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Clemson University

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach National
Location Clemson, SC
Population 250,000
Website http://www.clemson.edu/
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Demographics

Total Undergraduates 22,778
Men / Women 46% / 54%
White 71%
Hispanic 8%
Black 6%
Asian 3%
Mixed 3%
International 1%
Native American 0%
From State 56%
From Region 8%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Business & Economics 31%
Humanities & Social Sciences 17%
Engineering 16%
Life & Natural Sciences 14%
Health Sciences 7%
Arts 4%
Computer Science 4%
Education 4%
Physical Sciences & Math 2%
Professional 2%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $15,554
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $40,866
Est. In-State Cost $20,121
Est. Out-of-State Cost $52,864
10-Year ROI $210,000
ROI Percentile 85th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 93%
4-Year Graduation Rate 68%
6-Year Graduation Rate 87%
Transfer-Out Rate 9%

Weather

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

Admissions

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

Research

Research Level R1
Expenditure
Engineering, Computing & Math $132M #50
Humanities & Social Sciences $15M #103
Life & Natural Sciences $108M #111
Graduate Degrees
Engineering, Computing & Math 145 #34
Life & Natural Sciences 93 #206
Humanities & Social Sciences 68 #216

Honors College

Name Honors College
Students 1,873 (8%)

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 55%
SAT Range 1270 – 1380
SAT Math Range 620 – 710
SAT RW Range 620 – 700
ACT Range 28 – 32

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).

