Vision Statement Mission Statement Aligning Goals to the Vision US News CriteriaWeights for National Universities Breakdown Areas Clemson University needs to show progress to climb in rankings. Clemson offers a broad array of high quality baccalaureate programs built around a distinctive core curriculum. Graduate and continuing education offerings respond to the professions, while doctoral and research programs contribute to the economic future of the state and nation.
Public service extends mission-oriented research and educational programs to all citizens.
Clemson University is a selective, public, land-grant university in a college town setting along a dynamic southeastern corridor. The university is committed to high quality teaching, internationally significant research, and extended public service in the context of general education, student development, public service research, and continuing education. Clemson's desire is to attract a capable, dedicated, and diverse student body of approximately 12,000 to 14,000 undergraduate and 4,000 to 5,000 graduate students from throughout the state and nation, with priority to students from South Carolina. The university offers a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate degrees, with emphases in the areas of agriculture, engineering, natural resources, science and technology, architecture, business, and education. The university supports critically important education and scholarship in the creative arts, health, human development, the humanities, and social sciences with the goal of developing students' communication and critical thinking skills, ethical judgment, global awareness, and scientific and technological knowledge.