Reviews of Clarkson University (College)

Corey Williams

This school is great for business and engineering! Better than so many colleges, and produces a lot of hardworking, successful individuals.

Elisabeth ARTI Wulandari

Defying conventions

Zahiruddin Alamgir

Good Academic School. Small, so student teacher interaction is very good. Also a good school for research. You cannot judge its quality based on ranking only.

CHETAN Desai

Does Clarkson university has a lawn tennis court and a club ?

Alex Bianconi

Honestly it's just not worth it

Achievers Point

Clarkson University is a private research university with its main campus located in Potsdam, New York. Academically excellent university.

Roger Hammond

Great campus. Clean. Wonderful facilities

High Igartuat

School

Christine Seel

Seems like a Great school

Sue Fava

So much to see in such a small town

George Burns

was not for my daughter, too instutionalized

deborah bolaños

Very organized

Matthew King

Excellent student/academic atmosphere! Focused hard on research, the engineering and environmental impacts from this university are outstanding! Student facilities including labs, fittness centers, dining facilities, and learning environments are proven top tier. I would highly recommend looking into clarkson.edu for additional information. Don't forget, Army and Air Force ROTC programs are always looking for cadets and offering competitive scholarships.

Fred .Fraburplesac

For a University that actually teaches military classes, it's not Veteran friendly at all. You have to research your military benefits yourself. After the admissions nightmare, you get to experience professors that spew socialist dogma endlessly. This is where w privilege is taught and reinforced.

Brad

This school has a serious issue with drug usage on campus. Administration/ Campus Security has neither made nor is making a noticeable effort to counter the issue.

Harald Sempf

(Translated) The university dedicated to the founders. (Original) Eben die Universität, die den Gründern gewidmet ist.

Jamison Jarosz

Degree Received: B.A. Mechanical Engineering with conc. in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering ‘21 Overview: Unfortunately, the college seems more concerned about the hockey team and facilities than providing a top-notch education and quality laboratories. I transferred into Clarkson expecting big things but was very disappointed overall, especially considering the price to attend. Shouldn’t a “top” engineering school have top laboratories and classes for students? They had the money for new landscaping and a costly hockey arena revamp but apparently not the mechanical engineering lab equipment that is 30+ years old, inaccurate, and nearly inoperable. See my photos for the condition one of the ‘CAMP Center’ computer labs. It was really fun trying to run ANSYS sims on the school computers while crossing my fingers, hoping computer would not crash the program due to limited processing power. Education: Some really great professors like Kevin Fite but some horrific (who will remained unnamed). They should really put more emphasis industry applicable education or examples to supplement the theoretics. For example, it’s hard to understand or care about solving partial differential equations when we never see them in a context related to anything industry related or tangible. Even showing physical models in fluid mechanics etc. that were related to real-world use, in class would have been great. Understandably, the curriculum is limited in its scope due to compliance with ABET Accreditation. For example, we received very little education on GD&T which is HUGEEE for industrial/design related engineering and subsequent manufacture. Luckily, they have a decent machine, welding, and fabrication shop that you can access as an extracurricular which I loved! I took the “MT” classes which covered intro to manual endmill, lathe, mig, stick, and tig welding, Mastercam, and CNC endmill and lathe. Social Environment: Though a limited selection, they have mostly great professors! The students are down to earth and are easy to work with. Plenty of opportunity for clubs, SPEED Teams, ROTC and Greek life. I was in the scuba club, flight club, rocketry club etc. which were all great. Surrounding Area: Unfortunately, the town has died off in the last 10-15 years. Many vacant store fronts on main street which is sad to see. The weather is also brutal considering it is 30-40 minutes from Canada. Cost/Value: Absurd. The value and education provided relative to the cost made my time at Clarkson simply not worth the money.

Bette King

Academically, Clarkson is a pretty great school. There are certain professors to avoid, of course, but that's no different than most other colleges. For the most part, it's pretty easy to get help when you need it, and the classes are informative and actually fairly interesting usually. The only really big problem here is the food. It is awful, there's no other way of putting it. If you aren't eating only salads and fruit for every meal, it's almost guaranteed that you'll be on the verge of vomiting at least once a day. Undercooked calzones, overcooked burgers, and other issues abound. Not to mention any alternatives are hideously overpriced, and meal plan is mandatory if you do not live in an apartment, townhouse, or off campus.

