	Carleton College 2016 University Academic Rankings
Carleton College (/ËˆkÉ‘Ërltáµ»n/ KARL-tin) is a private liberal arts college in the historic town of Northfield, Minnesota. The college enrolled 2,014 undergraduate students and employed 245 instructional faculty members in fall 2015. Carleton is one of few liberal arts colleges that runs on the trimester system. In its 2016 edition of national liberal arts college rankings, U.S. News & World Report ranked Carleton eighth-best overall and first for undergraduate teaching The 1,040-acre rural campus is located next to the adjoining 880-acre Cowling Arboretum, which became part of the campus in 1920. The school's location in Northfield places it 40 miles from the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan complex. The architecture of campus buildings ranges from Collegiate Gothic to contemporary, with the first building built in 1872 and the most recent in 2011. Since 2000, the institution has produced 104 National Science Graduate Fellows, 91 Fulbright Scholars, 24 NCAA Postgraduate Scholars, 21 Watson Fellows, 13 Goldwater Scholars, and 18 Rhodes Scholars. Carleton is also one of the largest sources of undergraduate students pursuing doctorates per one hundred students for bachelors institutions. In 2015, the school was designated a "Top Producer of Fulbright Awards for American Students at Bachelors Institutions" with 4 grants awarded that year, ranking it tied for 29th for undergraduate student awards. History The school was founded on October 12, 1866, when the Minnesota Conference of Congregational Churches unanimously accepted a resolution to locate a college in Northfield. Two Northfield businessmen, Charles Augustus Wheaton and Charles M. Goodsell, each donated 10 acres (4 ha) of land for the first campus. The first students enrolled at the preparatory unit of Northfield College in the fall of 1867. In 1870, the first college president, James Strong, traveled to the East Coast to raise funds for the college. On his way from visiting a potential donor, William Carleton of Charlestown, Massachusetts, Strong was badly injured in a collision between his carriage and a train. Impressed by Strong's survival of the accident, Carleton donated $50,000 to the fledgling institution in 1871. As a result, the Board of Trustees renamed the school in his honor. The college graduated its first college class in 1874, in which the first two graduates, James J. Dow and Myra A. Brown, married each other later that year. On September 7, 1876, the James-Younger Gang, led by outlaw Jesse James, tried to rob the First National Bank of Northfield. Joseph Lee Heywood, Carleton's Treasurer, was acting cashier at the bank that day. He was shot and killed for refusing to open the safe. Carleton later named a library fund after Heywood. The Heywood Society is the name for a group of donors who have named Carleton in their wills. In its early years under the presidency of James Strong, Carleton reflected the theological conservatism of its Minnesota Congregational founders. In 1903, modern religious influences were introduced by William Sallmon, a Yale Divinity School graduate, who was hired as college president. Sallmon was opposed by conservative faculty members and alumni, and left the presidency by 1908. After Sallmon left, the trustees hired Donald J. Cowling, another theologically liberal Yale Divinity School graduate, as his successor. In 1916, under Cowling's leadership, Carleton began an official affiliation with the Minnesota Baptist Convention. It lasted until 1928, when the Baptists severed the relationship as a result of fundamentalist opposition to Carleton's liberalism, including the college's support for teaching evolution. Non-denominational for a number of years, in 1964 Carleton abolished its requirement for weekly a ... [more on wikipedia]

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Carleton College Details

Carleton College Details
detail	value
state	Minnesota
conference	Midwest Conference
public	Private
scores	2135/1423/32
level	Elite
rank	[84
overall ROI rank	[43
size	small
undergrads	2057
grads	0
price	62465
drop	7
stem	35
research	0
scores valid	True

Common Questions...

What are the academic rankings for Carleton College?

1. number 84 for Academics.

2. number 43 for ROI (Return on Investment).

What universities are similar to Carleton College?

