Enrollment Trends at Clemson

The student population at Clemson University is 28,466 (22,566 undergraduate and 5,900 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 7,698 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Clemson is 79.27% which is increased by 6,004 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,694 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.10 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

2,208 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 172.93% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 24,310 where 28,466 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

79.27% of total students is undergraduate students and 20.73% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 6,004 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,694 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.10 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in Clemson.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Clemson University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	20,768	16,562	8,919	7,643	4,206	2,286	1,920
2013-14	21,303 535	16,931 369	9,156 237	7,775 132	4,372 166	2,418 132	1,954 34
2014-15	21,857 554	17,260 329	9,229 73	8,031 256	4,597 225	2,468 50	2,129 175
2015-16	22,698 841	18,016 756	9,520 291	8,496 465	4,682 85	2,496 28	2,186 57
2016-17	23,406 708	18,599 583	9,725 205	8,874 378	4,807 125	2,481 -15	2,326 140
2017-18	24,387 981	19,402 803	9,988 263	9,414 540	4,985 178	2,518 37	2,467 141
2018-19	24,951 564	19,669 267	10,041 53	9,628 214	5,282 297	2,648 130	2,634 167
2019-20	25,822 871	20,195 526	10,173 132	10,022 394	5,627 345	2,792 144	2,835 201
2020-21	26,406 584	20,868 673	10,555 382	10,313 291	5,538 -89	2,643 -149	2,895 60
2021-22	27,341 935	21,653 785	10,560 5	11,093 780	5,688 150	2,664 21	3,024 129
2022-23	28,466 1,125	22,566 913	10,717 157	11,849 756	5,900 212	2,837 173	3,063 39
Average	24,310	19,247	9,871	9,376	5,062	2,568	2,494

Clemson University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 19,247 where 22,566 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Clemson University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	16,562	15,643	8,338	7,305	919	581	338
2013-14	16,931	16,050	8,590	7,460	881	566	315
2014-15	17,260	16,572	8,819	7,753	688	410	278
2015-16	18,016	17,238	9,058	8,180	778	462	316
2016-17	18,599	17,883	9,311	8,572	716	414	302
2017-18	19,402	18,642	9,544	9,098	760	444	316
2018-19	19,669	18,971	9,627	9,344	698	414	284
2019-20	20,195	19,486	9,751	9,735	709	422	287
2020-21	20,868	20,021	10,006	10,015	847	549	298
2021-22	21,653	20,847	10,060	10,787	806	500	306
2022-23	22,566	21,741	10,236	11,505	825	481	344
Average	19,247	19,247	9,395	9,069	19,247	477	308

Clemson University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 5,062 where 5,900 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Clemson University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,206	2,770	1,653	1,117	1,436	633	803
2013-14	4,372	2,913	1,750	1,163	1,459	668	791
2014-15	4,597	2,890	1,716	1,174	1,707	752	955
2015-16	4,682	2,887	1,697	1,190	1,795	799	996
2016-17	4,807	2,891	1,643	1,248	1,916	838	1,078
2017-18	4,985	2,849	1,624	1,225	2,136	894	1,242
2018-19	5,282	2,969	1,713	1,256	2,313	935	1,378
2019-20	5,627	3,129	1,806	1,323	2,498	986	1,512
2020-21	5,538	2,949	1,650	1,299	2,589	993	1,596
2021-22	5,688	3,082	1,685	1,397	2,606	979	1,627
2022-23	5,900	3,293	1,867	1,426	2,607	970	1,637
Average	5,062	5,062	1,709	1,256	5,062	859	1,238

Clemson University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 73.19%. The percentage was 78.09% 10 years ago and Clemson still has a high percentage of white students. 2.63% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.72% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Clemson University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	33	377	1,272	504	20	16,218	374
2013-14	31	353	1,270	522	17	16,324	418
2014-15	41	389	1,347	593	14	16,876	465
2015-16	35	470	1,419	687	14	17,627	534
2016-17	41	526	1,535	770	10	18,204	585
2017-18	46	531	1,540	873	8	19,136	638
2018-19	50	598	1,576	1,114	10	19,260	759
2019-20	53	620	1,564	1,303	14	19,640	888
2020-21	50	666	1,609	1,452	19	20,196	950
2021-22	56	690	1,609	1,789	29	20,487	992
2022-23	61	748	1,629	2,000	31	20,834	1,007
Average	45	543	1,488	1,055	17	18,618	692

Clemson University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,208 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 8% of total students. The number of online students has increased 172.93% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Clemson University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	21,857	809	3,157	17,891
2015-16	22,698	864	3,721	18,113
2016-17	23,406	896	3,752	18,758
2017-18	24,387	1,145	4,518	18,724
2018-19	24,951	1,386	4,940	18,625
2019-20	25,822	1,622	5,801	18,399
2020-21	26,406	3,018	19,513	3,875
2021-22	27,341	2,166	11,161	14,014
2022-23	28,466	2,208	10,406	15,852
Average	25,037	1,568	7,441	16,028

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