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Carleton

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.

#1
in teaching
year after year
8:1
student-faculty ratio
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On the Right Track
Six newly tenured faculty are studying machine learning, Bronze Age Greece, Chinese microblogging, and much more.
Our Standout Faculty
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Find Your Place

The Carleton community is known for being warm, welcoming, and willing to debate and discuss anything.

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Campus Tour
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96%
of students live in campus housing, so late-night conversations can get very geeky
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From the Blogs

Forming a Community in Residential Dorms

Kelly shares some of her favorite aspects of dorm life.

A sampling of our 200 student orgs:

  • CANOE
  • Experimental Theater Board
  • Indigenous Peoples Alliance
  • Men of Color
  • Singing Knights
  • Queens of Comedy
4/5
students come from outside the midwest
Explore the Carleton Community
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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.

54
majors & minors

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

222
student-created, student-led organizations
72%
of Carls play varsity, club, or intramural sports
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All Over the Map

For 50 years, the Office of Off-Campus Studies has been expanding Carleton’s boundaries from Northfield to the farthest reaches of the planet.
Outside the Classroom Majors & Minors
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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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Any Major. Any Career.

How Carls apply their majors to life
95%
of grads are employed full-time or attending graduate or professional school six months after graduation
$464k
support for internships last summer
After Carleton
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Our Commitment to Affordability

100%
We meet 100% of your family’s eligibility for need-based financial aid.
$73M
We distribute $73 million in financial aid to Carleton students annually.
$59,630
Our average 2023 need-based financial aid award was $59,630.