by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Clarkson University was awarded 46 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is engineering technologies.
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Clarkson is ranked #344 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list.
Clarkson is also ranked #25 out of 142 schools in New York.
The acceptance rate at Clarkson University is 75%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that Clarkson is a good fit for you.
About 51% of students accepted to Clarkson submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 580 and 680. Math scores were between 600 and 700.
With a student to faculty ratio of 13 to 1, Clarkson University is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Clarkson University is 68%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 80% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Clarkson University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Clarkson for first-time, full-time students is 61%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,905 undergraduates at Clarkson with 2,845 being full-time and 60 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $16,667 | $21,402 | $27,131 | $29,869 | $35,746 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Clarkson, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Clarkson, approximately 71% of students took out student loans averaging $9,117 a year. That adds up to $36,468 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Clarkson is 1.9%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for Clarkson are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 8 Clarkson Ave, Potsdam, NY 13699 |
| Phone: | 315-268-6400 |
| Website: | https://www.clarkson.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/ClarksonUniversity |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/ClarksonUniv |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineering | 160 | $66,506 |
| Engineering-Related Fields | 77 | $65,187 |
| Civil Engineering | 56 | $61,598 |
| General Biology | 41 | $33,346 |
| Electrical Engineering | 39 | $70,118 |
| Computer Science | 31 | $67,495 |
| Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering | 30 | $65,036 |
| Business Administration & Management | 30 | $60,400 |
| Computer Engineering | 29 | $68,482 |
| Entrepreneurial Studies | 27 | $42,560 |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 859 students took at least one online class at Clarkson University. This is a decrease from the 3,329 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 859 | 244 |
| 2019-2020 | 3,329 | 779 |
| 2018-2019 | 711 | 297 |
| 2017-2018 | 741 | 252 |
| 2016-2017 | 503 | 251 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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