Clemson By The Numbers
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23,401Undergraduate Students
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5,676Graduate Students
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93.5%First-Year 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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86.6%Six-Year Graduation Rate
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16:1Student-To-Faculty Ratio
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$237.3MAwarded in External Research Funding (FY2024)
Founded in
1889
Located in
Clemson,
South Carolina
President
James P. Clements
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 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.
Providing Health Care in Her Own State
“There are developing parts of the world right here in Oconee County and in South Carolina.”
Caitlin Kickham ’11, ’13, M ’19,Associate Director of Clinical Operations, Clemson Rural Health
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.
