UNIVERSITY EMPLOYEES
Full Time
Faculty
Instructional
Research
Public Service
Other*
Sub-Total
Female
Male
311
33
5
21
370
704
64
12
25
805
Administrators
w/o Faculty Rank 68
w/ Faculty Rank 43
Part Time
Female
54
6
0
3
63
Clemson will be one of the nation’s top 20 public universities.
Male
Total
74
6
1
4
85
1,143
109
18
53
1,323
92
107
0
0
0
0
160
150
Staff
1,523
1,234
146
83
2,986
Total
2,004
2,238
209
168
4,619
*Other includes librarians and other non-teaching faculty
ranked personnel.
AVERAGE FACULTY SALARY
Professors
Associate Professors
Assistant Professors
Instructors
Lecturers
All Ranks
EXPENDITURES
FY 2005
VISION STATEMENT
$94,762
$69,869
$62,495
$48,310
$39,046
$72,854
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of Clemson University is to fulfill the covenant between its
founder and the people of South Carolina to establish a “high seminary of
learning” through its historical land-grant responsibilities of teaching, research
and extended public service.
Clemson University is a selective, public, land-grant university in a collegetown setting along a dynamic southeastern corridor. The University is committed to world-class teaching, research and public service in the context of
general education, student development and continuing education. Clemson’s
desire is to attract a capable, dedicated and diverse student body of approximately 12,000 to 14,000 undergraduates and 4,000 to 5,000 graduate students, with priority to students from South Carolina.
Clemson offers a wide array of high quality baccalaureate programs built
around a distinctive core curriculum. Graduate and continuing education
offerings respond to the professions, while doctoral and research programs
contribute to the economic future of the state, nation and world. The
University emphasizes agriculture, architecture, business, education,
engineering, natural resources, science and technology. The University also
promotes excellence in education and scholarship in selected areas of the
creative arts, health, human development, the humanities and social sciences.
In all areas, the goal is to develop students’ communication and criticalthinking skills, ethical judgment, global awareness and scientific and
technological knowledge. Students remain the primary focus of the University.
Just as Clemson values its students, the University also values its faculty
and staff who have committed their talents and careers to advance its mission. Clemson pledges to support their work, to encourage their professional development, to evaluate their professional performance and to compensate them at nationally competitive levels.
Other
13%
Student
Services
4%
Academic
and
Institutional
Support
11%
Instruction
26%
Auxiliary
Enterprises
13%
Research
21%
Public
Service
11%
Scholarships
and
Fellowships
2%
*Excludes Life Scholarship
UNIVERSITY EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
President
James F. Barker
V P for Academic Affairs & Provost
Doris R. Helms
V P for Public Service & Agriculture
John W. Kelly
V P for Research
Christian E G Przirembel
V P for Student Affairs
Almeda R. Jacks
V P for Advancement
A. Neill Cameron, Jr.
Chief Business Officer
Steven E. Copeland
(Interim)
Chief Human Resources Officer
Lawrence Nichols, II
General Counsel
Clayton D. Steadman
Executive Secretary to the Board of Trustees
& Assistant to the President
Chalmers Eugene Troutman III
Director of Athletics
Terry Don Phillips
For additional information, please contact the Office of Institutional
Research & Planning, 302 Sikes Hall, Clemson, SC 29634-5406.
864-656-0161
http://www.clemson.edu/oir/
FACTS
Fall 2005
HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT
Clemson University is a land-grant institution established on a 1,400acre campus that once was the Fort Hill plantation of statesman John
C. Calhoun. The John C. Calhoun House, a National Historic Landmark, is located at the heart of the Clemson campus. The University
was founded in 1889 when Calhoun’s son-in-law, Thomas Green
Clemson, bequeathed the plantation and a considerable sum from
his personal assets to South Carolina for the establishment of an
agricultural college. Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina
formally opened in July 1893 with an enrollment of 446 students.
The College began as an all-male military school and retained this
status until 1955 when the change was made to a civilian, coeducational institution. In 1964, the College was renamed Clemson University as the state Legislature formally recognized the school’s expanded academic offerings, its growing research pursuits, and its
pre-eminent contributions in public service. The main campus of
Clemson University, located in the northwestern corner of South
Carolina on the shores of Lake Hartwell, is now surrounded by
17,000 acres of land and over 12,000 additional acres throughout the
state which are devoted to research. The University also owns overseas property used for teaching and research in Genoa, Italy, and on
the Caribbean island of Dominica.
