Peer Institutions – Institutional Research and Assessment

Carleton uses a core strategic planning peer group of Carleton and 25 similar liberal arts colleges. Click “IR” to link to Institutional Research websites where available. The “College Navigator” links point to the most recent information provided by the colleges on the U.S. Department of Education’s web site.

Core Peer Group

Peer Institution	IR Website	Federally Reported Data
Amherst College	IR	College Navigator
Bates College	IR	College Navigator
Beloit College	IR	College Navigator
Bowdoin College	IR	College Navigator
Bryn Mawr College	IR	College Navigator
Carleton College	IR	College Navigator
Colorado College	IR	College Navigator
Davidson College	IR	College Navigator
Dickinson College	IR	College Navigator
Grinnell College	IR	College Navigator
Hamilton College	IR	College Navigator
Haverford College	IR	College Navigator
Kenyon College	IR	College Navigator
Lake Forest College	IR	College Navigator
Macalester College	IR	College Navigator
Middlebury College	IR	College Navigator
Oberlin College	IR	College Navigator
Pomona College	IR	College Navigator
Reed College	IR	College Navigator
Smith College	IR	College Navigator
St. Olaf College	IR	College Navigator
Swarthmore College	IR	College Navigator
The College of Wooster	IR	College Navigator
Wellesley College	IR	College Navigator
Wesleyan University	IR	College Navigator
Williams College	IR	College Navigator

Carleton is also a member of several higher education consortia as listed below. While not all consortia members are considered to be peers for comparative purposes, the major groups are listed below for reference purposes.

Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium

Carleton is a member of the Higher Education Data Sharing (HEDS) Consortium, which consists of more than one hundred small, private, nonprofit institutions around the country that are committed to sharing and using information to more fully enact their missions and promote effective liberal arts education. [HEDS members list]

Consortium on Financing Higher Education (COFHE) Colleges

COFHE College	IR Website	Federally Reported Data
Amherst	IR	College Navigator
Barnard	IR	College Navigator
Bowdoin	IR	College Navigator
Bryn Mawr	IR	College Navigator
Carleton	IR	College Navigator
Haverford	IR	College Navigator
Macalester	IR	College Navigator
Middlebury	IR	College Navigator
Mt. Holyoke	IR	College Navigator
Oberlin	IR	College Navigator
Pomona	IR	College Navigator
Smith	IR	College Navigator
Swarthmore	IR	College Navigator
Trinity	IR	College Navigator
Vassar	IR	College Navigator
Wellesley	IR	College Navigator
Wesleyan	IR	College Navigator
Williams	IR	College Navigator

Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM)

ACM College	IR Website	Federally Reported Data
Beloit	IR	College Navigator
Carleton	IR	College Navigator
Coe	IR	College Navigator
Colorado	IR	College Navigator
Cornell College	IR	College Navigator
Grinnell	IR	College Navigator
Knox	IR	College Navigator
Lake Forest	IR	College Navigator
Lawrence U	IR	College Navigator
Luther	IR	College Navigator
Macalester	IR	College Navigator
Monmouth	IR	College Navigator
Ripon		College Navigator
St. Olaf	IR	College Navigator

Minnesota Private Colleges Council (MPCC)

MPCC College	IR Website	College Navigator
Augsburg	IR	College Navigator
Bethany Lutheran		College Navigator
Bethel	IR	College Navigator
Carleton	IR	College Navigator
College of St. Benedict	IR	College Navigator
College of St. Scholastica	IR	College Navigator
Concordia, Moorhead	IR	College Navigator
Concordia, St. Paul	IR	College Navigator
Gustavus Adolphus	IR	College Navigator
Hamline	IR	College Navigator
Macalester	IR	College Navigator
Minneapolis C. of Art & Design		College Navigator
St. Catherine University	IR	College Navigator
St. John's	IR	College Navigator
St. Mary's U of Minnesota	IR	College Navigator
St. Olaf	IR	College Navigator
University of Northwestern-St. Paul	IR	College Navigator
University of St. Thomas	IR	College Navigator