Clemson University is an American public, coeducational, land-grant and sea-grant research university in Clemson, South Carolina.
Founded in 1889, Clemson University consists of seven colleges: Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences; Architecture, Arts and Humanities; Business; Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences; Education; Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences; and Science. As of 2015, Clemson University enrolled a total of 18,016 undergraduate students for the fall semester and 4,682 graduate students and the student/faculty ratio is 16:1. The cost of in-state tuition and fees is about $14,882 and out-of-state tuition and fees is $32,800. U.S. News & World Report ranks Clemson University 23rd among all "national" public universities. Clemson University is classified as a "highest research activity" university.