1. Williams College

2. Swarthmore College

3. Union College

4. Colby College

5. Grinnell College

6. Lafayette College

7. Whitman College

National Academic Rankings

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Carleton College National Academic Rankings

Carleton College National Academic Rankings
category	rank	scores	difficulty	smartest	brainpower	faculty	research	salary ROI	overall ROI
Top250	84	27	31	165	79	153	159	46	43
All	64	27	31	94	75	82	82	28	40
All Nonivy	58	20	24	90	69	79	79	27	35
Private	40	26	29	72	42	53	53	25	25
Stem Low	54	19	25	85	54	80	80	37	41
Mid West Region	12	3	4	24	13	42	42	18	10
State of Minnesota	2	1	1	2	2	4	3	4	1
Top Ten Top250	84	27	31	165	79	153	159	46	43
Top Ten Mid West Region	9	3	4	10	10	10	10	8	9
Top Ten State of Minnesota	2	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	1

Peer Universities / Similar Universities

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Carleton College Peer Universities, Similar Universities to Carleton College

Carleton College Peer Universities, Similar Universities to Carleton College
match	university	state	conference	public	level	rank	overall ROI
86.62	Williams College	Massachusetts	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	58	161
85.00	Swarthmore College	Pennsylvania	Centennial Conference	Private	Elite	67	48
79.45	Union College	Kentucky	Mid - South Conference / Appal...	Private	BelowAverage	162	178
79.32	Colby College	Maine	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Excellent	132	155
78.95	Grinnell College	Iowa	Midwest Conference	Private	Excellent	114	123
78.81	Lafayette College	Pennsylvania	Patriot League	Private	Excellent	165	106
78.19	Whitman College	Washington	Northwest Conference	Private	Excellent	153	154
77.85	St Olaf College	Minnesota	Minnesota Intercollegiate Ath Conf	Private	Excellent	144	127
77.79	Reed College	Oregon	No Conference Affiliation	Private	Excellent	106	144
77.20	Haverford College	Pennsylvania	Centennial Conference	Private	Elite	97	182
76.83	Rice University	Texas	Conference USA	Private	Elite	20	4
75.98	Tufts University	Massachusetts	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	23	34
75.88	Princeton University	New Jersey	Ivy League	Private	Elite	4	11
75.66	Carnegie Mellon University	Pennsylvania	University Athletic Association	Private	Elite	21	9
75.49	Johns Hopkins University	Maryland	Centennial Conference	Private	Elite	16	47
75.40	Duke University	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	Elite	13	3
75.33	Vanderbilt University	Tennessee	Southeastern Conference	Private	Elite	14	8
75.29	Stanford University	California	Pacific 12 Conference	Private	Elite	9	17
75.19	Washington University in St Louis	Missouri	University Athletic Association	Private	Elite	8	6
75.03	Columbia University in the City of New York	New York	Ivy League	Private	Elite	7	42
74.85	Northwestern University	Illinois	Big Ten Conference	Private	Elite	11	13
74.66	Harvard University	Massachusetts	Ivy League	Private	Elite	2	10
74.35	Northeastern University	Massachusetts	Colonial Athletic Association	Private	Elite	40	109
74.29	Cornell University	New York	Ivy League	Private	Elite	15	39
70.51	Bucknell University	Pennsylvania	Patriot League	Private	Excellent	131	93
69.46	Case Western Reserve University	Ohio	Presidents' Athletic Conferenc...	Private	Excellent	28	14
69.38	Lehigh University	Pennsylvania	Patriot League	Private	Excellent	69	32
69.14	SUNY College at Geneseo	New York	State University of New York A...	Public	Excellent	111	184
68.86	University of Rochester	New York	University Athletic Association	Private	Excellent	39	93
68.59	Villanova University	Pennsylvania	Colonial Athletic Association ...	Private	Excellent	99	68
67.89	University of Miami	Florida	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	Excellent	44	93
67.69	SUNY at Binghamton	New York	America East	Public	Excellent	65	125
67.50	University of Virginia	Virginia	Atlantic Coast Conference	Public	Excellent	32	27
67.22	University of California-San Diego	California	Division II Independents	Public	Excellent	26	70
67.17	University of Maryland-College Park	Maryland	Big Ten Conference	Public	Excellent	34	60
67.15	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Michigan	Big Ten Conference	Public	Excellent	17	16
67.13	University of California-Los Angeles	California	Pacific 12 Conference	Public	Excellent	29	84
67.11	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Wisconsin	Big Ten Conference	Public	Excellent	33	25
67.08	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Illinois	Big Ten Conference	Public	Excellent	24	17
67.07	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	Minnesota	Big Ten Conference	Public	Excellent	30	22

