Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina
- Public
- Suburb
- 23,300 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 38%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $22,032per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 87%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $79,06410 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Clemson University students enrolled in the Cooperative Education Program do not pay tuition while on rotation with their company.
Source: Cooperative Education Program: Students - Clemson's Career Center
Clemson University has kept in-state undergraduate tuition frozen for seven consecutive years.
Source: Clemson Board approves in-state tuition freeze for seventh ...
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 38%About 4 in 10 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1240–1410Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 28–32Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
Where you'd stand
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Sources: College Scorecard. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $22,032full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $35,250sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $15,854Source: College Scorecard
- Tuition, out-of-state
- $42,378Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 87%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 93%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $79,06410 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $19,500federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 23,300Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 18%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 17%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC — admits 60%
- University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA — admits 58%
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA — admits 60%
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA — admits 55%
Also worth a look
- University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC — admits 60%
- Binghamton University Vestal, NY — admits 39%
- California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA — admits 31%
- Auburn University Auburn, AL — admits 46%
- The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN — admits 42%
- University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA — admits 33%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Clemson University, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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