1% 2% 10% 1% $86,471 53 -0.04 85 99% — — — —
Business Administration 507 +2 61% 76% 2% 5% 10% 1% $78,063 66 +0.02 77 96% — — — —
Economics 173 +3 70% 80% 2% 2% 6% 1% $96,882 62 -0.04 91 95% — — — —
Finance 379 +3 73% 79% 2% 2% 10% 1% $98,364 56 -0.03 92 96% — — — —
Marketing 464 — 28% 86% 1% 2% 6% 0% $93,138 90 +1.21 89 96% — — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $16,341
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $43,476
Est. In-State Cost $21,139
Est. Out-of-State Cost $56,241
ROI Percentile 79th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 94%
4-Year Graduation Rate 68%
6-Year Graduation Rate 87%
Transfer-Out Rate 9%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Business & Economics 29.9% 1,838 54% 80% 2% 3% 8% 1% $87,041 65 +0.28 85 96% —
Engineering 15.7% 963 71% 80% 4% 3% 7% 1% $97,813 30 -0.32 92 98% 4.0%
Social Sciences 11.1% 682 25% 74% 1% 9% 9% 0% $64,527 72 +0.60 51 95% —
Life & Natural Sciences 7.4% 455 25% 71% 7% 6% 11% 0% $72,944 78 +0.62 69 96% —
Agriculture & Food Science 6.5% 401 36% 81% 2% 4% 6% 0% $63,609 63 +0.36 49 96% —
Health Sciences 6.1% 376 9% 80% 3% 4% 7% 0% $78,001 54 -0.68 76 97% 3.2%
Computer Science 4.6% 285 85% 66% 12% 6% 10% 2% $111,951 53 -0.24 97 96% —
Arts 4.6% 283 35% 73% 3% 8% 10% 1% $65,821 94 +0.40 54 98% —
Professional 4.3% 261 49% 81% 1% 6% 8% 0% $75,484 67 -0.47 73 99% —
Humanities 4.1% 249 35% 71% 1% 11% 7% 3% $63,653 87 +0.90 49 94% —
Education 4.0% 245 11% 87% 1% 4% 3% 0% $51,729 37 -0.27 18 94% —
Physical Sciences & Math 1.6% 99 52% 81% 3% 5% 7% 0% $84,121 62 +0.25 83 97% —

Research R1

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Engineering $119M #46 66% $10.6M 107 #33 566 41
Life & Natural Sciences $56.9M #82 46% $1.9M 29 #82 195 11
Agriculture & Food Science $33.3M #43 36% $2.0M 11 #46 160 40
Physical Sciences & Math $15.0M #150 68% $0.7M 45 #68 305 25
Humanities & Social Sciences $15.0M #132 67% $0.5M 32 #140 77 4
Computer Science $10.8M #81 54% $0.5M 12 #81 113 3
Education $9.3M #55 43% $0.3M 40 #87 — —
Health Sciences $5.5M #158 69% $0.0M 14 #117 44 6
Business & Economics $3.6M #121 3% $2.6M 7 #158 56 —
Total $268M #101 56% $19.2M 297 #77 1,516 130

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D1

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Football 137 $86.9M $81.1M $5.8M
Track & Field (combined) 111 $3.2M $3.2M $0
Baseball 40 $7.7M $7.7M $0
Soccer 34 $3.6M $3.6M $0
Basketball 17 $12.6M $12.6M $0
Tennis 12 $1.8M $1.8M $0
Golf 11 $1.1M $1.1M $0
Total 301 $117.0M $111.2M $5.8M
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 96 $3.8M $3.8M $0
Rowing 56 $3.3M $3.3M $0
Lacrosse 34 $3.3M $3.3M $0
Soccer 27 $2.8M $2.8M $0
Softball 23 $4.3M $4.3M $0
Volleyball 22 $3.0M $3.0M $0
Gymnastics 20 $4.0M $4.0M $0
Basketball 17 $6.6M $6.6M $0
Tennis 10 $1.9M $1.9M $0
Golf 9 $1.3M $1.3M $0
Total 263 $34.5M $34.5M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 207 $7.0M $7.0M $0
Football 137 $86.9M $81.1M $5.8M
Soccer 61 $6.4M $6.4M $0
Rowing 56 $3.3M $3.3M $0
Baseball 40 $7.7M $7.7M $0
Basketball 34 $19.2M $19.2M $0
Lacrosse 34 $3.3M $3.3M $0
Softball 23 $4.3M $4.3M $0
Tennis 22 $3.7M $3.7M $0
Volleyball 22 $3.0M $3.0M $0
Golf 20 $2.5M $2.5M $0
Gymnastics 20 $4.0M $4.0M $0
Total 564 $186.1M $186.1M $0

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 42%
Yield (non-ED) 18%
Early Action Oct 15
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 53% 40% 38%

Early Action and Restrictive Early Action applicants are reported at the regular-decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 57%
SAT Range 1250 – 1400
SAT Math Range 620 – 700
SAT RW Range 630 – 710