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Location/Contact
CARLETON COLLEGE
One North College Street
NORTHFIELD, MN 55057--4001
General info:(507) 646-4000
Financial aid office:(507) 646-4138
Admissions office:(507) 646-4190
University Homepage

Tuition + Room (2011)
Instate: $42,942
Out-of-State: $42,942
Room & Board(on-campus): $11,238
Meals Per Week:20

UGrad Application Fee: $30
Tuition Payment Plan: Yes
Campus Housing Capacity:1806
Freshman Must Live on Campus: Yes

University Makeup (2011)
# of Undergrads: 2,048
Total Students: 2,048
49% Male, 51% Female

International: 8%
African-American: 4%
American Indian: 0%
Asian: 6%
Hispanic: 6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander: 1%
Caucasian (non-hispan): 68%
Unknown: 3%

Financial Aid
67% First time, full time students receive federal aid and the average amount is $4,269

8% of students receive State/Local grants and the average amount is $3,340

57% receive instiutional grants and the average institutional award is $10,725

49% receive student loans and the average amount is $3,067
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Private not-for-profit 4 year or above Institution
Baccalaureate Colleges--Arts & Sciences
Baccalaureate Colleges--Liberal Arts

Special Programs
Teacher Certifications

Admissions Requirements
Secondary School Record Required
Secondary School GPA Recommended
Secondary School Rank Recommended
Test Scores Required
Competencies Neither required nor recommended
Test EOFL Required

Special Credits
HS College Credit: Yes
AP Credit: Yes
Life Experience Credit: No
Special Credits(other): No

Applicants Admitted %
33% men vs 30% women admitted

Applicants vs Admissions
Number of Men Applicants: 2,201
Number of Women Applicants: 2,787
Number of Men Admitted: 719
Number of Women Admitted: 827

Student Services
Library On Campus
Counseling Services
Employment Services
Placement Services

Majors  Hide Majors
• American/United States Studies/Civilization
• Ancient/Classical Greek Language and Literature
• Archeology
• Area Studies Other
• Art History Criticism and Conservation
• Asian Studies/Civilization
• Biology/Biological Sciences General
• Biomathematics Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Other
• Chemistry General
• Chinese Language and Literature
• Classics and Classical Languages Literatures and Linguistics General
• Cognitive Science
• Computer Science
• Dance General
• Dance Other
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts General
• Economics General
• English Language and Literature General
• Environmental Studies
• Ethnic Cultural Minority Gender and Group Studies Other
• Film/Cinema/Video Studies
• Film/Video and Photographic Arts Other
• Fine/Studio Arts General
• French Language and Literature
• Geology/Earth Science General
• German Language and Literature
• History General
• International Relations and Affairs
• International/Global Studies
• Islamic Studies
• Japanese Language and Literature
• Latin American Studies
• Latin Language and Literature
• Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities Other
• Linguistic Comparative and Related Language Studies and Services Other
• Linguistics
• Mathematics General
• Music General
• Musicology and Ethnomusicology
• Neuroscience
• Philosophy
• Physics General
• Political Economy
• Political Science and Government General
• Political Science and Government Other
• Psychology General
• Religion/Religious Studies
• Romance Languages Literatures and Linguistics General
• Russian Language and Literature
• Social Sciences Other
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Women's Studies

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Ranking Similar Schools by Education Quality

#School Prog
Score
1
Brown University  
9.0
A 8.9
2
Haverford College  
9.1
A- 8.8
3
Carleton College  
8.8
A- 8.5
4
Amherst College  
9.0
A- 8.5
5
Yale University  
8.6
A- 8.5
6
Middlebury College  
8.6
A- 8.5
7
Cornell University  
8.5
A- 8.5
8
Oberlin College  
8.6
A- 8.4
9
Macalester College  
8.5
A- 8.2
10
Grinnell College  
8.1
B+ 7.9
11
Stanford University  
8.0
B+ 7.9
12
Princeton University  
7.9
B+ 7.8
13
Harvard University  
7.5
B+ 7.4
14
Swarthmore College  
7.3
B 7.1
15
University of Massachusetts Amherst  
6.8
B 6.8

   

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