Carleton College
Carleton College is a private four-year undergraduate college that offers a liberal arts focused education and curriculum. The total annual enrollment at Carleton is just over 2,000 students and the college employs an instructional faculty of 245. In 2016, U.S. News & World Report ranked Carleton 8th in the nation among national liberal arts colleges for "undergraduate teaching".Carleton College is an award winning institution that has produced hundreds of Fulbright Scholars, Goldwater Scholars, National Science Graduate Fellows, Rhodes Scholars and Watson Fellows. It's also amongst the highest producers of post-graduate students. Most students who complete their undergraduate degree at Carleton College go on to complete a PhD or professional degree.
Carleton offers bachelor's degree in 39 areas of study and 16 concentrations. Unlike most colleges that follow a semester system, courses at Carleton are offered on a trimster system. Mandatory courses for graduation at Carleton include an argument & inquiry seminar, freshman writing, language, quantitative reasoning encounters, intercultural domestic studies, humanistic inquiry, arts practice, statistical reasoning, literary/artistic inquiry, natural science, social inquiry, international studies, and physical education.
Carleton College is consistently ranked among the top undergraduate liberal arts colleges in the United States. For the past two decades, U.S. News & World report has ranked Carleton among the top 10 liberal arts colleges in the nation. In 2015, Washington Monthly ranked Carleton 2nd best liberal arts college in the nation, based on criteria including research, social mobility, and public service.
With an admission rate of 20%, Carleton is considered a highly selective college.
General Information
| Phone Number: | (507) 222-4000 |
| Address: | One North College Street, Northfield, Minnesota 55057-4001 |
| Institution Type: | Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above |
| Size: | Small ( 2,000+ undergrad ) |
| Award Levels: | Batchelor's |
| In-State Tuition | $ 39,603 |
| Out-of-State Tuition | $ 39,618 |
| Online Degrees Offered: | NO |
| Student-to-Faculty Ration: | 9 to 1 |
| Website Address: | www.carleton.edu |
Majors and Degrees
| Majors/Degrees | BS/BA |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences | |
| Biology Biological Sciences |  |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology | |
| Neuroscience | |
| Computer Information Sciences | |
| Computer Science | |
| English Language and Literature Letters | |
| English Language and Literature | |
| Ethnic, Cultural and Group Studies | |
| American (u.s.) Studies | |
| Area Studies | |
| Asian Studies | |
| Ethnic, Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | |
| Latin American Studies | |
| Women's Studies | |
| Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | |
| Ancient Classical Greek Language and Literature | |
| Chinese Language and Literature | |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | |
| French Language and Literature | |
| German Language and Literature | |
| Japanese Language and Literature | |
| Latin Language and Literature | |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | |
| Linguistics | |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | |
| Russian Language and Literature | |
| Spanish Language and Literature | |
| History | |
| History | |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences Studies and Humanities | |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences Studies and Humanities | |
| Mathematics and Statistics | |
| Mathematics | |
| Multi Interdisciplinary Studies | |
| Cognitive Science | |
| International Global Studies | |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | |
| Environmental Studies | |
| Philosophy and Religious Studies | |
| Islamic Studies | |
| Philosophy | |
| Religion Religious Studies | |
| Physical Sciences | |
| Chemistry | |
| Geology Earth Science | |
| Physics | |
| Psychology | |
| Psychology | |
| Social Sciences | |
| Archeology | |
| Economics | |
| International Relations and Affairs | |
| Political Economy | |
| Political Science and Government | |
| Social Sciences | |