About Clarkson University

Clarkson University is a private research university circles with its main campus in Potsdam, New York, and supplementary graduate program and research facilities in the New York Capital Region and Beacon, New York. It was founded in 1896 and has an enrollment of practically 4,300 students studying toward bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in each of its schools or institutes: the Institute for a Sustainable Environment, the School of Arts & Sciences, the David D. Reh School of Business, the Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering, and the Earl R. and Barbara D. Lewis School of Health Sciences. It is classified among “R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity.”

Potsdam is a town in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. The town population was 17,029 at the 2010 census. The ZIP Code is 13676. Potsdam is a cultural and university hub of Northern New York. When SUNY Potsdam and Clarkson University are in session, the population increases by approximately 8,000 students. The town is named after the city of Potsdam in Germany. The Town of Potsdam next contains a village named Potsdam. Potsdam is centrally located within the county and northeast of Canton, the county seat.