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Carleton College is a private, residential liberal arts college with a national student body and with no formal religious affiliation. Mission 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 prepare them broadly to lead rewarding, creative, and useful lives. Location Northfield, Minnesota which is approximately 40 miles south of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. Athletics NCAA Division III, Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC). 21 Varsity Sports (10 men’s, 11 women’s). Over 22 Club sports and 12 Intramural Sports. Student Profile 1,858 (53% women, 47% men). All 50 states and 27 different countries. 17% minority, 4% international. Faculty Profile 195 full-time, 93% tenure-track faculty. 10:1 student/faculty ratio. Average class size: 17. |
Costs and Aid 2003-2004 $34,495 comprehensive ($28,362 tuition). 53% of students receive need-based financial aid. More Distinctions: · U.S. News and World Report ranked Carleton 4th in its annual rankings of the best colleges in the nation. This was the 3rd consecutive year Carleton ranked in the top five liberal arts colleges and the 8th consecutive year in the top ten. · Carleton also ranked first in alumni giving, a measure of alumni satisfaction with the school, for the second year in a row. (U.S. News & World Report) · Carleton ranks first overall among four-year liberal arts colleges in the number of students who go on to earn the Ph.D. in the natural sciences and mathematics (first in the earth sciences, first in chemistry, first in physics/astronomy, first in the biological sciences; and fifth in mathematics) and Carleton is the only college ranked in the top 10 in all fields of the natural sciences and mathematics. (U.S. News & World Report) · In 1995, in a one-time only ranking, U.S. News & World Report ranked Carleton's faculty number one among national liberal arts colleges in terms of "an unusually strong commitment to undergraduate teaching." |
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