They’re back!

The fall semester started today at Clemson, and more than 4,400 new freshman and transfer students are beginning their university careers. About 32-hundred freshmen are enrolled at Clemson this semester, along with 1,175 transfer students. Robert Barkley, director of admissions, reported Clemson received a record high number of applications for the year—-18,653 freshman applications and 2,481 transfer applications. The top five states sending the most out-of-state students to this year’s Clemson freshman class are North Carolina, Georgia, New Jersey, Virginia and Maryland.