Carthage College Data & Information Overview

Want the scoop on Carthage College? We've put together a comprehensive report on the school that covers what majors Carthage offers, how the school ranks, how diverse it is, and much more. Want to dig deeper into a particular stat? Just click on its tile and you'll be taked to a more in-depth page on the figure. In addition, you can use the links below to quickly jump to any section on this page.

• Rankings
• Admission and Acceptance
• Faculty
• Retention and Graduation Rates
• Diversity
• Cost
• Student Debt
• Average Earnings
• Location
• Majors
• Online Learning

How Well Is Carthage College Ranked?

2021 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

Carthage College was awarded 10 badges in the 2021 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is marketing.

Overall Quality

Carthage is ranked #491 out of 1,715 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2021 Best Colleges list.

Out of the 39 colleges in Wisconsin, Carthage is ranked at #11.

See all of the rankings for Carthage College.

Is It Hard to Get Into Carthage?

Acceptance Rate

Carthage College has an acceptance rate of 68%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for Carthage.

Average Test Scores

About 8% 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 530 and 650. Math scores were between 510 and 650.

Carthage received ACT scores from 98% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 21 and 27.

Learn more about Carthage College admissions.

Carthage College Faculty

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio at Carthage is an impressive 12 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.

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 53%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Retention and Graduation Rates at Carthage College

Freshmen Retention Rate

Carthage College has a freshmen retention rate of 78%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.

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 50%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.

Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Carthage College.

Excellent Overall Diversity at Carthage

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,763 undergraduates at Carthage with 2,649 being full-time and 114 being part-time.

Carthage Diversity Score

College Factual computes an overall diversity score for each college and university that takes gender, ethnicity, geographic location, and age into account. Schools with the best mixtures of students with respect to these factors are ranked the highest, and those that cater to just one or two student groups are ranked the lowest.

With an overall score of 85.48 out of 100, Carthage is one of the most diverse schools in the nation.

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How Much Does Carthage College Cost?

The overall average net price of Carthage is $27,764. 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 +
$22,956	$24,379	$26,903	$29,101	$29,814

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

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Carthage, approximately 79% of students took out student loans averaging $8,705 a year. That adds up to $34,820 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Carthage is 6.2%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

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How Much Money Do Carthage Graduates Make?

Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Carthage with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $44,700 in their early years. That's great news for Carthage students since it is 12% more than the average college graduate's salary of $39,802 per year.

See which majors at Carthage College make the most money.

Location of Carthage College

Carthage College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Kenosha is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

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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
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/carthagecollege
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/carthagecollege

Carthage College Majors

During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 48 majors graduated from Carthage College. Of these students, 734 received undergraduate degrees and 51 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
Marketing	71	$44,000
Business Administration & Management	63	$46,700
General Psychology	42	$30,000
Communication & Media Studies	35	$28,900
Finance & Financial Management	35	$52,100
General Biology	34	$33,000
Teacher Education Grade Specific	31	$37,800
Health & Physical Education	30	$30,100
Criminal Justice & Corrections	29	$29,700
General English Literature	26	$20,800

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

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.

References

• National Center for Education Statistics
• College Scorecard
• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• Image Credit: By Richie Diesterheft under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.