Editing Clemson University (section)

===Undergraduate admissions===
{{Infobox U.S. college admissions
|year              = 2023
|admit rate        = 38.05%
|admit rate change = -9.05
|yield rate        = 19.64%
|yield rate change = -8.21
|test optional     = yes
|SAT Total         = 1240–1400<br />(among 39% of [[freshman|FTFs]])
|SAT Total change  = 
|ACT               = 28–32<br />(among 21% of [[freshman|FTFs]])
|ACT change        = 
|float             = right
|ref               = <ref name="FallEnrollmentReport">{{cite web |url=https://clemson.app.box.com/v/CDS-2023-2024 |title=Clemson University Common Data Set 2023-2024 |publisher=Clemson University Office of Institutional Research |access-date=September 19, 2024 }}</ref>
}}

The 2022 annual ranking of ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' categorizes Clemson as 'more selective'.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/clemson-university-3425|title=U.S. News Best Colleges Rankings: Clemson University |magazine=U.S. News & World Report |year=2017 |access-date=January 12, 2017 }}</ref> For the Class of 2025 (enrolled fall 2021), Clemson received 47,007 applications and accepted 23,138 (49.2%). Of those accepted, 4,589 enrolled, a [[Yield (college admissions)|yield rate]] (the percentage of accepted students who choose to attend the university) of 19.8%. Clemson's freshman [[University student retention|retention rate]] is 94%, with 85.5% going on to graduate within six years.<ref name="FallEnrollmentReport" />

The enrolled first-year class of 2025 had the following standardized test scores: the middle 50% range (25th percentile – 75th percentile) of [[SAT]] scores was 1240–1400, while the middle 50% range of [[ACT (test)|ACT]] scores was 27–32.<ref name="FallEnrollmentReport" />

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; float:left; font-size:90%; margin:10px"
|+ '''Fall first-time freshman statistics'''<ref name="FallEnrollmentReport" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://clemson.box.com/s/qce4y1yqxhlve7745w7qhs3gan4hauvj |title=Clemson University Common Data Set 2020-2021|publisher=Clemson University Office of Institutional Research|access-date=2022-11-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.clemson.edu/institutional-effectiveness/documents/2020/CDSClemsonUniversityallcompleted20200310.pdf |title=Clemson University Common Data Set 2019-2020|publisher=Clemson University Office of Institutional Research|access-date=2022-11-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.clemson.edu/institutional-effectiveness/documents/oir/CommonDataSet2018.pdf |title=Clemson University Common Data Set 2018-2019|publisher=Clemson University Office of Institutional Research|access-date=2022-11-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.clemson.edu/institutional-effectiveness/documents/oir/CommonDataSet2017.pdf |title=Clemson University Common Data Set 2017-2018|publisher=Clemson University Office of Institutional Research|access-date=2022-11-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.clemson.edu/institutional-effectiveness/documents/oir/CommonDataSet2016.pdf |title=Clemson University Common Data Set 2016-2017|publisher=Clemson University Office of Institutional Research|access-date=2022-11-06}}</ref>
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! 
! 2021 !! 2020 !! 2019 !! 2018 !! 2017 !! 2016
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! Applicants
| 47,007 || 28,600 || 29,070 || 28,845 || 26,242 || 23,506
|-
! Admits
| 23,138 || 17,715 || 14,900 || 13,613 || 12,380 || 11,881
|-
! Admit rate
| 49.2 || 61.9 || 51.3 || 47.2 || 47.2 || 50.5
|-
! Enrolled
| 4,589 || 4,199 || 3,932 || 3,792 || 3,649 || 3,684
|-
! Yield rate
| 19.8 || 23.7 || 26.4 || 27.9 || 29.5 || 31.0
|-
! ACT composite*<br /><small>(out of 36)</small>
| 27–32 || 27–32 || 27–32 || 27–32 || 27–31 || 26–31
|- 
! SAT composite*<br /><small>(out of 1600)</small>
| 1240–1400 || 1230–1380 || 1240–1400 || 1220–1400 || 1220–1390 || {{sdash}}
|-
| * middle 50% range
|}

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