21.8%
1,480 admitted
from 6,796 apps
Applications6,796
Overall admit rate21.8%
Enrolled518 · 35.0% yield
Admitted from waitlist33 of 675
Very important factorsGPA, Application essay, Character, Class rank, Extracurriculars, Recs, Rigor of HS record, Talent
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
#10
U.S. News & World Report
Best National Liberal Arts Colleges
SourceListRankYr
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Liberal Arts Colleges#1026
ForbesBest Small Colleges (Under 4,000 Undergrads)#2526
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges (Private Schools)#2726
U.S. News & World ReportTop Performers on Social Mobility — National Liberal Arts Colleges#8426
NicheBest Colleges in America#9626
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#12826
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Computer Science Programs#13626
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Liberal Arts College
Carnegie Classification
114 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationLiberal Arts College114
Athletic conferenceMinnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference4
Athletic divisionNCAA D3105
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingMinnesota colleges6
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
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no application-fee data
Regular decisionMay 1
Early decisionoffered
Deferred admissionAllowed
Admissions URLhttps://www.carleton.edu/admissions/appl…
Admissions emailadmissions@carleton.edu
Admissions phone222-4190
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Macalester College
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Macalester College MN · Private (nonprofit)28.1%14202K
Grinnell College IA · Private (nonprofit)14.5%—1K
Oberlin College OH · Private (nonprofit)33.0%14202K
Pomona College CA · Private (Nonprofit)7.1%15201K
Swarthmore College PA · Private (nonprofit)7.5%15201K
Bowdoin College ME · Private (nonprofit)6.8%15101K
Middlebury College VT · Private (nonprofit)12.8%15002K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.