Graduate Programs at Clemson University

Graduate School Overview

Clemson University (referred to as Clemson) is a Public, 4 years school located in Clemson, SC.

The school is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (1/1/1927 - Current).

Clemson Directory Information
School Name	Clemson University (Clemson)
Address	201 Sikes Hall, Clemson, SC 29634
Phone	864-656-4636
Web	https://www.clemson.edu
Online Application	https://www.clemson.edu/admissions/undergraduate/index.html
Financial Info	https://www.clemson.edu/finaid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of Clemson is $12,646 for South Carolina residents and $24,798 for out-of-state students. The school has 5,900 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 28,466 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 277 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, and Doctorate (Research). Among them, 17 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$24,798 $12,646 for South Carolina Residents
Student Population	5,900
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, and Doctorate (Research)
Number of Programs	277 graduate programs (17 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	16 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Clemson is $12,646 for South Carolina residents and $24,798 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $743 for South Carolina residents and $1,488 for out-of-state students.

Clemson offers the alternative tuition plans.

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
South Carolina Residents	$12,646
Out-of-State	$24,798
Tuition per Credit Hour
South Carolina Residents	$743
Out-of-State	$1,488

Clemson offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers, on-campus daycare for students' children are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	17 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army, Air Force) Study abroad Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers On-campus daycare for students' children

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Clemson University is $12,646 for South Carolina residents and $24,798 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 3.71% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	South Carolina Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$9,386	$1,216	$19,776	$1,216
2019-2020	$10,600	$1,196	$22,050	$1,196
2020-2021	$10,600	$1,196	$22,050	$1,196
2021-2022	$10,600	$1,196	$22,050	$1,196
2022-2023	$10,858	$1,346	$22,566	$1,346
2023-2024	$11,220	$1,426	$23,372	$1,426

The graduate school tuition & fees of Clemson is average compared to public graduate schools in South Carolina. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the South Carolina graduate tuition is $25,895 (public) / $15,156 (private).

The following table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Clemson University	$12,646	$24,798
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
South Carolina Graduate Schools	$13,505	$20,143
Public	$13,303	$25,895
Private	$15,156

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $18,348 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Clemson.

On-campus living costs are increased by 3.06% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $18,348. Off-campus living costs are increased by 3.06% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$10,832	$3,672	$10,832	$3,672
2019-2020	$11,414	$4,054	$11,414	$4,054
2020-2021	$11,850	$4,284	$11,850	$4,284
2021-2022	$12,234	$5,124	$12,234	$5,124
2022-2023	$12,350	$5,454	$12,350	$5,454
2023-2024	$12,872	$5,476	$12,872	$5,476

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $770 for South Carolina residents and $1,543 for other students at Clemson University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 3.70% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	South Carolina Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$638	$1,295
2019-2020	$724	$1,451
2020-2021	$724	$1,451
2021-2022	$724	$1,451
2022-2023	$743	$1,488
2023-2024	$770	$1,543

Graduate Programs at Clemson

Clemson University offers 176 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 2,136 students have completed their study at Clemson University.

Offered Degrees at Clemson University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	82	4	1,713
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	54	1	244
Post Bachelor's Degree	30	10	118
Post Master's Degree	10	1	61
Total	176	16	2,136

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Clemson University by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (other) program with 48 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Business Administration and Management program with 219 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering program with 14 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Clemson University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (other)	✕	48	-
Engineering (other)	✕	32	-
Medical Scientist	✕	26	-
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services (other)	✔	25	-
Architecture	✔	10	-

Popular Master's Programs at Clemson University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business Administration and Management	✕	219	$71,000
Education	✕	130	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	127	$38,500
Accounting	✕	87	$59,400
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	85	$46,400

Popular Doctorate Programs at Clemson University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	14	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	13	-
Civil Engineering	✕	13	-
Mathematics	✕	13	-
Chemistry	✕	12	-

Clemson University offers 176 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 2,136 students have completed their graduate studies.

1,713 students have earned/completed Master's program.
118 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.
61 students have earned/completed Post-Master's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	43 completers	-
Agricultural Economics	✕	5	-
Aquaculture	✕	-	-
Food Science and Technology (other)	✕	17	-
Plant Sciences	✕	17	-
Agriculture, Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences (other)	✕	4	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	47 completers	-
Forest Sciences and Biology	✕	9	-
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management	✕	38	-
Architecture [+]	✕	66 completers	-
Architecture	✕	-	$50,300
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	✕	5	-
Environmental Design/Architecture	✕	6	-
Landscape Architecture	✕	8	-
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology	✕	47	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Communication and Media Studies (other)	✕	9	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	61 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	47	-
Computer Programming/Programmer	✕	14	-
Education [+]	✕	382 completers	-
Education	✕	130	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	14	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	7	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	127	$38,500
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	25	-
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching	✕	-	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	18	-
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	✕	-	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	10	-
Agricultural Teacher Education	✕	2	-
Reading Teacher Education	✕	49	-
Engineering [+]	✕	306 completers	-
Agricultural Engineering	✕	2	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	45	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	2	-
Civil Engineering	✕	33	$61,800
Computer Engineering	✕	18	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	17	-
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	✕	12	-
Materials Engineering	✕	10	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	49	-
Systems Engineering	✕	-	-
Industrial Engineering	✕	38	-
Engineering (other)	✕	80	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	11	-
Packaging Science	✕	2	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services (other)	✕	15	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	13 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	12	-
Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing	✕	1	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	104 completers	$46,400
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	85	$46,400
Biochemistry	✕	2	-
Microbiology	✕	4	-
Entomology	✕	-	-
Animal Physiology	✕	7	-
Animal Genetics	✕	2	-
Toxicology	✕	4	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	17	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	20 completers	-
Biological and Physical Sciences	✕	-	-
Systems Science and Theory	✕	-	-
Historic Preservation and Conservation	✕	12	$34,800
Computational Science	✔	8	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	81 completers	-
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management	✕	28	-
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	✔	53	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	19 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	7	-
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences (other)	✕	5	-
Physics	✕	7	-
Optics/Optical Sciences	✕	-	-
Psychology [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Community Psychology	✕	12	-
Human Services [+]	✕	35 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	35	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	29 completers	-
Economics	✕	21	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	1	-
Social Sciences (other)	✕	7	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Industrial and Product Design	✕	10	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	6	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	43 completers	-
Healthcare Innovation	✔	-	-
Public Health (other)	✕	13	-
Medical Informatics	✕	2	-
Nursing Science	✕	28	-
Business [+]	✔ (1 completers)	377 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	219	$71,000
Operations Management and Supervision	✕	-	-
Transportation/Mobility Management	✔	9	-
Accounting	✕	87	$59,400
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	✕	-	$59,900
Human Resources Development	✕	47	-
Marketing (other)	✕	-	-
Real Estate	✕	15	-
Construction Management	✕	-	-
History [+]	✕	5 completers	-
History	✕	5	-
	Total	1,713

