CLEMSON, S.C. – Clemson University’s Commencement ceremonies, held May 8-9, 2025 in Littlejohn Coliseum, will see 86 student-athletes, 27 spirit squad members and 17 support staff student assistants earn degrees. Of those, 111 will earn undergraduate degrees, nineteen will earn Master’s degrees, and seven will earn advanced certificates in 43 areas of study.
Among the graduates are members of Men’s Soccer, Men’s Track, Women’s Golf, Women’s Track, Football, and Baseball teams that won ACC Titles during their careers, as well as members of NCAA “Elite Eight” teams in Men’s Basketball, Men’s and Women’s Soccer and Women’s Golf. It also includes members of Clemson’s inaugural Lacrosse and Gymnastics teams.
In the most recent release, Clemson Athletics earned a 96 percent Graduation Success Rate (GSR) for the 2014-17 cohort in data released by the NCAA, tied for the highest among all public Power Five programs. It was the eleventh consecutive cohort in which Clemson’s department-wide GSR was at 91 percent or higher, and fourth in a row at 95 percent, one of three public Power Five schools nationally to make that claim. Clemson athletes also compiled a 996 Academic Progress Rate, its second-highest mark on record.
