Peer Institutions – Institutional Research and Assessment

Carleton references a peer group of 25 liberal arts colleges to ensure that our education remains at the forefront of the liberal arts landscape. These institutions are selected based on a shared commitment to academic excellence and comparable institutional characteristics.

Click “IR” to visit Institutional Research websites, and the “College Navigator” 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