Clemson University Placements: Job Opportunities & Placement rate, Packages

Clemson university records a placement rate of 95% in the year 2019, with a knowledge rate of 87%. The average salary was recorded to be USD 54,500 for Clemson University graduates of class of 2019. There were over 200+ employers that hired Clemson graduates of 2019. Maximum number of Clemson graduates, 773 of them found a placement in South Carolina followed by 203 of them working in North Carolina.   

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Clemson University Placement Highlights 

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Clemson University Class Profile 2019 

In the year 2019, Clemson University admitted 4,593 students out of 47,007 applications and 23,138 admission offers. There were 50% of male and 50% of female students, the other details are as follows: 

Academic Details: 

• Average GPA was 3.9  
• ACT middle 50%:  29-30 
• SAT middle 50%: 1240-1440 

Residential Information: 

• 51% South Carolina Residents 
• 269 South Carolina High Schools 
• 1,383 Non-South Carolina High Schools 
• 48 States and the District of Columbia 
• 19 Foreign Countries 

College Wise Enrollment: 

• College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences: 11.05% 
• College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities: 7.68% 
• College of Behavioural, Social and Health Sciences: 20.47%  
• College of Business: 20.33%  
• College of Education: 2.62% 
• College of Engineering, Computing And Applied Sciences: 24.82% 
• College of Science: 10.02% 

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Clemson University Career Outcomes 

As per the career outcomes rate, the positive rate was calculated to be 98% for Clemson University in the year 2019. There were over 66% of the graduates who were working and 19% of them were enrolled for higher education. More details are elaborated below:

Employment Status: 

• Employed full-time (on average 30 hours or more per week): 61.78% 
• Employed part-time (on average less than 30 hours per week): 2.85% 
• Enrolled in graduate school, professional school, or continuing education: 19%  
• Not seeking employment or continuing education at this time: 0.42% 
• Participating in a volunteer or service program: 0.024%  
• Planning to continue education but not yet enrolled: 3.31% 
• Seeking employment: 11.28% 
• Serving in the United States Uniformed or Armed Forces: 1.11%  

Employment Type: 

• Employed as an entrepreneur: 1.9% 
• Employed freelance: 1.42% 
• Employed in a postgraduate internship or fellowship: 7.36% 
• Employed in a temporary/contract work assignment: 10.36% 
• Employed in all other work categories not listed: 78.96% 

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Higher Education 

The graduates, 19% of them who opted to continue with higher education after graduating from Clemson University in 2019 were admitted the following universities: 

The graduates of Clemson University were admitted in the following degree programs after graduation in 2019: 

• Master’s: 49.63% 
• PhD: 16.85% 
• Professional Doctorate: 26.4% 
• Professional master’s: 7.12% 

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Clemson University Top employers 

There were around 200+ employers which hired Clemson University graduates of the class of 2019. The following is a list of top employers and the number of graduates they hired in 2019: 

• Clemson University: 46 
• Prisma Health: 30 
• MUSC: 20 
• Deloitte: 15  
• Greenville County Schools: 13 
• Kimley-Horn: 13  
• Accenture: 11 
• Atrium Health: 10 
• Bank of America: 9 
• Capital One: 9 
• Capgemini: 8 
• EY: 8 
• Wells Fargo: 7 
• Elliott Davis: 6 
• Lockheed Martin: 6 
• Ally Financial: 5 
• Arthrex: 5  
• Medtronic: 5  
• Savannah River Remediation: 5  
• State Farm: 5  

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Source of Job at Clemson University 

A majority of Clemson University graduates of class of 2019 found a job through the career fairs organised on campus each year, around 17.9% of them reported so. The following pie chart shows other sources of job finding as well:  

Lowest number of jobs were found through an ad in the printed newspaper or there were other sources that Clemson graduates did not wish to quote.  

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Clemson University Salary Stats 

Total salary responses were 1,395 from Clemson University’s 2019 graduates. The salaries as per records are as follows: 

• Minimum Salary: USD 10,000  
• 25th Percentile Salary: USD 43,000 
• Median Salary: USD 55,000  
• 75th Percentile Salary: USD 68,000 
• Maximum: USD 521,000  

College Wise Salary Data 

The salaries as reported by the graduates of Clemson University of class of 2019, have been summed up in the table below: 

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