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences 433 39% / 61% 1% $59,663 96%
Animal and Veterinary Sciences 112 — 15% / 85% 1% $55,310 38 93%
Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations 12 — 100% / 0% 0% $50,640 24 —
Aquaculture 31 — 39% / 61% 0% $40,546 6 94%
Food Science 83 — 13% / 87% 2% $52,394 29 98%
Forest Management/Forest Resources Management 16 — 88% / 12% 0% $52,490 30 100%
Horticultural Science 18 — 33% / 67% 0% $45,036 12 96%
Soil Sciences 9 — 44% / 56% 0% $50,223 23 —
Agricultural Business and Management 38 — 92% / 8% 0% $72,980 77 98%
Agricultural Economics 33 — 67% / 33% 0% $72,980 77 98%
Natural Resources/Conservation 31 — 32% / 68% 0% $52,586 30 96%
Packaging Science 50 — 50% / 50% 0% $90,243 92 100%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Architecture, Art and Construction 288 53% / 47% 0% $64,390 97%
Architecture 75 — 55% / 45% 0% $65,405 64 98%
Fine Arts 10 — 30% / 70% 0% $17,954 1 90%
Fine/Studio Arts 11 +1 9% / 91% 0% $17,954 1 90%
Industrial Design 75 — 24% / 76% 0% $57,835 45 95%
Landscape Architecture 25 — 64% / 36% 0% $63,416 60 100%
Visual and Performing Arts 20 — 40% / 60% 0% $44,820 11 100%
Construction Science and Management 72 — 92% / 8% 0% $89,479 91 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Arts & Humanities 256 35% / 65% 2% $57,291 95%
African American Studies 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $54,472 35 —
English 44 +9 20% / 80% 0% $47,644 17 95%
Foreign Languages 19 +1 42% / 58% 0% $40,554 6 87%
Foreign Languages 27 +1 37% / 63% 0% $69,311 71 90%
History 47 +38 64% / 36% 0% $50,184 23 97%
Philosophy 16 +3 31% / 69% 0% $50,063 23 90%
Religion/Religious Studies 6 +1 50% / 50% 0% $49,770 22 —
Rhetoric and Composition 77 +1 26% / 74% 8% $70,941 74 99%
Spanish 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $69,172 71 100%
Women's Studies 9 +1 0% / 100% 0% $51,209 26 —
Film Studies 8 — 50% / 50% 0% $44,228 10 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences 1,153 22% / 78% 0% $61,309 96%
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences 98 — 15% / 85% 0% $66,972 67 98%
Medical/Health Humanities 18 — 6% / 94% 0% $65,446 64 —
Nursing 255 — 7% / 93% 0% $75,340 80 97%
Pre-Pharmacy Studies 3 — 33% / 67% 0% $110,608 98 —
Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management 106 — 49% / 51% 0% $47,171 16 92%
Anthropology 13 — 8% / 92% 0% $48,745 19 —
Criminology 104 +2 34% / 66% 0% $49,130 20 100%
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $53,312 32 96%
Political Science 108 +7 36% / 64% 1% $74,888 80 96%
Psychology 327 +1 16% / 84% 1% $54,015 34 97%
Sociology 87 +1 17% / 83% 1% $52,266 29 90%
Sports Communication 32 +1 56% / 44% 0% $70,529 73 100%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences 1,118 77% / 23% 1% $95,212 96%
Agricultural and Biological Engineering 21 — 33% / 67% 5% $88,318 91 100%
Biomedical Engineering 134 — 45% / 55% 0% $85,149 89 97%
Chemical Engineering 51 — 63% / 37% 2% $98,731 96 100%
Civil Engineering 149 — 77% / 23% 0% $88,941 91 93%
Computer Engineering 53 — 91% / 9% 2% $98,155 95 96%
Electrical Engineering 70 — 91% / 9% 0% $94,861 94 95%
Environmental Engineering 27 — 44% / 56% 0% $78,185 83 100%
Industrial Engineering 161 — 80% / 20% 0% $96,384 95 100%
Materials Engineering 16 — 69% / 31% 6% $82,276 87 94%
Mechanical Engineering 227 — 90% / 10% 0% $88,351 91 97%
Computer Science 178 +1 86% / 14% 2% $117,091 99 93%
Information Science/Studies 31 — 90% / 10% 3% $103,533 97 96%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Science 593 33% / 67% 0% $65,690 94%
Chemistry 32 — 38% / 62% 0% $66,215 66 100%
Geosciences 8 — 50% / 50% 0% $60,427 53 —
Mathematics 37 +11 59% / 41% 3% $85,098 89 95%
Physics 15 — 93% / 7% 0% $73,355 78 —
Animal Genetics 42 — 7% / 93% 0% $45,452 12 90%
Biochemistry 64 — 33% / 67% 0% $53,870 34 84%
Biology 336 +1 31% / 69% 0% $65,919 65 96%
Microbiology 59 — 27% / 73% 2% $77,932 83 96%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Eugene T. Moore School of Education 226 18% / 82% 0% $45,963 96%
Agricultural Teacher Education 5 — 20% / 80% 0% $45,156 12 96%
Early Childhood Education 44 — 0% / 100% 0% $46,988 15 97%
Education 9 — 0% / 100% 0% $46,756 15 —
Elementary Education 66 — 12% / 88% 0% $46,988 15 97%
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching 7 — 0% / 100% 0% $46,988 15 97%
Mathematics Teacher Education 6 — 67% / 33% 0% $45,156 12 96%
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education 4 — 25% / 75% 0% $45,156 12 96%
Secondary Education and Teaching 51 — 45% / 55% 0% $46,988 15 97%
Special Education 34 — 9% / 91% 0% $41,047 7 94%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business 1,599 60% / 40% 1% $76,616 97%
Accounting 163 +4 56% / 44% 0% $77,473 82 97%
Business Administration 498 — 64% / 36% 0% $72,568 76 97%
Economics 152 +2 72% / 28% 2% $67,777 69 95%
Finance 380 — 78% / 22% 1% $85,488 89 97%
Marketing 406 — 34% / 66% 1% $76,246 81 98%

Rankings

Engineering

Farming with Numbers Biological & Agricultural Engineering
Growing Strong
Is It a Solid? Is It a Liquid? Yes. Materials Engineering
Composite Crew
WD-40 & Duct Tape Mechanical Engineering & Robotics
The Kinetic Energy Cartel

Physical Sciences & Math

Breaking Bad Chemistry
Agri-Chem & Geo

Life & Natural Sciences

Pre-Med Reject Waiting Room Biology
The Control Group
Better Eating Through Chemistry Food Science & Nutrition
Hot Pocket PhDs
Farmers, Cowboys, and Tree Huggers Plant & Agricultural Systems
Back 40

Business & Economics

Show Me the Bushels Agribusiness & Economics
Pork Belly Portfolios

Professional

The Hard Hat Caste Construction
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