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Carthage College Data & Information Overview

Great Price Value for Your Money
82% Acceptance Rate
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How Well Is Carthage College Ranked?

#662 Best Colleges in Nation
#24 Best Colleges in WI
General Education Highest Ranked Major

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Overall Quality

According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, Carthage is ranked #662 out of 2,198 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Carthage held the #916 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

Out of the 45 colleges in Wisconsin, Carthage is ranked at #24.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Carthage?

82% Acceptance Rate
50% Of Accepted Are Women
20% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

The acceptance rate at Carthage College is 82%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that Carthage is a good fit for you.

Average Test Scores

About 20% of students accepted to Carthage submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 600. Math scores were between 480 and 600.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Carthage College  ( 500 to 600 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Carthage College  ( 480 to 600 )
200
800
Carthage received ACT scores from 40% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 20 and 27.

ACT Composite Scores for Carthage College  ( 20 to 27 )
1
36

Learn more about Carthage College admissions.

Carthage College Faculty

13 to 1 Student to Faculty
51% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio at Carthage College is about average at 13 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.

The full-time faculty percentage at Carthage College is 51%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  51 out of 100
0
100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Carthage College

74% Freshmen Retention
55% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate of 74% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Carthage College enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.

Freshmen Retention Rate  74 out of 100
0
100

Graduation Rate

The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Carthage for first-time, full-time students is 55%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.

On-Time Graduation Rate  55 out of 100
0
100

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Carthage College Undergraduate Student Diversity

2,554 Full-Time Undergraduates
26.4% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
56.5% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,637 undergraduates at Carthage with 2,554 being full-time and 83 being part-time.

How Much Does Carthage College Cost?

$26,257 Net Price
72% Take Out Loans
$35,588 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Carthage is $26,257. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Carthage

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$13,172 $13,491 $20,806 $21,194 $32,942

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Carthage, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Carthage, approximately 72% of students took out student loans averaging $8,897 a year. That adds up to $35,588 over four years for those students.

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How Much Money Do Carthage Graduates Make?

$56,950 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
The pay for some majors is higher than others, but on average, students who graduate with a bachelor's degree from Carthage make about $56,950 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. This is good news for future Carthage graduates since it is 56,950% more than the average college graduate's salary of $0 per year.

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Location of Carthage College

Wisconsin State
2,554 Full-Time Undergraduates
Small City Campus Setting
Carthage College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

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Contact details for Carthage are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 2001 Alford Park Dr, Kenosha, WI 53140-1994
Phone: 262-551-8500
Website: www.carthage.edu/

Carthage College Majors

54 Majors With Completions
1,522 Undergraduate Degrees
1,522 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 54 majors graduated from Carthage College. Of these students, 1,522 received undergraduate degrees and 1,522 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Business Administration & Management 73 NA
Marketing 67 NA
Nursing 59 NA
General Psychology 44 NA
Health & Physical Education 43 NA
Criminal Justice & Corrections 32 NA
General Biology 31 NA
Educational Administration 30 NA
Music 27 NA
Finance & Financial Management 26 NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Carthage College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Carthage

2% Take At Least One Class Online

Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.

In 2022-2023, 66 students took at least one online class at Carthage College. This is a decrease from the 228 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2022-2023 66 0
2021-2022 228 13
2020-2021 2,142 214
2018-2019 0 0

Learn more about online learning at Carthage College.

Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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