Clark University

Went to visit with the SBDC at the Carriage house. The street is so clean and the building charming. Doing business with the SBDC is a pleasure!

My daughter graduated from Clark and she felt the teaching staff was wonderful. She was invited many times to the homes of professors for discussions and extra help. I am so grateful that we decided, with our daughter, that Clark was the best school option. She is now starting her Masters at Clark this next semester. I see that there is a review from a young man who had a very different experience. I am sorry to hear that. My daughter and all her Clarkie friends are still very close.
Joan Starr

Went to grad school here. Helpful staff, great proffs, interesting classes and programs. The class sizes are comparably small and challenging.

Been here twice for work related things. Seems like a pretty good campus. Worcester is much bigger than most people realize but Clark is a small liberal arts school. Clark competes with Holy Cross which is also a liberal arts school. Not that that’s a bad thing. Very different vibe between the two schools.

Don’t get me wrong, I love Clark because of its lifestyle and community feel but as an academic institution, let’s not get it twisted folks. Clark has fallen from rank 60ish to now rank 96 I believe. That’s a plummet… that’s just horrible and it’s reflective based on their program of professors. It’s a research university so the level of interest is split for professors and a lot of the notable ones like George Gendron have left. It has sold out to its business side of being a university, the bookstore is robbing people daily and the school helps them. Furthermore there has been more emphasis on attracting more students or wealthier students as well. I was drawn to Clark because I felt that the learning would be very personal and would really make some changes, some of it has and some of it hasn’t, and that’s to be expected but that doesn’t mean I’m not shocked by the lack of will in the professors. Most of them really just don’t care especially if they have a tenure, and it’s sad because they’re just so bloody awful. I also don’t know how Clark manages to scrummage up so many introverts and wall flowers, lots of «different» kids at the school.

Great school. Loved the campus. Really felt at home and really was the best four years of my life.
However, they are a bit money hungry these days and I no longer feel the changes are for «the greater good» but more for «the greater good of their wallet.» In all honesty, their administration is really disrespectful to the classes of the last decade, claiming they are not doing much with their lives and that we are putting a strain on the economy. We really are trying our best, it’s the economy that’s putting a strain on us. For a school that has so many alumni connections, you would think they would be nicer to us.

Great school!

I really love clark… i went there for my undergrad. But i do agree with other reviews, like most institutions, clark seems to be more money hungry, accepting anyone. I really liked the diversity clark had when i started. but it seemed to have shifted towards the end of my time there.

I loved Clark when I was there. They were known for accepting the B student with varied outside interests who wanted to be in their community and make it better. It was filled with hippies, and while I don’t generally love people who don’t shower, it gave the school a great vibe and diversity that helped me grow out of my white suburbia childhood. I got my BA and M. Ed from Clark and loved it. I was a tour guide and wanted to share my love for my school with others and help them get there.
But it get four stars because, in my last year or two, Clark changed. It became less diversity focused, it became more money hungry. Clark focused less on education (my major) and psychology and more on science. There isn’t anything wrong with that, except Clark did it to get in students who would make more money (doctors) who would donate more money down the road than teachers. I still get calls to donate money to Clark, meanwhile I will be paying loans on ever increasing tuition until 2030.

ahhhhh. .. my alama mater. fiat lux. i think that’s latin for keg stand.
what can i say? i had a great time at clark. some of it’s a bit fuzzy, but i’m told it was 4 years. at the end, they gave me an extremely warm bottle of champagne that had previously been passed amongst my peers (many of whom i had never seen before) and a piece of paper. i skipped the champagne. i had the piece of paper framed. not sure where i’d be if i had to rely on that victorian lit. major/​philosophy minor, but i don’t, so.…
decent curriculum, approachable, accessible professors, dangerous townies, dives dives everywhere and plenty to drink. oh yeah, and spree day. if you don’t know, you betta’ ask somebody.

I got my BA and MS at Clark so I’m obviously biased, but it’s a fantastic school. I have always been glad I chose to go there. The professors are all excellent, not to mention expert. Lame mottos aside, you really will be challanged and will think about the world a little differently when you leave.
Sports, however, are not a big thing at Clark (D3), though I can tell you first hand that the volleyball coach is awesome (a friend)! I didn’t even know our mascot was «Cougars» until first semester was almost over.
Spree Day is one of the best days of the year, and I still miss brunch at the Caf … there’s no denying that Clark has a special place in my heart
— Jen