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#34 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#142 Best Value Schools
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#34 Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects
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#54 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate
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#68 Accounting
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#35 Civil
At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate
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#19 Industrial / Manufacturing
At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate
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#42 Best Colleges for Veterans
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#17 Most Innovative Schools
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#348 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#27 Top Public Schools
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#27 First-Year Experiences
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#15 Learning Communities
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#14 Co-ops/Internships
Clemson University is ranked #70 in National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
58
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
114
Graduation and retention rank
64
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
82%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
93%
Social Mobility Rank
348
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
71%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
85%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
82%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
1
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.4
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
95
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
70
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
90.8%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
87%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
54.5%
Classes with 50 or more students
14%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
16:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
65
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
27-32
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
56%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
140
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
26
Average alumni giving rate
23.5%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
