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  Carleton College
One North College Street
Northfield, MN 55057-4001
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Type of institution: Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above
Federal Aid: Institution has a Program Participation Agreement with the US Department of Education for eligible students to receive Pell Grants and other federal aid.
Degrees offered: Bachelor degree
Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges--Arts & Sciences
Number of students: 1,936 (2006)
2007-08 Undergraduate application fee:$30.00

Academic year prices for full-time, first-time undergraduate students
Tuition and Fees2007-082006-072005-06
In-State$36,156$34,272$32,649
Out of State$36,156$34,272$32,649
Books and Supplies$625$603$602
On-Campus
Room and board$9,489$8,592$7,818
Other Expenses$625$601$601
Off Campus
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Financial aid 2005-2006

Financial aid to full-time, first-time undergraduate students

Type of AidPercentage of students receiving aidAverage amount of aid they received
Federal Grants (scholarship/fellowship) 18% $4,127
State/Local grants (scholarship/fellowship) 9% $3,553
Institutional grants (scholarship/fellowship) 65% $18,837
Loans to students 42% $4,305
 
 

Degrees offered by this school

 
 
Bachelor degree
Women's Studies
Carleton College

General Description for:
Carleton College Bachelor degree Women's Studies: A program that focuses on the history, sociology, politics, culture, and economics of women, and the development of modern feminism in relation to the roles played by women in different periods and locations in North America and the world. Programs may focus on litera...

Bachelor degree
Spanish Language and Literature
Carleton College

General Description for:
Carleton College Bachelor degree Spanish Language and Literature: A program that focuses on the Spanish language and related dialects. Includes instruction in Spanish philology, Modern Castillan, various Latin American dialects, regional Spanish dialects, and applications in business, science/technology, and other se...

Bachelor degree
Social Sciences
Other
Carleton College

General Description for:
Carleton College Bachelor degree Social Sciences, Other: Any instructional program in social sciences not listed in the Social Sciences, General category.

Bachelor degree
Russian Language and Literature
Carleton College

General Description for:
Carleton College Bachelor degree Russian Language and Literature: A program that focuses on the Russian language. Includes instruction in Russian philology, Old Russian, Modern Russian and dialects, literature, and applications to business, science/technology, and other settings.

Bachelor degree
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General.
Carleton College

General Description for:
Carleton College Bachelor degree Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General: A general program that focuses on one or more of the Romance languages of Western, Central, and Southern Europe. Includes instruction in philology, linguistics, dialects and pidgins, literature, and applications to business, sc...

Bachelor degree
Religion + Religious Studies
Carleton College

General Description for:
Carleton College Bachelor degree Religion + Religious Studies: A program that focuses on the nature of religious belief and specific religious and quasi-religious systems. Includes instruction in phenomenology; the sociology, psychology, philosophy, anthropology, literature and art of religion; mythology; scriptural ...

Bachelor degree
Psychology
General
Carleton College

General Description for:
Carleton College Bachelor degree Psychology, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of individual and collective behavior, the physical and environmental bases of behavior, and the analysis and treatment of behavior problems and disorders. Includes instruction in the principles of the various...

Bachelor degree
Political Science and Government
General
Carleton College

General Description for:
Carleton College Bachelor degree Political Science and Government, General: A general program that focuses on the systematic study of political institutions and behavior. Includes instruction in political philosophy, political theory, comparative government and politics, political parties and interest groups, public...

Bachelor degree
Physics
General
Carleton College

General Description for:
Carleton College Bachelor degree Physics, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of matter and energy, and the formulation and testing of the laws governing the behavior of the matter-energy continuum. Includes instruction in classical and modern physics, electricity and magnetism, thermodyna...

Bachelor degree
Philosophy
Carleton College

General Description for:
Carleton College Bachelor degree Philosophy: A program that focuses on ideas and their logical structure, including arguments and investigations about abstract and real phenomena. Includes instruction in logic, ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, metaphysics, symbolism, and history of philosophy, and applications to th...

