Carleton College

Carleton College is a private institution that was founded in 1866. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 2,034 (fall 2022), and the campus size is 955 acres. It utilizes a trimester-based academic calendar. Carleton College's ranking in the 2024 edition of Best Colleges is National Liberal Arts Colleges, #9. Its tuition and fees are $65,457.

Carleton College is located in the historic river town of Northfield, Minnesota. The Carleton Knights have 19 varsity athletic teams competing in the NCAA Division III Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Carleton offers more than 170 student organizations, many with creative names, including the Carleton Juggling F.I.S.H., the One Knight Stands cabaret troupe and the Knightingales a cappella group, to name a few. Intramural sports like quidditch, broomball, dodgeball and sand volleyball are also popular among students. All freshmen are required to live on campus, and about 90 percent of students choose to remain on campus in one of the residence halls, shared interest houses or campus townhouses.

Carleton College offers close to 40 undergraduate majors. The college has many unique traditions, including stealing and periodically displaying a plaster bust of the German poet Friedrich Schiller that dates back to the 1950s. A newer tradition is the "Silent Dance Party" during study days prior to finals when students don headphones and dance together in the library. The Goodsell Observatory on Carleton’s campus houses three historic telescopes as well as several modern telescopes available for classes and open houses. Notable alumni include Anthony Downs, author of "An Economic Theory of Democracy," and former Supreme Court Justice Pierce Butler.