Enrollment Trends at Clemson

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 26,130 where 29,077 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

80.48% of total students is undergraduate students and 19.52% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 5,385 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 994 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.17 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Clemson than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Clemson University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	22,698	18,016	9,520	8,496	4,682	2,496	2,186
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
2023-24	28,747 281	22,875 309	10,753 36	12,122 273	5,872 -28	2,767 -70	3,105 42
2024-25	29,077 330	23,401 526	10,707 -46	12,694 572	5,676 -196	2,723 -44	2,953 -152
Average	26,130	20,724	10,274	10,451	5,406	2,657	2,749

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 20,724 where 23,401 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Clemson University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	22,875	22,144	10,327	11,817	731	426	305
2024-25	23,401	22,656	10,307	12,349	745	400	345
Average	20,724	20,724	9,823	10,140	20,724	451	310

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 5,406 where 5,676 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Clemson University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	5,872	3,479	1,891	1,588	2,393	876	1,517
2024-25	5,676	3,394	1,787	1,607	2,282	936	1,346
Average	5,406	5,406	1,736	1,356	5,406	921	1,393

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 72.25%. The percentage was 77.66% 10 years ago and Clemson still has a high percentage of white students. 2.74% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.28% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 7.77% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 77.66% to 72.25%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.07% to 2.74%. Black student enrollment decreased from 6.25% to 5.28%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.03% to 7.77%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4671 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3911 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Clemson University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	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
2023-24	57	728	1,624	2,166	27	20,750	1,036
2024-25	64	796	1,535	2,260	23	21,007	1,061
Average	51	637	1,564	1,441	19	19,714	845