CLEMSON, S.C. – Clemson University student-athletes improved their overall GPA for the eighth consecutive semester, earning a record 3.34 cumulative GPA in the Fall 2024 semester. It marked the 13th semester in a row greater than 3.0, dating to the Fall of 2018. Every Clemson team recorded a 3.0 or higher for each of the past three semesters.
Three programs set or tied semester GPA records, with Women’s Tennis earning a 3.65, Volleyball tallying a 3.57, and Football earning a 3.19 during its run to an ACC Championship and College Football Playoff berth.
The Nieri Family Student-Athlete Enrichment Center has established Clemson as one of the national leaders in academic success, which saw Clemson post a record 96 percent Graduation Success Rate in the most recent cohort, tops among all public Power Five institutions for the second straight year. Clemson also had a department mark of 991 out of 1000 in the most recent Academic Progress Rate data.
Overall Academic Notes:
- Clemson’s 498 undergraduate student-athletes earned a 3.30, and 74 graduate students earned a 3.71.
- A total of 452 student-athletes earned a 3.0 or better (79.0% of all student-athletes), and 108 individuals earned a 4.0.
- Sixty-two student-athletes currently carry a cumulative GPA of 4.0.
- Fourteen programs recorded a 3.30 or better, and nine were above a 3.40.
Team Academic Notes:
- The Women’s Soccer program (3.65) upped its streak to 48 straight semesters (dating to the Fall of 2000) at 3.0 or better and has been above a cumulative 3.55 for the past ten semesters.
- Women’s Tennis’s program record 3.65 tied with Women’s Soccer to lead all programs and was 0.04 points from tying the all-time team mark for any sport, a 3.69 by Women’s Soccer in Spring 2024.
- The Football program set a new high of 3.19, surpassing the 3.11 in the Spring of 2022 as a program record. A program-record 98 student-athletes earned a 3.0 or better, including 20 who earned a 4.0.
- In setting a new program mark at 3.57, Volleyball has been at 3.42 or better in four of the past five semesters and has 12 straight semesters at 3.0 or higher.
- The Men’s Basketball Program has been at 3.0 or better for four consecutive semesters.
- Baseball’s four best semesters in team history have come in the past five semesters, as the 3.30 in Fall 2024 was its second-highest on record.
- The Men’s Soccer program earned a 3.37 while advancing to the NCAA Third Round, its 21st straight semester at 3.0 or above dating to the…