Carleton College Insight
Carleton College is a private institution that was founded in 1866. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 2,078, its setting is rural, and the campus size is 955 acres. It utilizes a trimester-based academic calendar. Carleton College's ranking in the 2019 edition of Best Colleges is National Liberal Arts Colleges, 5. Its tuition and fees are $54,759 (2018-19). Carleton College is located in the historic river town of Northfield, Minnesota. The Carleton Knights have 19 varsity athletic teams competing in the NCAA Division III Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Carleton offers more than 170 student organizations, many with creative names, including the Carleton Juggling F.I.S.H., the One Knight Stands cabaret troupe and the Knightingales a cappella group, to name a few. Intramural sports like quidditch, broomball, dodgeball and sand volleyball are also popular among students. All freshmen are required to live on campus, and about 90 percent of students choose to rem...