Carleton College
Carleton College admitted 20% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1450–1560 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $25,295 a year. Within six years, 89% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 20%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1450–1560
- ACT middle 50%
- 32–34
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $89,204 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $25,295 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $12,275 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $72,069 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 89%
- Students who return for a second year
- 97%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $82,742 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $18,000
Students
- Undergraduates
- 2,086
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 20%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 8 to 1
- Campus setting
- Town
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Computer and information sciences
- 18%
- Physical sciences
- 16%
- Social sciences
- 14%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 11%
- Mathematics and statistics
- 8%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Vassar College NY · 19% admitted
- Smith College MA · 21% admitted
- Wake Forest University NC · 22% admitted
- University of Richmond VA · 22% admitted
- Boston College MA · 16% admitted
- Rhode Island School of Design RI · 19% admitted
More colleges in Minnesota
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN · 80% admitted
- Minnesota State University-Mankato MN · 88% admitted
- University of Minnesota-Duluth MN · 89% admitted
- University of St Thomas MN · 85% admitted
- Metropolitan State University MN · 99% admitted
- Winona State University MN · 76% admitted
- Saint Cloud State University MN · 95% admitted
- Bemidji State University MN · 56% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.