Carleton College: A Leading Liberal Arts College in Northfield, Minnesota Skip to main site navigation Admissions Academics Athletics About Carleton Offices/Departments Directory Map Make a Gift Carleton Admissions Academics Athletics About Carleton for Alumni for Students for Faculty/Staff for Families Offices/Departments Directory Map Photos News Events Visit Contact Academic Calendar Gould Library Workday Moodle OneCard Employment For the Northfield Community Make a Gift 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 On the Right Track Six newly tenured faculty are studying machine learning, Bronze Age Greece, Chinese microblogging, and much more. Our Standout Faculty Find Your Place The Carleton community is known for being warm, welcoming, and willing to debate and discuss anything. Campus Tour Video 96% of students live in campus housing, so late-night conversations can get very geeky 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 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 English 136 Black Speculative Fiction Psychology 263 Sleep and Dreaming History 242 Communism, Cold War, Collapse: Russia Since Stalin Theater 238 Costume Design for Theater Mathematics 333 Combinatorial Theory Biology 368 Developmental Neurobiology 222 student-created, student-led organizations 72% of Carls play varsity club , or intramural sports 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 Powerful Post-Grad Support Carleton and its alumni community work together as a network to launch you on your chosen path. 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 Our Commitment to Affordability 100 We meet 100% of your family’s eligibility for need-based financial aid. 73 We distribute $73 million in financial aid to Carleton students annually. 59 630 Our average 2023 need-based financial aid award was $59,630.