Clarkson University

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 40,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 95 (20%) very dry
Sunshine Hours 1,950 (1% 🌧️)
Days Without Precipitation 200 (5% ☔)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 2,209
Men / Women 69% / 31%
From State 71%
From Region 15%
Athletes 397 (18.1%)

Racial/Ethnic

White 74%
Hispanic 13%
International 5%
Black 3%
Mixed 3%
Asian 2%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Arts & Sciences 141 29% 74% 2% 4% 13% 1% $69,040 40 +0.38 50 95%
Data Science 5 +1 40% 60% 0% 0% 20% 0% $98,816 22 -0.56 90 — — — — —
Applied Mathematics 4 — 50% 75% 0% 0% 25% 0% $89,217 30 -0.62 83 — — — — —
Chemistry 5 +1 40% 40% 0% 0% 40% 0% $70,815 51 -0.07 54 — — — — —
Mathematics 7 +1 29% 86% 0% 0% 14% 0% $57,345 6 -1.06 19 94% — — — —
Physics 6 +2 67% 83% 0% 0% 0% 0% $74,371 20 -0.66 62 — — — — —
Biology 29 +2 14% 69% 3% 7% 7% 3% $72,521 81 +0.70 59 96% — — — —
Biomolecular Science 9 +5 11% 78% 11% 0% 11% 0% $71,420 51 -0.01 56 — — — — —
Environmental Science 12 +1 8% 75% 0% 0% 17% 0% $62,795 73 +0.52 33 — — — — —
Environmental Health 1 — 100% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% $74,143 73 +0.39 62 — — — — —
Health Sciences 7 +1 14% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $73,891 73 +0.37 62 — — — — —
Economics 4 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $87,720 40 -0.39 82 — — — — —
History 4 +2 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $62,205 82 +0.52 31 — — — — —
Interdisciplinary Studies 3 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $64,051 85 +0.65 37 — — — — —
Liberal Studies — — — — — — — — $61,828 81 +0.43 30 — — — — —
Communication & Media 6 +2 67% 50% 0% 0% 33% 0% $46,912 5 -1.40 5 89% — — — —
Political Science 3 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $71,155 51 -0.08 55 — — — — —
Psychology 31 — 19% 71% 3% 13% 13% 0% $64,658 94 +1.46 38 96% — — — —
Social Sciences 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $62,721 79 +0.53 33 — — — — —
Digital Arts & Sciences 4 — 25% 75% 0% 0% 25% 0% $59,330 76 +0.25 24 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Coulter School of Engineering 442 77% 81% 2% 1% 8% 3% $90,616 90 -0.95 84 97%
Aerospace Engineering 39 +13 85% 77% 5% 3% 3% 5% $86,708 2 -2.08 81 97% — — — —
Chemical Engineering 40 — 48% 85% 0% 0% 8% 2% $89,773 5 -1.61 83 98% — — — —
Civil Engineering 62 +6 69% 82% 2% 2% 10% 5% $82,603 6 -1.39 76 98% — — — —
Computer Engineering 16 — 75% 75% 0% 6% 0% 6% $97,468 8 -0.92 89 93% — — — —
Electrical Engineering 35 — 89% 77% 0% 0% 11% 3% $99,987 11 -0.81 90 100% — — — —
Environmental Engineering 17 +6 53% 94% 0% 0% 6% 0% $79,367 21 -0.83 71 97% — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 125 +16 86% 78% 2% 1% 12% 2% $90,672 9 -1.07 84 97% — — — —
Computer Science 35 +4 83% 77% 0% 3% 9% 3% $100,860 24 -0.70 91 94% — — — —
Software Engineering 14 — 86% 71% 0% 0% 7% 0% $97,468 20 -0.80 89 93% — — — —
Engineering and Management 59 — 76% 88% 2% 2% 3% 2% $90,199 82 +0.65 84 97% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Reh School of Business 67 75% 76% 4% 1% 6% 7% $90,690 90 +0.25 84 98%
Accounting and Finance 20 +2 80% 80% 5% 0% 10% 0% $101,886 83 +0.96 91 100% — — — —
Business Administration 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $95,886 87 +0.95 88 95% — — — —
Business Analytics 11 — 73% 73% 9% 0% 9% 9% $86,900 39 -0.32 81 — — — — —
Entrepreneurship 14 — 50% 71% 7% 0% 0% 21% $69,511 45 -0.28 51 100% — — — —
Supply Chain Management 21 — 90% 76% 0% 5% 5% 5% $95,886 62 +0.20 88 95% — — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $62,964
ROI Percentile 80th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 85%
4-Year Graduation Rate 62%
6-Year Graduation Rate 75%
Transfer-Out Rate 18%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Engineering 51.4% 334 76% 80% 2% 1% 9% 3% $89,330 4 -1.27 83 97% —
Business & Economics 20.0% 130 73% 82% 3% 2% 5% 5% $90,376 73 +0.42 84 98% —
Computer Science 8.3% 54 80% 74% 0% 2% 9% 2% $99,791 32 -0.72 90 94% —
Social Sciences 6.3% 41 32% 71% 2% 10% 15% 0% $62,489 65 +0.90 32 95% —
Life & Natural Sciences 5.8% 38 13% 71% 5% 5% 8% 3% $72,260 73 +0.54 58 96% —
Physical Sciences & Math 3.4% 22 45% 73% 0% 0% 18% 0% $70,845 27 -0.65 55 94% —
Agriculture & Food Science 1.8% 12 8% 75% 0% 0% 17% 0% $62,795 61 +0.52 33 — —
Health Sciences 1.2% 8 25% 88% 0% 0% 12% 0% $73,923 36 +0.37 62 — —
Humanities 1.1% 7 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $62,996 86 +0.57 34 — —
Arts 0.6% 4 25% 75% 0% 0% 25% 0% $59,330 80 +0.25 24 — —

