Carleton College

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School Description

Provided by Carleton College

From the Carleton College Academic Catalog, p. 1:

Carleton College strives to provide a liberal education of the highest quality. The goal of such an education is to
liberate individuals from the constraints imposed by ignorance or complacency and perpare them boradly to
lead rewarding, creative, and useful lives.

Carleton College

From Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
This article is about Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. For Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, see Carleton University.

Carleton College is an independent, non-sectarian, coeducational, liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, USA. The school was founded on November 14, 1866, by the Minnesota Conference of Congregational Churches as Northfield College. In 1871, its name changed to Carleton College in honor of benefactor William Carleton of Charlestown, Massachusetts, who donated US$50,000 to the fledgling institution. According to current U.S. News and World Report rankings, Carleton College is the #5 liberal arts college in the United States. The College currently enrolls 1,958 undergraduate students, and employs 198 full-time faculty members. Robert A. Oden is the current President.

Defining features

Academically, Carleton is nationally recognized as a leading undergraduate institution. It is consistently ranked in the U.S. News and World Report's college rankings within the top ten U.S. liberal arts schools (tied for fifth place with Middlebury College in 2007-08). The most recent middle 50 percent of admitted students received 1330-1490 on the SAT Critical Reading and Math Sections, with over three quarters ranked in the top 10% of their high school graduating classes. Carleton consistently enrolls more students in the National Merit Scholarship Program than any other liberal arts college in the country and its Class of 2011 includes seventy-nine National Merit Scholars (which includes both Carleton sponsored and external National Merit Scholars) of its 512 students. The College is a leading source of PhD recipients, and is also recognized for sending an unusually large number of female students to graduate programs in the sciences. Alumni giving, a measure of alumni satisfaction with the College, was 64% in 2006, the highest among liberal arts colleges. Carleton leads all baccalaureate colleges in the number of its students awarded prestigious National Science Foundation Fellowships for graduate study from 1990-99.

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Quick Facts

Chance of Admission:
Location:
Midwest
Setting:
Small Town Setting
Type:
Private
Size:
Small (Under 2,000 Undergrad)
Mascot:
Knights

Students & Campus Life

Undergraduate Enrollment:
1,930
On Campus Housing:
Available
Full Time Students:
100%
Athletic Programs:
Available
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Expenses

Average Tuition:
$ 32,649
Students Receiving Aid:
76%
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Admissions

Application Fee:
$ 30
Selectivity:
Most Selective
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Students

General
Full-Time vs. Part-Time
Full-Time 100%
Part-Time 0%
Men vs. Women
Women 52%
Men 48%
Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian 79%
Asian 9%
African-American 5%
Hispanic 4%
Other 3%
Geography
In State vs. Out-of-State
Out-of-State 74%
In-State 26%
Top States for Incoming Freshman
Minnesota 26%
Illinois 8%
California 5%
Wisconsin 5%
Washington 4%
Percent of Students International: 5%

Housing

On-Campus Housing Available: Yes
Percent of Students Living On-Campus: 86%
Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: Yes

Athletics

Member of: NAA, NCAA
Sports Include: Football (Midwest Conference)
Basketball (Midwest Conference)
Baseball (Midwest Conference)
Track (Midwest Conference)
Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) Expenses  
Published Tuition and Fees:
$ 32,649    
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads:
$ 32,460    
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads:
$ 189    
Financial Aid Avg. Amount Received % of Students Receiving Aid  
Federal Grants:
$ 3,326 15%  
State and Local Grants:
$ 2,488 8%  
Institutional Grants:
$ 15,908 64%  
Student Loans:
$ 3,942 44%  
Any Aid:
  76%  

Selectivity (Undergraduate Only)

Acceptance Rate: 29% (Most Selective)
Test Scores  
SAT Scores:  
% of Students Submitting SAT Scores: 78%
Bottom 25th Percentile: Verbal: 660, Math: 660
Top 75th Percentile: Verbal: 760, Math: 740

Application Requirements (Undergraduate Only)

Application Fee: $ 30.00
Formal Demonstration of Competencies: Not Required
High School Diploma or Equivalent: Recommended
High School GPA: Recommended
High School Rank: Recommended
High School Record: Required
Recommendations: Required
TOEFL: Required
Test Scores: Required

Degree Programs at Carleton College

Bachelor's Level Majors

College Advice

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L & C is in Oregon, and Carleton is in Minnesota. I'm interested in these schools and I hope someone can give me some input! Thanks so much, answers are much appreciated :) Also if you are familiar with the weather around Portland, Oregon and Minnesota that'd be extremely helpful. Thanks.
30 months ago
Best Answer
Carleton has a great academic reputation (nationally), Lewis and Clark much less so. If I were looking at grad school applicants from each school, with similar test scores and GPAs, and both had great letters of recommendation, I'd favor the candidate from Carleton because of the nationally-recognized rigor of its programs of study.

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  • President Emeritus Laurence Gould is briefly reunited with the bust of Schiller in this undated archive photo from The Carletonian
    President Emeritus Laurence Gould is briefly reunited with the bust of Schiller in this undated archive photo from The Carletonian [source]
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    Carleton College [source]
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