Clarkson University is private not for-profit university headquartered at Potsdam, New York and has a 640 acres huge campus adjacent to Adirondack Park. The University is an independent, nationally recognized technological university whose faculty of teacher-scholars aspires to offer superior instruction and engage in high-quality research and scholarship in engineering, business, science, health, education and liberal arts.
It was founded in 1896 as a school and now it is a national research university currently having 4,384 students from 65 countries.
The university has over 120 years of educational history and is a nationally recognized technological university. It offers a variety of programs in various domains. Its mission is to provide education for the talented and motivated individuals to make them successful professionals through quality education.
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University's acceptance rate is 68%.
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The graduation rate is 71% and the retention rate is 85%.
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The student-faculty ratio of the university is 14:1.
Clarkson University, which is located in Potsdam, NY is a private university. Clarkson University occupies a total area of about 640 acres. Clarkson University was founded in the year 1896. The motto of the Clarkson University is A Workman That Needeth Not to be Ashamed[a] and its official colors are green and gold. In addition to over 3,081 undergraduate students, CU also boasts of over 1,220 students in its postgraduate courses, taking the total enrollment to over 4,300. The school has a total of 309 academic staff. These faculty teach different courses to the students. Clarkson University is home to an ethnically diverse student body. At CU around 78% are white, 5% belong to Hispanic ethnicity, and 4% are Asian. Further, around 99% of the students are 24 and under. When it comes to gender distribution at the varsity, around 31% of the students are females and 69% are males. The college has produced several achievers in its 124 years of existence and some of the notable alumni are Dean Kamen (Businessperson, Entrepreneur), M. Emmet Walsh (Actor, Voice acting), Dede Scozzafava (Politician), and Willie Mitchell (Ice Hockey Player). The school believes in the all-round growth of the students and, hence encourages students to take part in several sporting activities, conducted inside the campus. Students taking admission here will notice that the university boasts of a decent sports infrastructure. A total of 140 programs are currently offered by the varsity to the students. It includes both the residential as well as online programs. The university also has a long list of accreditations. It has been accredited by AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc.), AOTA (American Occupational Therapy Association), and APTA (American Physical Therapy Association). The total endowment of the Clarkson University is around $198 million (2018).
