Student Population at Clemson University

2023 Student PopulationUndergraduateGraduate
28,46622,5665,900
For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 28,466 students have enrolled in Clemson University with 22,566 undergraduate and 5,900 graduate students.
By gender, 13,554 male and 14,912 female students are attending the school.
It has relatively fewer students compared to similar colleges (33,713 students in average - public Research University (very high research activity)).
2,208 students are enrolled exclusively, and 10,406 students are enrolled in some online courses.
You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.
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Student Population by Gender

Clemson University has a total of 28,466 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 22,566 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 5,900 students joined graduate programs.
By gender, 13,554 male and 14,912 female students (the male-female ratio is 48:52) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.
Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total28,46622,5665,900
Men13,55410,7172,837
Women14,91211,8493,063

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 20,834 White, 1,629 Black, and 748 Asian students out of a total of 28,466 are attending at Clemson University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American612437
Asian748364384
Black1,629696933
Hispanic2,0009511,049
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders311912
White20,8349,69911,135
Two or more races1,007473534
Race Unknown502244258
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American542232
Asian662317345
Black1,223535688
Hispanic1,773860913
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders241410
White17,3858,2629,123
Two or more races887423464
Race Unknown384192192
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American725
Asian864739
Black406161245
Hispanic22791136
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders752
White3,4491,4372,012
Two or more races1205070
Race Unknown1185266

Student Age Distribution

By age, Clemson has 106 students under 18 years old and 20 students over 65 years old. There are 23,767 students under 25 years old, and 4,699 students over 25 years old out of 28,466 total students.
In undergraduate programs, 106 students are younger than 18 and 6 students are older than 65. Clemson has 22,003 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 563 students aged 25 and over.
It has 1,764 graduate students aged under 25 and 4,136 students aged 25 and over.
Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 181068422
18-199,0695,2753,794
20-2110,0895,3534,736
22-244,5031,7982,705
25-292,2421,0181,224
30-341,001491510
35-39539289250
40-49634424210
50-6426317192
Over 6520911
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 181068422
18-199,0695,2753,794
20-219,9775,2974,680
22-242,8511,0001,851
25-29366115251
30-341003268
35-39391326
40-49341915
50-6418117
Over 65633
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Clemson University, 2,208 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 10,406 students are enrolled in some online courses.
1,347 students lived in South Carolina or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 861 students live in other State or outside of the United States.
Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students28,4662,20810,406
Undergraduate22,5661869,593
Graduate5,9002,022813
Online Student Population by Locality
South Carolina ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students1,3478610
Undergraduate168180
Graduate1,1798430

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 22,566 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,621 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 7.18%.1,577 students have transferred in as full-time status and 44 students transferred in as part-time status.
Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time20,164
Transfer-in Full-time1,577
Regular Part-time781
Transfer-in Part-time44
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