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Common Data Set 2024-2025

Clemson University

SC · Public · ~23,400 undergraduates

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Acceptance rate · 2024-2025
38.3%

Clemson University's admit rate has fallen 11.8 percentage points across the 5 reported years on file.

SAT · 50th
1320
Range 1250–1400
6-yr grad
86.6%
Retention 93.5%
Undergrads
23,401
16:1 student-faculty
Drawn directly from Clemson University's officially-published 2024-2025 Common Data Set. View source →
Clemson University Admission

At a glance

The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.

Admit rate38.3% SAT (50th)1,320 ACT (50th)31 Undergraduates23,401 6-yr graduation86.6% Retention93.5% Tuition (FT)$39,350 Student–faculty ratio16:1

Recent years

Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.

YearAdmit rateEnrolled6-yr gradRetentionSAT (50th)
2024-202538.3%4,88086.6%93.5%1,320
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Schools also worth looking at

Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.

Where Clemson University applicants also apply
University of South Carolina (Columbia)SC · 60.1% admit · SAT 1270 · 30,187 UG University of GeorgiaGA · 34.2% admit · SAT 1330 · 32,824 UG Auburn UniversityAL · 45.9% admit · SAT 1320 · 27,907 UG University of North Carolina at Chapel HillNC · 15.3% admit · SAT 1470 · 21,075 UG Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityVA · 54.6% admit · SAT 1364 · 31,536 UG University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleTN · 43.6% admit · SAT 1330 · 32,041 UG University of AlabamaAL · 71.2% admit · SAT 1210 · 35,621 UG
Statistically similar — worth a look
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoCA · 30.0% admit · SAT 1330 · 22,313 UG North Carolina State University at RaleighNC · 41.3% admit · SAT 1360 · 28,422 UG Syracuse UniversityNY · 41.7% admit · SAT 1340 · 15,739 UG Binghamton UniversityNY · 37.3% admit · SAT 1410 · 14,559 UG CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeNY · 47.5% admit · SAT 1280 · 16,496 UG

What the data says about Clemson University

Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.

01

Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 30 percentage points.

Clemson University's 86.6% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 30.3 pp.

02

Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.

The schools Clemson University applicants most commonly also apply to range from 15.3% admit to 71.2% admit — a 55.8 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.

Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →

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Methodology

The Common Data Set is a standardized reporting form U.S. colleges file annually — sections A through J covering admissions selectivity, enrollment, aid, faculty resources, and outcomes. CollegeNumbers extracts every value directly from each school's officially published CDS PDF, xlsx, docx, or HTML, then normalizes into a unified schema.

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