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- Carleton College at a Glance
Carleton College is a national, highly selective four-year, undergraduate liberal arts college granting the degree of bachelor of arts. Its students are among the brightest young people in the nation. They are highly competitive, but they do so primarily by competing against their own standard of excellence. There’s not a lot of competition among Carleton students for grades or performance — they are very supportive of one another’s activities. As Carleton President Stephen R. Lewis, Jr. is fond of saying, "Carleton is excellence without elitism."
Fast Facts
- Founded: 1866
- Location: Northfield, Minn.
- Enrollment:
- Spring 2000: 1,836; 875 male, 983 female
- All 50 states represented (1999-2000)
- Midwest (49%), West (23%), East (22%), South (4%), International (2%)
- Calendar: trimester system of 10-week terms
- President: Stephen R. Lewis, Jr.
- Board of Trustees: 44 elected members
- Campus: 950 acres total; 400-acre arboretum; per student: one-half acre
- Frisbees: 1.9 per capita
Typical First-Year Class
Of the 512 students in the Class of 2003:
- 9% are first generation college students
- 82 are National Merit Scholars, 2 are National Achievement Scholars. Carleton consistently leads all small liberal arts colleges in the number of National Merit Scholars enrolled.
- ACT scores for middle 50% of accepted students: 28-31
- SAT scores for middle 50%: Verbal 630-730 Math 630-720
- 64% graduated in top 10th of their high school class, 87% in the top fifth
Financial Aid
- Carleton meets the full demonstrated financial need of all admitted students, for all four years.
- Carleton students typically graduate with less loan-indebtedness than students graduating from other public and private institutions in Minnesota.
- Comprehensive Fee: $28,230 (1999-00); $29,340 (2000-01)
- Average need-based financial aid package: $18,428
- Average need-based grant awarded by Carleton: $11,868
- 75% of students work on campus – student salary for 2000-01 is $7.24/hr.
In the Classroom
- Students choose from 33 majors, plus 15 concentrations and additional special programs.
- Top majors in the Class of 2000: biology (59), English (50), political science/international relations (37), and economics (36)
- Median class size is 17; 35% of classes have 10 or fewer students.
- 11:1 student/faculty ratio; 96% of faculty have the highest degree in their field.
- 82% of students graduate within four years, 88% in five years.
Outside the Classroom
- 75% of students live in one of the nine residence halls for all four years. Others live in campus houses with themes like environmental awareness, women’s awareness, science fiction, religious diversity, and languages.
- All residence halls are wired for ethernet service, and internet service and computing facilities are available to students at no charge.
- Carleton-funded student organizations include: 32 community service groups, 21 music/art groups, 21 cultural, ethnic, and religious groups, 10 publications, nine educational groups, seven political groups, five environmental/outdoor groups, four pre-professional groups, and an AM/FM radio station.
- Carleton competes in the NCAA Division III, Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The College fields 26 varsity athletic programs.
- One third of students participate in varsity athletics.
- 90% of students participate in 21 club and 13 intramural sports.
- The 400 acres immediately surrounding campus comprise the Cowling Arboretum, filled with running, walking, and cross-country skiing trails. Students in the natural sciences also use the arboretum for research.
Off-Campus Study
- 65% of students study off-campus sometime during their four-year tenure.
- 100 to 150 students study off-campus each term.
- Examples of Carleton led programs: political economy in Beijing, French/Francophone studies in Mali, biology in Australia and New Zealand, geology in Italy, political science in Washington, D.C., and Spanish in Morelia, Mexico.
After Carleton
- 15 Carleton alumni received National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Fellowships this year and last. Since 1996, Carleton leads all liberal arts colleges with 39 NSF awards, and ranks 20th among all colleges and universities, regardless of size.
- 70% of students go on to advanced study within five years of graduating.
- 70% of Carleton alumni who apply to medical school and maintained a grade point average of 3.0 or higher while at Carleton are accepted; the national acceptance rate is 40%.
- 10% of the 1997 entering cohort at the University of Minnesota Medical School was comprised of Carleton alumni.
- 100% of pre-law Carleton students go on to law school.
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