Research R2

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Engineering $15.3M #167 53% $1.3M 18 #136 113 10
Physical Sciences & Math $4.3M #226 35% $0.2M 10 #167 51 2
Life & Natural Sciences $2.6M #235 78% $0 6 #173 13 1
Education $1.2M #214 73% $0 — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $0.5M #382 25% $0.0M — — — —
Health Sciences $0.5M #296 95% $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $0.2M #295 34% $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0.1M #386 95% $0 2 #173 21 —
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 — $0 — — — —
Total $24.8M #241 54% $1.6M 36 #300 198 13

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D3

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Lacrosse 49 $249K $259K -$9K
Baseball 42 $355K $241K $114K
Soccer 31 $158K $156K $1K
Ice Hockey 26 $3.4M $2.8M $526K
Swimming 22 $82K $84K -$2K
Cross Country 19 $37K $38K -$1K
Basketball 16 $152K $152K $64
Skiing 14 $78K $74K $4K
Golf 12 $80K $86K -$5K
Other Sports 11 $68K $65K $2K
Total 237 $4.6M $4.0M $629K
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Lacrosse 31 $166K $168K -$1K
Ice Hockey 29 $2.3M $2.2M $176K
Soccer 23 $129K $126K $3K
Softball 18 $171K $179K -$8K
Swimming 15 $55K $57K -$1K
Volleyball 15 $149K $152K -$3K
Basketball 12 $122K $126K -$4K
Cross Country 9 $17K $18K -$723
Skiing 8 $355K $42K $313K
Other Sports 4 $24K $24K $927
Total 160 $3.5M $3.1M $475K
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Lacrosse 80 $416K $427K -$10K
Ice Hockey 55 $5.7M $5.0M $702K
Soccer 54 $287K $282K $4K
Baseball 42 $355K $241K $114K
Swimming 37 $137K $141K -$3K
Basketball 28 $274K $278K -$4K
Cross Country 28 $54K $57K -$2K
Skiing 22 $434K $116K $317K
Softball 18 $171K $179K -$8K
Other Sports 15 $93K $89K $3K
Volleyball 15 $149K $152K -$3K
Golf 12 $80K $86K -$5K
Total 397 $9.7M $8.5M $1.2M

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 77%
Yield (non-ED) 7%
Early Decision 1 Nov 1
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 77% 77% 77%
Early Decision 79% 79% 79%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Early Action and Restrictive Early Action applicants are reported at the regular-decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 62%
SAT Range 1200 – 1390
SAT Math Range 610 – 700
SAT RW Range 590 – 690