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M: Major

Carleton offers a Bachelor of Arts in 33 majors.

m: Minor

Students may elect to complete an interdisciplinary or discipline-specific minor. A minor may strengthen and complement a major, but a student pursuing any major can pursue any minor.

Special Majors:

Students may also design their own major with faculty guidance and approval. Here's how.

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Other Subjects

Carleton offers courses, but not majors or minors, in these subjects.

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Carleton faculty curate lists of courses related to these topics.

Tops in Teaching

Our professors have an unparalleled commitment to teaching.

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Going the Distance

90% of Carleton students graduate within four years. Nationwide, the average is 38%.

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Small is Beautiful

At Carleton, learning is up close and personal. Our student/faculty ratio is 9:1, and the average class size is 18.

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Head of the Class

From 2000 to 2011, Carleton graduates won 62 Fulbright, 19 Watson, 75 NSF, 9 Kresge Science, 16 NCAA Postgraduate, 2 Rhodes, and 1 Howard Hughes Medical Institute fellowships.

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Student Satisfaction

98% of Carleton seniors said they were happy with the quality of instruction at Carleton.

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Higher Learning

Carleton currently ranks 3rd among U.S. liberal arts colleges in the number of doctoral degrees earned by its alumni between the years of 1966-2009.

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Faculty A-Z

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Carleton's academic centers, programs, and initiatives play leading roles in liberal arts scholarship.

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Academic News

May 17, 2019 at 10:14 am

Will Schwarzer ’20 and Sarah Finstuen-Magro ’20 receive prestigious Goldwater Scholarship

The two are among 496 scholarship recipients from an application pool of over 5,000 nationwide.
May 16, 2019 at 3:10 pm

Álvarez-Blanco, Gupta promoted to full professor

Two members of the Carleton College faculty were promoted to full professor by the Board of Trustees, effective Sept. 1, 2019.

May 8, 2019 at 1:55 pm

Comps Insider: Rohan Mukherjee ’19
April 18, 2019 at 6:20 pm

Comps Insider: Emily Boxrud ’19
April 15, 2019 at 7:57 pm

Comps Insider: Levi Atkinson ’19
April 11, 2019 at 6:56 am

Comps Insider: Lea Gould ’19
April 4, 2019 at 3:31 pm

Comps Insider: Haoyi Wang ’19

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