Clemson University
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 7.8-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 213 Title IV programs, 75 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 138 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing75 · 35.2%
- No Data138 · 64.8%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Programmatic accreditations · 11
Action history · 15
- Nov 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Oct 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jul 2025Deferral of ActionAmerican Psychological Association, Commission on Accreditation · Professional Psychology (IPSY) - Predoctoral internship programs
- Apr 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jan 2024Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 4,371 students received $24.2M in Pell grants, alongside $118.7M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 3,651 borrowers who entered repayment, 24 (0.6%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Clemson
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 12
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus63
- Non-campus6
- Public property1
Includes 20 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
- Race2
- Sexual orientation1
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
- Bradley Hall1 fireElectricalDamage $0-$99
- Douthit Hills B1 fireOtherDamage $0-$99
Data quality: 8 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Clemson vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Clemson selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectClemson University | 87% | — | 29,077 | $22,253 | R1 Research |
| 79% | 60.2% | 38,532 | $22,811 | R1 Research | |
| 63% | 92.6% | 28,464 | $23,433 | R1 Research | |
| 96% | 16.8% | 26,409 | $21,565 | R1 Research | |
| 71% | 74.3% | 33,610 | $18,209 | R1 Research | |
| 91% | 15.3% | 32,438 | $11,655 | R1 Research | |
| Peer group median | 83% | 60.2% | 30,758 | $21,909 |
Institutions like Clemson
Explore the federal data for institutions in Clemson's comparison group.
- R1 ResearchSouth Carolina
University of South Carolina-Columbia
Grad rate79%Admit rate60.2%Enrollment38,532Net price$22,811View data - R1 ResearchVirginia
Virginia Commonwealth University
Grad rate63%Admit rate92.6%Enrollment28,464Net price$23,433View data - R1 ResearchVirginia
University of Virginia-Main Campus
Grad rate96%Admit rate16.8%Enrollment26,409Net price$21,565View data - R1 ResearchArkansas
University of Arkansas
Grad rate71%Admit rate74.3%Enrollment33,610Net price$18,209View data - R1 ResearchNorth Carolina
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Grad rate91%Admit rate15.3%Enrollment32,438Net price$11,655View data
Clemson Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
Institutional Effectiveness routinely reports university-specific data in regards to various accountability and assessment metrics, and participates in internal and national surveys to inform data-driven decision making.
Visit IR office page- Jeremy King, Ph.D.Associate Provost for Institutional Effectiveness
- Rob EssafDirector of Academic Accountability & Accreditation
- Radek OstrowskiDirector of Institutional Assessment
- Briana PeeleProject Manager
- Casey KornegayAuthorization and Accreditation Manager
- Janet LeeAcademic Program Planning, Accreditation, & Analytics Manager
- Ben Wiles, Ph.D.Chief Student Success & Empowerment Officer
- Abby Baker, Ph.D.QEP Director
- Arthur AlvarezQEP Associate Director
- Matt Chambers, Ph.D.Executive Director of Visual Analytics
- Scot WardlawDirector, Enterprise Data Architect
- Bart Swecker, Ph.D.Senior Institutional Analytics Manager
Common Data Set
Clemson's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Source publications
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