This page provides links to both narrative or summary graphic summaries of a variety of Carleton’s surveys. While some results are available to the general public, others may be restricted by password to limited use on campus.
Surveys and Research
Presentation of the Staff Survey conducted in during spring 2022. The Staff Survey is on a three-year schedule.
Staff Survey, Spring 2019 Executive Summary
The Staff Survey was conducted as a collaboration between Human Resources and Institutional Research and Assessment during Spring 2019. The instrument was distributed by email to 526 staff members. A total of 447 surveys were completed for an 85% response rate.
IDE Survey of Students, Faculty, and Staff 2021
This is a report on the quantitative items on the IDE Committee’s survey of current students, faculty, and staff conducted in spring 2021.
Rate of First-Generation New Students at Carleton and Other Highly Selective Colleges
In 2012, only 10% of new students at Carleton were first-generation, which was less than most other elite national co-ed liberal arts colleges. However, from 2012 to 2020, the percentage of new students at Carleton who were first-generation increased to 16%, which places Carleton squarely in the middle of elite national co-ed liberal arts colleges.
Relation between GPA and Financial Need, Standardized Test Scores, First-Generation, and Ethnicity: Executive summary of an examination of the relative contribution of standardized test scores, financial need, first-generation status, and ethnicity to cumulative grade point average.
Predictors of Sophomore Retention, 2010 – 2019 Cohorts: This report describes an analysis of 10 years of sophomore retention of first-time full-time college students who matriculated at Carleton College in the fall terms between 2010 and 2019.
Predictors of Four-Year Graduation Rate, 2005-2016 Cohorts: Report examining factors that predict whether a student will graduate from Carleton within four calendar years of matriculation.
Campus Climate Items from 2021 Senior Survey: Executive summary of nine items from the 2019 Enrolled Student Survey that showed significant gaps across student groups in the 2021 Senior Survey.
Historic Surveys and Research
Institutional Research and Assessment has archives of original data files and much more detail than can be shown here. Please contact an IRA staff member to discuss what may be available.