Real Collaboration
From your first day on campus, you’ll work closely with students and faculty members on interesting projects.
Admissions Office Update: Effective Saturday, March 14, Carleton is suspending all visit programs and visits to campus through the end of spring term. Learn more about Carleton’s COVID-19 response.
Carleton’s academic environment is undeniably rigorous and challenging — but it’s also wholly supportive.
There’s something unique about Carleton that you’ll discover when you visit. We want to get to know you. And we want you to get to know us.
Carleton is surprisingly affordable. We’re committed to being within reach for all students.
You have questions. We have answers. And we’re happy to help.
We are an intellectually insatiable group of people. We approach learning with enthusiasm, energy, and a distinctly Carleton brand of playfulness. Carleton is a collaborative place where students and professors work together to make sense of the messiness of life.
As respected scholars, scientists, artists, and researchers, Carleton professors are at the forefront of their fields, but it is in the classroom where they truly shine.
Our curriculum teaches skills that last a lifetime: critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, effective communication, and the flexibility to adapt to dynamic situations.
With more than 30 majors to choose from, you can explore your interests — and develop new ones. Take a look at what you can learn while you’re here.
From your first day on campus, you’ll work closely with students and faculty members on interesting projects.
The library’s Silent Dance Party is a great way to de-stress during finals. Discover more traditions when you get here.
The people you meet at Carleton will form your social and professional network for years to come.
There’s no single path for navigating college, but Carleton has the resources you’ll need to find your way. Whether you have a plan in mind or want to try something new, we’re here to help you succeed.
Carleton consistently ranks among the country’s top 10 liberal arts colleges.
Whatever your passions and talents, you can express them here. We want to get to know you. And we want you to get to know us.
Andriana talks about her spring in Richmond and spring term at Carleton! Google!
Mike and friends give some advice to rising freshman.
Ethan shares his adventures in taking (and for the most part enjoying) a notoriously tough class: Anna Rafferty’s Data Structures
In which Greta shows you around her favorite Carleton social spots.
Carleton alumni do amazing things. Here are some of their stories.
Filmmaking helped Brit Fryer ’15 discover how to be true to both himself and his artistic voice.
Alumni StoryRecognizing a void in the marketplace, Jamie Glover ’06 and Fatimah Hussein teamed up to found ASIYA Sport, a company that manufactures modest sportswear for Muslim athletes.
Alumni StoryFour Carls are converting the dreams of science fiction writers into reality at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Alumni Story