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What sets Carleton apart?
Unmatched teaching in a close-knit community where intellectual curiosity leads to a lifetime of exploration.
Learn From the Best
Our faculty are as enthusiastic about learning as you are.
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Find Your Place
The Carleton community is known for being warm, welcoming, and willing to debate and discuss anything.
A sampling of our 200 student orgs:
- CANOE
- Experimental Theater Board
- Indigenous Peoples Alliance
- Men of Color
- Singing Knights
- Queens of Comedy
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Imagine it. Do it.
Carleton’s liberal arts focus gives you the freedom to explore deeply and broadly, in and out of the classroom.
Just a few of our 1,000 courses:
Art History 263
European Architectural History on Site
Physics 210
Sustainable Energy Principles & Design
Political Science 315
Polarization, Parties, and Power
English 136
Black Speculative Fiction
Psychology 263
Sleep and Dreaming
History 242
Communism, Cold War, Collapse: Russia Since Stalin
Theater 238
Costume Design for Theater
Mathematics 333
Combinatorial Theory
Biology 368
Developmental Neurobiology
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Powerful Post-Grad Support
Carleton and its alumni community work together as a network to launch you on your chosen path.
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