Clemson University is governed by a board of 13 members, including six elected by the state Legislature and seven self-perpetuating
life members in accordance with Clemson’s will. The University is
accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia
30033-4097; Telephone number 404-679-4501) to award bachelors,
masters, specialist and doctoral degrees.
STUDENT ENROLLMENT
FALL SEMESTER 2005
Full-time Part-time
School/College
Agriculture, Forestry
and Life Sciences
Architecture, Arts
and Humanities
Business and
Behavioral Science
Engineering
and Science
Health, Education and
Human Development
Non-Degree/Special
Total
U/G
Masters Doctoral Total
2,292
179
234
2,705
2,123
348
9
2,480
3,690
305
68
4,063
3,550
597
458
4,605
2,314
127
740
3
128
0
3,182
130
14,096
2,172
897
17,165
Greenville
Anderson
Pickens
Charleston
Richland
Lexington
Spartanburg
Oconee
York
Aiken
1,962
959
895
760
700
629
611
554
498
315
11,142
964
620
461
360
283
279
270
235
233
Average Age
3,593
3,028
3,227
3,344
65
1,334
713
15
82
105
244
336
72
561
184
262
3,675
3,133
3,471
3,680
137
1,895
897
277
18.8
19.9
21.2
22.6
28.3
28.0
31.1
38.1
Total Students
15,319
1,846
17,165
22.4
SEX DISTRIBUTION
54%
46%
10 LEADING STATES
OF ORIGIN
South Carolina
Georgia
North Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Florida
Ohio
New Jersey
Total
Freshman
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
Uncl. U/G
Master’s
Doctoral
Uncl. Grad
Male
Female
10 LEADING COUNTIES
OF ORIGIN
10 LEADING SOUTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOLS
FIRST TIME FRESHMEN
FALL 2005
STUDENT DISTRIBUTION
School
Riverside
Lexington
D. W. Daniel
T. L. Hanna
Fort Mill
Wando
Northwestern
Summerville
Bishop England
Paul M. Dorman
Mauldin
A.C. Flora
Eastside
RACE DISTRIBUTION
White
78.9%
Black
6.7%
Hispanic
1.0%
Asian
1.5%
American Indian
0.3%
Non-Resident Alien 4.6%
Unknown
7.0%
FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS
Fall 2005 Undergraduate *FTE
Fall 2005 Graduate *FTE
13,537
2,397
Total Fall 2005 Student *FTE
15,934
*FTE = FT + 1/3 PT
City
FALL 2005 FRESHMAN CLASS
Students
Greer
Lexington
Clemson
Anderson
Fort Mill
Mt. Pleasant
Rock Hill
Summerville
Charleston
Spartanburg
Mauldin
Columbia
Taylors
42
41
40
39
38
37
35
33
32
32
32
31
31
Applied
12,463
Average SAT
Accepted
7,154
Enrolled
2,903
45% graduated in the top 10% of their class.
FIRST TIME FRESHMEN, 1999 COHORT
Retention Rate for 1999 Cohort
Students who returned in Fall:
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004 2005
87.2% 81.2.6% 77.5% 34.9%
6.3% 2.1%
Cumulative Graduation Rate for 1999 Cohort
4 Year
5 Year
6 Year
44.4%
71.1%
75.1%
DEGREES AWARDED
DECEMBER 2004, MAY 2005, & AUGUST 2005
School/College
Bach
Mast
Spec Doct
2,941
913
4
122
DEGREE PROGRAMS
Total
Agriculture, Forestry
and Life Sciences
394
66
0
28
488
Architecture, Arts
and Humanities
426
113
0
0
539
Business and
Behavioral Science
958
163
0
4
1,125
Engineering and
Science
604
295
0
59
958
Health, Education and
Human Development 559
276
4
31
870
_____________________________________________________
Total
1225
3,980
All degrees offered at Clemson University are approved by the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education. The University currently offers:
74
71
1
39
degree
degree
degree
degree
programs at the Bachelor’s degree level;
programs at the Master’s degree level;
program at the Specialist
programs at the Doctoral degree level.
Sixteen degree programs serve over 1000 working professionals in
Greenville, Greenwood, Aiken, and Charleston each semester.