Dennis DeYoung

Gorgeous place! Let's go Tech!

Jessica Bruce

Nice tour, and a great looking campus.

Rui Bian

No funding for PhD

Elizabeth Simon

it's fun to ski on the trails

Robert

Go here and get a job, simple as that

Jodi Faber

It's a beautiful campus you wouldn't believe almost 4000 people go to college there i only saw 4 people in a hour of walking around

FlockDude

Good school

xai uon

Beautiful surroundings, nice size classrooms. Inside buildings are nice.

Seth A

Beautiful campus! Everything is kept clean and accessible.

Ronda Heatley

My daughter is a senior at CU. I cannot say enough good things about this fantastic school and community.

Karen Godin (Lady Atara)

Although I don't attend here, there are a number of Pokemon Go stops. Some are only available via a very nice walking path. Cudos.

Christopher Gilbo

I work here no comment

Jackie Thompson

Nice University is a small town environment.

Lalli Vaddh

Job placement advertising is very fake. They do not have a very high job placement. The school is very expensive considering where it is. There are infinite better options than this school.

Ray D.

Very good, everyone wore masks. Women hockey team did a great job. Very happy to be back at a live game. Looking forward to the men's game vs SLU Sat.

Emily Croes

Horrible and traumatic. Asbestos in the residential buildings, mold everywhere, this year we had a mouse in our Riverside apartment. Get off meal plan if you’re able to because the food is disgusting. Professors are hit or miss- I’m a psychology major and love all of my professors but I’ve taken some horrible calc, anthropology, and physics classes and have heard a multitude of people express not being cared about by their professors (most of the professors’ main focus is their research, not their students). Reslife won’t respond to your emails unless you follow up a million times and trying to get a reliable tutor if you’re not an engineer is near impossible. Last semester, it took them 6 weeks to find me a tutor. This semester was even longer. Getting accommodations is anticlimactic- I had a concussion last year and got testing accommodations, but they expected me to remember to schedule each of my exams through the accommodations office. This was extremely frustrating as I was severely concussed and having difficulty remembering to the point where I had to drop down to taking only one class, and they couldn’t provide any further assistance to me. Many of my peers have dropped out, transferred, or tried to kill themselves because of their experience at Clarkson. Save your time, money, and physical and mental health by not going.

Kristine Mellerski

Great school for engineering. Top notch.

Laurie Campbell

Excellent

Ray Gardner

All I did is turn around in the parking lot. But I know the college is a great College.

Norm Hoyt

Tough but academically excellent. Standards keep rising including facilities. Spirited students. Super administration, facility & staff.

Emily Jennings

Amazing school. Job placement and average earnings are top 1% as far as I'm concerned!

Melinda Grant

Great place out back to take your kids sledding tubing snowboarding

Jovita Revathi Vas

My son graduated from Clarkson in May 2017. I sent him to Clarkson all the way from India, for undergrad in Computer Science. We are grateful to Clarkson for being there for him every time he had a challenge! Their attitude was always 'how can we help you help yourself'. He learnt lot more than academics at Clarkson. His experience there was a blessing! He is back in Clarkson to get his Master's Degree in Data Analytics. Proud of my son. Grateful for his wonderful experience at Clarkson University!

K D

Great location to earn a degree

Stefan Schmidt

I've had an unforgettable time as an exchange student back in 2010/11. Thanks!

Kirsten Brown

The best University in the country!!!!

Jim Chung

Today is the time to leave Clarkson. I had my wonderful two years in Clarkson and Potsdam. My research career will continue in NJ, but I will not forget this place along with the local people I have made friends with. I will be back some day in the future. Ciao!

j nm

Absolutely amazing school, that will 100% prepare you for the future.

Wyatt Wolf

It's a nice small college with a lot of friendly people there everyone I meet is nice to you.

Rebecca Zwierlein

Excellent engineering school - my son and daughter in law both loved it there. It was their home . They were involved in many clubs including pep club and dance clubs. They graduated and remain very involved alums! . He went on to a fast track masters program. She a fast track nursing program. Now our daughter is attending Clarkson and she loves it!!

Gary Thompson

GREAT engineering school!!

David Knapp

College visit was well handled. Good interview and tour.