Clarkson College Data & Information Overview

This overview covers the essential stats on Clarkson College, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more. All you need to do to learn more about a stat is click on its tile, and you’ll be taken to another page that analyzes that data more closely. Also, you can use the links below to scroll to any section of this page.

• Rankings
• Admission and Acceptance
• Faculty
• Retention and Graduation Rates
• Diversity
• Cost
• Student Debt
• Average Earnings
• Location
• Majors
• Online Learning

How Well Is Clarkson College Ranked?

2022 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

Clarkson College was awarded 126 badges in the 2022 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is allied health and medical assisting services.

Overall Quality

Clarkson College was not ranked in College Factual's 2022 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.

Is It Hard to Get Into Clarkson College?

Acceptance Rate

Clarkson College has an acceptance rate of 57%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for Clarkson College.

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Clarkson College Faculty

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio at Clarkson College is about average at 18 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.

The full-time faculty percentage at Clarkson College is 80%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Retention and Graduation Rates at Clarkson College

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Clarkson College this rate is 59%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.

Graduation Rate

Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Clarkson College the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 44%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%

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Clarkson College Undergraduate Student Diversity

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 616 undergraduates at Clarkson College with 337 being full-time and 279 being part-time.

How Much Does Clarkson College Cost?

The overall average net price of Clarkson College is $20,123. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Clarkson College

$0-30 K	$30K-48K	$48-75	$75-110K	$110K +
$19,060	$14,595	$18,984	$24,442	$23,109

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Clarkson College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Clarkson College, approximately 75% of students took out student loans averaging $8,963 a year. That adds up to $35,852 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Clarkson College is 0.5%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

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How Much Money Do Clarkson College Graduates Make?

Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Clarkson College with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $49,300 in their early years. That's great news for Clarkson College students since it is 24% more than the average college graduate's salary of $39,802 per year.

See which majors at Clarkson College make the most money.

Location of Clarkson College

Located in Omaha, Nebraska, Clarkson College is a private not-for-profit institution. Omaha is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

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Contact details for Clarkson College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	101 S 42Nd St, Omaha, NE 68131-2739
Phone:	402-552-3100
Website:	www.clarksoncollege.edu/

Clarkson College Majors

During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 7 majors graduated from Clarkson College. Of these students, 216 received undergraduate degrees and 127 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors	Bachelor’s Degrees	Average Salary of Graduates
Nursing	118	$59,765
Allied Health Professions	28	$47,260
Health & Medical Administrative Services	4	NA
Health Sciences & Services	2	NA
General Business/Commerce	2	NA
Other Education	0	NA
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	0	NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Clarkson College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Clarkson College

Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.

In 2019-2020, 1,095 students took at least one online class at Clarkson College. This is an increase from the 1,046 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year	Took at Least One Online Class	Took All Classes Online
2019-2020	1,095	656
2018-2019	1,046	602
2017-2018	1,111	609
2016-2017	1,273	667
2015-2016	1,219	686

Learn more about online learning at Clarkson College.

Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

References

• National Center for Education Statistics
• College Scorecard
• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• Image Credit: By Mark Schierbecker under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.