Carleton College Academic Life

Summary

The student-faculty ratio at Carleton College is 9:1, and the school has 64.8 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students. The most popular majors at Carleton College include: Social Sciences; Physical Sciences; Visual and Performing Arts; Biological and Biomedical Sciences; and Mathematics and Statistics. The average freshman retention rate, an indicator of student satisfaction, is 96.5 percent.

Faculty & Classes

General education/core curriculum required	Yes
Coursework required for graduation
Arts/fine arts Foreign languages Humanities Sciences (biological or physical) Mathematics Social science English (including composition) Other
Class sizes
Student-faculty ratio	9:1
Full-time faculty gender distribution
Part-time faculty gender distribution

Majors

Five most popular majors for 2011 graduates

Social Sciences 23% Physical Sciences 14% Visual and Performing Arts 10% Biological and Biomedical Sciences 9% Mathematics and Statistics 6%

Academic Programs & Offerings

Degrees offered	Bachelor's
Combined-degree programs	3-2 Engineering with Columbia University and Washington University; 3-2 M.S. program in elementary education with the Bank Street School of Education; 3-2 Nursing Program with Rush University
Student participation in special academic programs
First-year experiences 75% Service learning N/A Senior capstone or culminating academic experience 100% Writing in the disciplines 100% Undergraduate research/creative projects 10% Learning communities 28%

Graduation & Retention

Average freshman retention rate	97%
4-year graduation rate	88

* Academic Life details based on 2011 data