The Clemson Insider has learned from talking with sources on Friday that Clemson University is bringing back the Academic Common Market.
This is big news for Clemson baseball as it tries to compete with other schools who have certain recruiting vantages over the Tigers. The program helps athletic teams, like the baseball program, recruit out-of-state student athletes to Clemson.
Annual tuition at Clemson cost around $40,000 for an out-of-state student, compared to about $20,000 for a South Carolina resident. The Academic Common Market allowed Clemson students from other states—on both the athletic and academic side—a more affordable alternative to attend and/or play sports at Clemson if they were majoring in a field that is not available to them in their home state.