by our College Data Analytics TeamExplore the best ranked schools for the programs you are most interested in.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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%.
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.
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%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Carthage College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,637 undergraduates at Carthage with 2,554 being full-time and 83 being part-time.
| $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.
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.
Get more details about the location of Carthage College.
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/ |
| 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 |
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 |
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.
References
More about our data sources and methodologies.