- The Inkwell
- New York
- Clarkson University
Potsdam, NYTown: remoteZIP 13699Founded 1896
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1896
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral: high research activity (R2)
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Campuses
- 2
- Website
- www.clarkson.edu
New YorkPrivate nonprofit
Clarkson University
Clarkson University is a private nonprofit university in Potsdam, New York, with 2,196 undergraduates. It admits 77% of applicants, graduates 72% within six years and costs $32,137 a year after aid.
72%graduate
Admission rate77%
Retention85%
4-year graduation59%
Pell Grant share23%
Federal loans60%
$32,137net price / year
77%admission rate
1304average SAT
72%graduate in 6 years
$92,494median earnings, 10 yrs
$26,000median debt
#98 of 1,704 for earnings#1,521 of 1,739 for lowest net price#325 of 1,738 for graduation rate#785 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $81,706tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $61,148
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $61,148
- Average net price
- $32,137national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$18,064
$30,001–48,000$19,353
$48,001–75,000$24,424
$75,001–110,000$30,286
$110,001+$37,156
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 77%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1304
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 590–690
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 610–700
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 25–32
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college77%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college85%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college72%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college23%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 72%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 59%
- First-year retention
- 85%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 74%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $78,130
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $92,494middle 50%: $66,805–$120,384
- Median debt at graduation
- $26,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$120,384
Median, Clarkson University$92,494
Lower quarter$66,805
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 2,196
- Part-time
- 0.3%
- Women / men
- 30% / 70%
- Average age at entry
- 19.6
- First-generation students
- 15%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 23%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 13 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 78%
- Average faculty salary
- $11,357 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $16,750
- Endowment, end of year
- $213,957,168
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White74%
Hispanic13%
Black2.5%
Asian2.1%
Two or more races3.5%
U.S. nonresident4.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Unknown0.4%
15 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Engineering54%
Engineering technologies9.1%
Business & management8.6%
Biological & biomedical sciences5.9%
Computer & information sciences5.4%
Psychology4.8%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies2.9%
Natural resources & conservation1.8%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 190044. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q931865.