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Agricultural Economics	✕	-	-
Food Science	✕	1	-
Plant Sciences	✕	7	-
Agriculture, Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences (other)	✕	-	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Forest Sciences and Biology	✕	2	-
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management	✕	2	-
Architecture [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Environmental Design/Architecture	✕	4	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	10	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	5	-
Informatics	✕	7	-
Education [+]	✕	25 completers	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	2	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	9	$55,000
Learning Sciences	✕	4	-
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research (other)	✕	6	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	2	-
Trade and Industrial Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Education (other)	✕	2	-
Engineering [+]	✕	91 completers	-
Agricultural Engineering	✕	-	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	14	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	7	-
Civil Engineering	✕	13	-
Computer Engineering	✕	5	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	6	-
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	✕	6	-
Materials Engineering	✕	11	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	13	-
Industrial Engineering	✕	10	-
Engineering (other)	✕	6	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Engineering-Related Fields (other)	✕	1	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Family and Community Services	✕	2	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	2	-
Biochemistry	✕	4	-
Microbiology	✕	1	-
Entomology	✕	1	-
Animal Physiology	✕	3	-
Animal Genetics	✕	4	-
Human/Medical Genetics	✕	2	-
Toxicology	✕	1	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	13	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management	✕	8	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	20 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	12	-
Chemistry (other)	✕	-	-
Physics	✕	8	-
Optics/Optical Sciences	✕	-	-
Psychology [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Industrial and Organizational Psychology	✕	5	-
Psychology (other)	✕	1	-
Human Services [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Public Policy Analysis	✕	3	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Economics	✕	12	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	7 completers	-
Public Health (other)	✕	4	-
Medical Informatics	✕	-	-
Nursing Science	✕	-	-
Nursing Practice	✔	3	-
Business [+]	✕	-	-
Operations Management and Supervision	✕	-	-
History [+]	✕	-	-
History (other)	✕	-	-
	Total	244

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Architecture [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Architecture	✕	10	-
Environmental Design/Architecture	✕	-	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	-	-
Computer Programming/Programmer	✔	-	-
Education [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	-	-
Reading Teacher Education	✕	4	-
Engineering [+]	✔ (1 completers)	1 completers	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	1	-
Civil Engineering	✔	-	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	-	-
Systems Engineering	✕	-	-
Industrial Engineering	✕	-	-
Engineering (other)	✕	-	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	26 completers	-
Family and Community Services	✕	1	-
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services (other)	✔	25	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Historic Preservation and Conservation	✕	1	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	-	-
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management	✔	-	-
Human Services [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	8	-
Public Policy Analysis	✕	2	-
Business [+]	✔	2 completers	-
Construction Management	✔	2	-
	Total	118

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	2	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	-	-
Reading Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Engineering [+]	✕	32 completers	-
Engineering (other)	✕	32	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	-	-
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management	✕	-	-
Business [+]	✕	-	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	-	-
	Total	61

Graduate Student Population at Clemson

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 5,900 students enrolled into Clemson University graduate schools where it has total 28,466 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 3,293 full-time and 2,607 part-time graduate students. By gender, 2,837 male and 3,063 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	5,900	2,837	3,063
Full-time	3,293	1,867	1,426
Part-tme	2,607	970	1,637

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 3,449 White (58.46%), 406 Black/African American (6.88%), 227 Hispanic (3.85%), 86 Asian (1.46%), and 1,732 students with other races. 1,480 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	5,900	2,837	3,063
American Indian/Native American	7	2	5
Asian	86	47	39
Black/African American	406	161	245
Hispanic	227	91	136
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	5	2
White	3,449	1,437	2,012
Two More	120	50	70
Un-Known	118	52	66
Non-resident Alien	1,480	992	488

Clemson University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 2,022 graduate students (34.27% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 813 graduate students (13.78% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	5,900
Enrolled Online Exclusively	2,022
Enrolled Some Online Courses	813
Not in Online Courses	3,065

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Clemson University. 1,764 students are aged 20 to 24 (29.90% of total students), 259 students are aged above 50 (4.39%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Clemson University.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	5,900	2,837	3,063
Age 20-21	112	56	56
Age 22-24	1,652	854	798
Age 25-29	1,876	973	903
Age 30-34	901	442	459
Age 35-39	500	224	276
Age 40-49	600	195	405
Age 50-64	245	85	160
Over 64	14	8	6

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