Academics at Carleton College

Academics at a Glance

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at Carleton College: its faculty, its majors and fields of study, and its online learning options.

29 Majors With Completions

8:1 Student-Faculty Ratio

84% Full-Time Faculty

Jump to any section below, or follow a link to dig deeper into a specific part of academic life at Carleton College:

Faculty Resources
Most Popular Majors
Additional Questions to Ask
Continue Your Research

Faculty and Teaching

At a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, Carleton College offers far more individual attention than the national average of 15 to 1. Carleton College employs 84% of its instructors full time, above the national average of 47%.

For a deeper look at tenure, adjuncts and faculty composition, visit the faculty composition report.

Majors and Fields of Study

Students at Carleton College can choose from 29 majors with reported graduates spanning 14 broad fields of study.

Degrees offered at Carleton College are summarised below:

Degree Level	Offered
Associate	—
Bachelor’s	✓
Master’s	—
Doctorate	—

The most popular majors at Carleton College, measured by graduates, are listed below.

Most Popular Majors	Graduates
Computer Science	78
Biology, General	42
Research and Experimental Psychology	40
International Relations and National Security Studies	39
Mathematics	34

For the complete list of majors, concentrations and graduation numbers, see the academic majors page.

More to Consider

As you weigh academic life at Carleton College, a few more questions are worth asking:

Looking for flexibility? Carleton College may offer online or summer classes that can help you finish your degree. See distance learning options.
Thinking about graduate school? Consider how many students continue their studies and how well the school retains and graduates its students (96% of full-time freshmen return for a second year). Explore graduation rates.
Will a degree land you a job? Ask how many graduates were employed full time a year after finishing.

Dig Deeper into Academics into Carleton College

Each page below covers one part of academic life at Carleton College in more detail:

Academic Majors at Carleton College — majors, concentrations and completions in detail
Faculty & Class Sizes at Carleton College — student-faculty ratio, full-time vs adjunct, and tenure detail
Graduation and Retention at Carleton College — how well the school retains and graduates students
Distance Learning at Carleton College — distance-learning enrollment detail
Accreditation Detail at Carleton College — accreditation status and accrediting bodies