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Clemson acceptance rate

Clemson University · Clemson, South Carolina · Public · 23,300 undergraduates

38.3%
accepted, fall 2024
61,517
applications
23,586
offers of admission
4,880
enrolled (21% of those admitted)

Getting in has become much harder. In fall 2014 Clemson admitted 52% of applicants; in fall 2024, 38%. Applications more than doubled between 2014 and 2024, reaching 61,517. Only about 10 in 100 four-year colleges admit a smaller share of applicants.

Acceptance rate since 2001

0%20%40%60%80%2001200320052007200920112013201520172019202120242001 52%2002 52%2003 61%2004 69%2005 69%2006 55%2007 55%2008 50%2009 58%2010 63%2011 58%2012 63%2013 58%2014 52%2015 51%2016 51%2017 47%2018 47%2019 51%2020 62%2021 49%2022 43%2023 38%2024 38%
Share of first-time, first-year applicants offered admission, by fall term.
Show the numbers by year
FallAppliedAdmittedRateEnrolled
202461,51723,58638.3%4,880
202360,12222,87938.1%4,494
202252,81922,70443.0%4,588
202147,00723,13849.2%4,593
202028,60017,71561.9%4,199
201929,07014,90051.3%3,932
201828,84513,61347.2%3,792
201726,24212,38047.2%3,650
201623,50611,88150.5%3,684
201522,39611,48351.3%3,447
201420,75610,69451.5%3,475
201318,50010,70657.9%3,463
201217,07210,80363.3%2,935
201116,8659,72457.7%3,016
201016,28210,22462.8%3,383
200914,5048,35557.6%2,982
200814,2557,15450.2%2,762
200712,7846,99054.7%2,866
200612,7846,99054.7%2,813
200510,6207,28768.6%3,033
200410,6207,28768.6%3,019
200311,4196,94560.8%2,769
200211,3155,86451.8%2,471
200111,4325,97652.3%2,544

Applications and offers

020k40k60k80k20012004200720102013201620192024AppliedAdmitted2001 Applied: 11k Admitted: 6k2002 Applied: 11k Admitted: 6k2003 Applied: 11k Admitted: 7k2004 Applied: 11k Admitted: 7k2005 Applied: 11k Admitted: 7k2006 Applied: 13k Admitted: 7k2007 Applied: 13k Admitted: 7k2008 Applied: 14k Admitted: 7k2009 Applied: 15k Admitted: 8k2010 Applied: 16k Admitted: 10k2011 Applied: 17k Admitted: 10k2012 Applied: 17k Admitted: 11k2013 Applied: 19k Admitted: 11k2014 Applied: 21k Admitted: 11k2015 Applied: 22k Admitted: 11k2016 Applied: 24k Admitted: 12k2017 Applied: 26k Admitted: 12k2018 Applied: 29k Admitted: 14k2019 Applied: 29k Admitted: 15k2020 Applied: 29k Admitted: 18k2021 Applied: 47k Admitted: 23k2022 Applied: 53k Admitted: 23k2023 Applied: 60k Admitted: 23k2024 Applied: 62k Admitted: 24k
First-year applications received and offers made, by fall term.

Acceptance rate for women and men

Fall 2024AppliedAdmittedRate
Women36,76114,57339.6%
Men23,7378,57236.1%

SAT, ACT and test policy

Test scores in admission
Considered if submitted (test-optional)
SAT reading and writing
620 to 700 (middle 50% of enrolled students)
SAT math
620 to 710
ACT composite
28 to 32

Colleges similar to Clemson

The six public four-year colleges closest to Clemson in acceptance rate and undergraduate enrollment.

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
Binghamton University
Vestal, NY		39%14,655$20,907$89,136
UC Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA		33%23,113$16,807$82,568
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Knoxville, TN		42%30,418$18,314$65,090
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA		31%21,996$18,832$96,304
North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Raleigh, NC		42%27,371$16,486$77,810
Auburn
Auburn, AL		46%26,816$25,424$73,273

Admissions counts are first-time, first-year applicants reported by Clemson to IPEDS for each fall term (2001 to 2024), read from the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Test score ranges and policy come from the College Scorecard. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · Clemson on College Scorecard