Bachelor degree
Neuroscience
Carleton College

General Description for:
Carleton College Bachelor degree Neuroscience: A program that focuses on the interdisciplinary scientific study of the molecular, structural, physiologic, cognitive, and behavioral aspects of the brain and nervous system. Includes instruction in molecular and cellular neuroscience, brain science, anatomy and physiolo...

Bachelor degree
Music
General
Carleton College

General Description for:
Carleton College Bachelor degree Music, General: A general program that focuses on the introductory study and appreciation of music and the performing arts. Includes instruction in music, dance, and other performing arts media.

Bachelor degree
Multi- + Interdisciplinary Studies
Other
Carleton College

General Description for:
Carleton College Bachelor degree Multi- + Interdisciplinary Studies, Other: Any instructional program in multi/interdisciplinary studies not listed in the Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General category.

Bachelor degree
Mathematics
General
Carleton College

General Description for:
Carleton College Bachelor degree Mathematics, General: A general program that focuses on the analysis of quantities, magnitudes, forms, and their relationships, using symbolic logic and language. Includes instruction in algebra, calculus, functional analysis, geometry, number theory, logic, topology and other mathema...

Bachelor degree
Latin Language and Literature
Carleton College

General Description for:
Carleton College Bachelor degree Latin Language and Literature: A program that focuses on the Latin language and literature from its origins through its decline and its current ecclesiastical usage, as a secular and/or theological subject. Includes instruction in Latin philology, related Italic dialects, Late Roman a...

Bachelor degree
Latin American Studies
Carleton College

General Description for:
Carleton College Bachelor degree Latin American Studies: A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the Hispanic peoples of the North and South American Continents outside Canada and the United States, including the study of the Pre-Columbian period and the flow ...

Bachelor degree
Japanese Language and Literature
Carleton College

General Description for:
Carleton College Bachelor degree Japanese Language and Literature: A program that focuses on the Japanese language. Includes instruction in Japanese philology; Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Japanese; Japanese dialects; and applications to business, science/technology, and other settings.

Bachelor degree
International Relations and Affairs
Carleton College

General Description for:
Carleton College Bachelor degree International Relations and Affairs: A program that focuses on the systematic study of international politics and institutions, and the conduct of diplomacy and foreign policy. Includes instruction in international relations theory, foreign policy analysis, national security and strat...

Bachelor degree
History
General
Carleton College

General Description for:
Carleton College Bachelor degree History, General: A program that focuses on the general study and interpretation of the past, including the gathering, recording, synthesizing and criticizing of evidence and theories about past events. Includes instruction in historiography; historical research methods; studies of sp...

Bachelor degree
German Language and Literature
Carleton College

General Description for:
Carleton College Bachelor degree German Language and Literature: A program that focuses on the German language and related dialects as used in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, neighboring European countries containing German-speaking minorities, and elsewhere. Includes instruction in German philology; Old, Middle, and ...

Bachelor degree
Geology + Earth Science
General
Carleton College

General Description for:
Carleton College Bachelor degree Geology + Earth Science, General: A program that focuses on the scientific study of the earth; the forces acting upon it; and the behavior of the solids, liquids and gases comprising it. Includes instruction in historical geology, geomorphology, and sedimentology, the chemistry of roc...

Bachelor degree
French Language and Literature
Carleton College

General Description for:
Carleton College Bachelor degree French Language and Literature: A program that focuses on the French language and related dialects and creoles. Includes instruction in French philology, Metropolitan French, Canadian French, African and Caribbean Creoles, French regional dialects, and applications in business, scienc...

Bachelor degree
Fine + Studio Arts
General
Carleton College

General Description for:
Carleton College Bachelor degree Fine + Studio Arts, General: A program that prepares individuals to generally function as creative artists in the visual and plastic media. Includes instruction in the traditional fine arts media (drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, CAD/CAM) and/or modern media (ceramics, texti...

Bachelor degree
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, and Gender Studies, Other.
Carleton College

General Description for:
Carleton College Bachelor degree Ethnic, Cultural Minority, and Gender Studies, Other: Any instructional program in ethnic, cultural minority, and gender studies not listed in the Ethnic, Cultural Minority, and Gender Studies, General category.

