Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach National
Location Clemson, SC
Population 250,000
Map of the United States

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 3.0%

Racial/Ethnic

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

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences 470 40% / 60% 1% $61,641 53 96%
Agricultural Business and Management 28 89% / 11% 0% $76,017 80 98%
Agricultural Economics 29 52% / 48% 0% $76,017 80 98%
Animal and Veterinary Sciences 127 17% / 83% 2% $57,612 42 93%
Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations 2 100% / 0% 0% $52,031 26
Aquaculture 36 56% / 44% 0% $42,233 7 94%
Food Science 78 19% / 81% 0% $54,575 33 98%
Forest Management/Forest Resources Management 30 90% / 10% 0% $54,659 33 100%
Horticultural Science 17 47% / 53% 0% $46,910 14 96%
Soil Sciences 9 44% / 56% 0% $52,018 26
Natural Resources/Conservation 53 34% / 66% 0% $54,759 34 96%
Packaging Science 61 56% / 44% 2% $92,341 92 100%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Architecture, Art and Construction 348 45% / 55% 1% $65,699 63 97%
Architecture 113 40% / 60% 1% $66,832 65 98%
Fine Arts 10 10% / 90% 0% $18,478 1 90%
Fine/Studio Arts 11 +1 18% / 82% 0% $18,478 1 90%
Industrial Design 100 25% / 75% 1% $59,523 48 95%
Landscape Architecture 22 55% / 45% 0% $64,800 61 100%
Visual and Performing Arts 18 56% / 44% 0% $46,128 12 100%
Construction Science and Management 74 81% / 19% 0% $90,747 91
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Arts & Humanities 258 36% / 64% 3% $58,839 46 95%
African American Studies 3 33% / 67% 0% $57,761 43
English 54 +10 20% / 80% 0% $49,074 18 95%
Foreign Languages 42 26% / 74% 2% $71,419 74 90%
Foreign Languages 19 +2 26% / 74% 0% $41,788 7 87%
History 51 +22 75% / 25% 0% $52,122 26 97%
Philosophy 10 +1 30% / 70% 0% $51,769 25 90%
Religion/Religious Studies 5 +1 80% / 20% 0% $52,081 26
Rhetoric and Composition 64 22% / 78% 9% $73,070 76 99%
Spanish $71,276 73 100%
Women's Studies 1 +1 0% / 100% 0% $55,916 37
Film Studies 9 56% / 44% 0% $43,896 9
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences 1,270 22% / 78% 0% $63,317 58 96%
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences 97 14% / 86% 0% $70,038 71 98%
Medical/Health Humanities 30 10% / 90% 0% $70,241 72
Nursing 244 7% / 93% 0% $78,789 82 97%
Pre-Pharmacy Studies 5 0% / 100% 0% $120,274 99
Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management 139 45% / 55% 0% $48,984 18 92%
Anthropology 20 35% / 65% 0% $50,607 22
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services $55,148 35 96%
Political Science 146 +3 40% / 60% 1% $77,096 81 96%
Psychology 318 +2 13% / 87% 0% $55,970 37 97%
Sociology 110 +3 19% / 81% 0% $53,807 31 90%
Sports Communication 35 60% / 40% 3% $71,969 75 100%
Criminology 126 +4 26% / 74% 0% $50,578 22 100%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences 1,248 74% / 26% 1% $99,479 95 96%
Biomedical Engineering 100 37% / 63% 0% $88,018 90 97%
Chemical Engineering 64 61% / 39% 0% $102,058 96 100%
Civil Engineering 165 76% / 24% 0% $91,938 92 93%
Computer Engineering 55 87% / 13% 0% $101,463 96 96%
Electrical Engineering 91 88% / 12% 2% $98,058 95 95%
Engineering 4 100% / 0% 0%
Environmental Engineering 26 27% / 73% 0% $80,820 84 100%
Industrial Engineering 144 67% / 33% 1% $99,632 96 100%
Materials Engineering 24 62% / 38% 0% $85,049 87 94%
Mechanical Engineering 273 82% / 18% 1% $91,328 92 97%
Computer Science 255 85% / 15% 2% $119,958 99 93%
Information Science/Studies 30 80% / 20% 0% $106,068 97 96%
Agricultural and Biological Engineering 17 53% / 47% 0% $91,294 92 100%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Science 599 29% / 71% 0% $67,814 67 94%
Chemistry 25 32% / 68% 0% $67,919 67 100%
Geosciences 7 29% / 71% 0% $62,893 57
Mathematics 48 +7 56% / 44% 0% $87,605 89 95%
Physics 19 74% / 26% 0% $75,215 79
Biochemistry 70 41% / 59% 1% $55,654 36 84%
Biology 335 24% / 76% 0% $68,102 68 96%
Microbiology 50 14% / 86% 0% $80,513 84 96%
Animal Genetics 45 +1 13% / 87% 0% $46,957 14 90%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Eugene T. Moore School of Education 245 11% / 89% 0% $48,747 17 97%
Agricultural Teacher Education 7 43% / 57% 0% $47,555 15 96%
Early Childhood Education 52 0% / 100% 0% $49,485 19 97%
Education 16 25% / 75% 0% $49,328 18
Elementary Education 93 6% / 94% 1% $49,485 19 97%
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching 14 21% / 79% 0% $49,485 19 97%
Mathematics Teacher Education 1 100% / 0% 0% $47,555 15 96%
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education $47,555 15 96%
Secondary Education and Teaching 36 22% / 78% 0% $49,485 19 97%
Special Education 26 12% / 88% 0% $43,228 8 94%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business 1,699 55% / 45% 1% $78,775 82 97%
Accounting 176 +4 53% / 47% 1% $79,808 83 97%
Business Administration 507 +2 61% / 39% 1% $74,756 78 97%
Economics 173 +3 70% / 30% 1% $69,775 71 95%
Finance 379 +3 73% / 27% 1% $88,065 90 97%
Marketing 464 28% / 72% 0% $78,544 82 99%

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 78th

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/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Business & Economics 29.9% 1,838 54% / 46% 1% $76,523 80 97%
Engineering 15.4% 946 72% / 28% 1% $93,874 93 97%
Humanities & Social Sciences 15.2% 931 27% / 73% 1% $60,357 50 95%
Life & Natural Sciences 7.4% 455 25% / 75% 0% $67,551 67 94%
Agriculture & Food Science 6.8% 418 36% / 64% 0% $57,659 42 95%
Health Sciences 6.1% 376 9% / 91% 0% $76,401 80 97%
Computer Science 4.6% 285 85% / 15% 2% $118,496 99 93%
Arts 4.6% 283 35% / 65% 1% $58,457 45 97%
Professional 4.3% 261 49% / 51% 0% $71,728 74 100%
Education 4.0% 245 11% / 89% 0% $48,748 17 97%
Physical Sciences & Math 1.6% 99 52% / 48% 0% $78,509 82 96%

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.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 42%
Yield (Unbound) 21%
Early Action Oct 15
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 42% 42% 42%

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

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 55%
SAT Range 1240 – 1410
SAT Math Range 620 – 710
SAT RW Range 620 – 700