Academic Peer Universities / Similar Academics

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Carleton College Academic Peer Universities, Similar Academic Universities to Carleton College

Carleton College Academic Peer Universities, Similar Academic Universities to Carleton College
match	university	state	conference	public	level	rank	overall ROI
97.01	Wesleyan University	Connecticut	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	73	137
96.61	Wellesley College	Massachusetts	New England Women's & Men's At...	Private	Elite	78	158
95.77	Swarthmore College	Pennsylvania	Centennial Conference	Private	Elite	67	48
95.33	Amherst College	Massachusetts	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	86	158
95.24	Middlebury College	Vermont	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	90	135
94.31	Vassar College	New York	Upstate Collegiate Athletic As...	Private	Elite	82	177
93.96	Boston College	Massachusetts	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	Excellent	47	75
93.42	Oberlin College	Ohio	North Coast Athletic Conference	Private	Excellent	81	55
92.35	New England Small College Ath Conf (Low)	-	New England Small College Ath Conf	-Conf-	Excellent	-	165
91.48	College of William and Mary	Virginia	Colonial Athletic Association	Public	Excellent	54	60
91.40	Colgate University	New York	Patriot League	Private	Excellent	92	83
91.38	New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference (Average)	-	New England Women's & Men's At...	-Conf-	Excellent	-	60
89.77	Boston University	Massachusetts	Patriot League	Private	Excellent	45	116
89.76	Stevens Institute of Technology	New Jersey	Empire Eight	Private	Excellent	99	43
89.33	SUNY at Binghamton	New York	America East	Public	Excellent	65	125
89.16	University of Miami	Florida	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	Excellent	44	93
89.07	George Washington University	Washington DC	Atlantic 10 Conference	Private	Excellent	51	135
88.74	United States Air Force Academy	Colorado	Mountain West Conference	Public	Excellent	91	30
88.13	Southern Methodist University	Texas	American Athletic Conference	Private	Excellent	80	73
87.40	Polytechnic Institute of New York University	New York	No Reported Affiliation	Private	Good	76	72
87.08	Lehigh University	Pennsylvania	Patriot League	Private	Excellent	69	32
86.67	The University of Texas at Dallas	Texas	American Southwest Conference	Public	Good	70	55
86.62	Colorado School of Mines	Colorado	Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference	Public	Good	84	24
85.66	Colonial Athletic Association (Average)	-	Colonial Athletic Association	-Conf-	Excellent	-	112
83.70	University of Georgia	Georgia	Southeastern Conference	Public	Good	82	65
83.18	Missouri University of Science and Technology	Missouri	Great Lakes Valley Conference	Public	Good	105	32
83.02	Brigham Young University-Provo	Utah	Other / West Coast Conference	Private	Good	72	27
82.90	Stony Brook University	New York	Colonial Athletic Association ...	Public	Good	62	109
81.75	University of Iowa	Iowa	Big Ten Conference	Public	Good	68	79
80.15	University of Connecticut	Connecticut	Big East Conference	Public	Good	87	139
80.05	Big Ten Conference (Low)	-	Big Ten Conference	-Conf-	Good	-	51
77.49	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast Conference	Public	AboveAverage	58	31
76.82	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	Massachusetts	Mid - American Conference / At...	Public	AboveAverage	88	144
76.82	University of California-Davis	California	Big Sky Conference / Big West ...	Public	AboveAverage	58	142
76.28	American Athletic Conference (Average)	-	American Athletic Conference	-Conf-	AboveAverage	-	98
76.06	University of Colorado Boulder	Colorado	Pacific 12 Conference	Public	AboveAverage	79	59
75.14	Purdue University	Indiana	Big Ten Conference	Public	AboveAverage	57	20
71.99	University of South Florida	Florida	American Athletic Conference	Public	AboveAverage	94	113
71.99	Texas A & M University-College Station	Texas	Southeastern Conference	Public	AboveAverage	71	22
71.06	University of Houston	Texas	American Athletic Conference	Public	AboveAverage	89	60

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