External Affairs

External Affairs is focused on creating opportunities to keep students competitive and relevant after graduation. All of External Affairs’ efforts are focused on ensuring the University has needed financial resources from the state and creating one-of-a-kind partnerships and programs that keep moving Clemson forward.

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A large group of college students, many carrying backpacks, walks across the Library Bridge on the Clemson University campus. In the background, an academic building with glass and brick exterior walls is visible. A large group of college students, many carrying backpacks, walks across the Library Bridge on the Clemson University campus. In the background, an academic building with glass and brick exterior walls is visible.

Meet Clemson University’s incoming students

Clemson University will welcome approximately 5,100 first-year students and 1,800 transfer students to main campus as well as 2,000 graduate students after another competitive admissions cycle.
August 8, 2025