Breaking down Clemson’s incoming first-year class

The number, 5,031, represents how many first-year students arrive this week on the Clemson campus.  They hail from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and 22 countries.  The top five South Carolina counties from which they’ve enrolled are Greenville, Charleston, York, Anderson, and Spartanburg.  Popular names for the first-year students are Ava, William, Emma, Ella, and Lauren.