Bachelor degree
English Language and Literature
General
Carleton College

General Description for:
Carleton College Bachelor degree English Language and Literature, General: A general program that focuses on the English language, including its history, structure and related communications skills; and the literature and culture of English-speaking peoples.

Bachelor degree
Economics
General
Carleton College

General Description for:
Carleton College Bachelor degree Economics, General: A general program that focuses on the systematic study of the production, conservation and allocation of resources in conditions of scarcity, together with the organizational frameworks related to these processes. Includes instruction in economic theory, micro- and...

Bachelor degree
Drama and Dramatics + Theatre Arts
General
Carleton College

General Description for:
Carleton College Bachelor degree Drama and Dramatics + Theatre Arts, General: A program that focuses on the general study of dramatic works and their performance. Includes instruction in major works of dramatic literature, dramatic styles and types, and the principles of organizing and producing full live or filmed p...

Bachelor degree
Dance
General
Carleton College

General Description for:
Carleton College Bachelor degree Dance, General: A general program that prepares individuals to express ideas, feelings, and/or inner visions through the performance of one or more of the dance disciplines, including but not limited to ballet, modern, jazz, ethnic, and folk dance, and that focuses on the study and ana...

Bachelor degree
Computer Science
Carleton College

General Description for:
Carleton College Bachelor degree Computer Science: A general program that focuses on computers, computing problems and solutions, and the design of computer systems and user interfaces from a scientific perspective. Includes instruction in the principles of computational science, and computing theory; computer hardwar...

Bachelor degree
Cognitive Science
Carleton College

General Description for:
Carleton College Bachelor degree Cognitive Science: A program that focuses on the study of the mind and the nature of intelligence from the interdisciplinary perspectives of computer science, philosophy, mathematics, psychology, neuroscience, and other disciplines. Includes instruction in mathematics and logic, cogni...

Bachelor degree
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General.
Carleton College

General Description for:
Carleton College Bachelor degree Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General: A general program that focuses on the literary culture of the ancient Graeco-Roman world and the Greek and Latin languages and literatures and their development prior to the fall of the Roman Empire.

Bachelor degree
Chinese Language and Literature
Carleton College

General Description for:
Carleton College Bachelor degree Chinese Language and Literature: A program that focuses on the Chinese language and its associated dialects and literature. Includes instruction in Chinese philology, Archaic and Classical Chinese, Modern Standard Chinese (Guóyu), Mandarin, Cantonese, Taiwanese, Wu, Min, Hunanese, Ha...

Bachelor degree
Chemistry
General
Carleton College

General Description for:
Carleton College Bachelor degree Chemistry, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of the composition and behavior of matter, including its micro- and macro-structure, the processes of chemical change, and the theoretical description and laboratory simulation of these phenomena.

Bachelor degree
Biology + Biological Sciences
General
Carleton College

General Description for:
Carleton College Bachelor degree Biology + Biological Sciences, General: A general program of biology at the introductory, basic level or a program in biology or the biological sciences that is undifferentiated as to title or content. Includes instruction in general biology and programs covering a variety of biologic...

Bachelor degree
Asian Studies + Civilization
Carleton College

General Description for:
Carleton College Bachelor degree Asian Studies + Civilization: A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of the Asian Continent, including the study of the Asian diasporas overseas.

Bachelor degree
Art History
Criticism and Conservation
Carleton College

General Description for:
Carleton College Bachelor degree Art History, Criticism and Conservation: A program that focuses on the study of the historical development of art as social and intellectual phenomenon, the analysis of works of art, and art conservation. Includes instruction in the theory of art, art history research methods, connois...

Bachelor degree
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies, Other.
Carleton College

General Description for:
Carleton College Bachelor degree Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies, Other: Any instructional program in area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies not listed in the Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies, General category.

Bachelor degree
American + United States Studies + Civilization
Carleton College

General Description for:
Carleton College Bachelor degree American + United States Studies + Civilization: A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of the United States and its Pre-Columbian and colonial predecessors, and including the flow of immigrants from other societies.

 
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