Clemson By The Numbers
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20,195Undergraduate Students
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5,627Graduate Students
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93.2%Freshman Retention Rate
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80+Majors
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90+Minors
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130+Graduate Degree Programs
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83.7%Six-Year Graduation Rate
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16:1Student-To-Faculty Ratio
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$106.3MAwarded in External Research Funding (2019)
Founded in
1889
Located in
Clemson,
South Carolina
President
James P. Clements
Clemson connections make the difference
Clemson students, faculty and staff are instantly plugged into a network of leaders and mentors in a variety of industries, all of whom are willing and interested in lending a hand to their fellow Tigers.
Outstanding Faculty
Mark Blenner, the McQueen-Quattlebaum Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has earned a $1.8 million Outstanding Investigator award from the National Institute of Health. The award will fund five years of research with his team of graduate and undergraduate students who are seeking to engineer better, more affordable pharmaceuticals. The work in his lab also extends to developing tests for COVID-19 antibodies.
Student Discovery
Two majors and one life-changing internship inspired senior Dylan Erikson to pursue a future in law and advocacy.
Alumni Impact
Vanessa Wyche ’87 leads NASA to new heights as the first African American deputy director of Johnson Space Center.
Where is Clemson?
Clemson University is situated on 1,400 acres in Upstate South Carolina, with one edge of campus resting on the waters of Lake Hartwell and the other deep in the Experimental Forest. Midway between Atlanta, Georgia, and Charlotte, North Carolina, Clemson offers students the convenience of a small town with easy access to the attractions found in major cities.
Clemson University's land-grant mission and forward vision
Achieving Thomas Green Clemson’s vision of “a high seminary of learning” to develop “the material resources of the State” for the people of South Carolina is the mission that binds together researchers, teachers and faculty members at Clemson every day. United in the pursuit of this vision, Clemson employees and strategic partners collaborate to move South Carolina’s people and industries forward.
