Carleton College

Northfield, MN · IPEDS UNITID 173258 · Common Data Set 2018-19 to 2025-26

In 2025-26: 6,796 applied, 1,480 admitted (21.8%), 518 enrolled. ✓ matches IPEDS; ! differs from IPEDS (the college filed different numbers in the two places, or see the verification table).

Common Data Set year2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26
Applied7,092 ✓7,382 !6,892 ✓7,915 ✓8,583 ✓6,464 ✓7,1336,796
Admitted1,407 ✓1,400 ✓1,460 ✓1,389 ✓1,427 ✓1,440 ✓1,4561,480
Admit rate19.8%19.0%21.2%17.5%16.6%22.3%20.4%21.8%
Enrolled525538507518
Yield37.5%37.4%34.8%35.0%
Waitlist offered1,4861,5221,3251,3671,363782573675
Waitlist admitted340761130355233
SAT 25th–75th1380–15201340–15081440–15301430–15401440–15301470–15401460–1530
ACT 25th–75th31–34 ✓31–34 ✓30–34 ✓31–35 ✓32–35 ✓32–34 ✓32–3532–35
Average GPA
Early decision offeredYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Tuition$56,778$68,457$75,186
Tuition, in-state
Tuition, out-of-state
Need met, average100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%
Average aid package$49,191$52,349$54,854$57,354$62,549$66,739$69,761$72,667
Student-faculty ratio9.09.08.09.08.0

Every number

2018-19 JSON / CSV · 2019-20 JSON / CSV · 2020-21 JSON / CSV · 2021-22 JSON / CSV · 2022-23 JSON / CSV · 2023-24 JSON / CSV · 2024-25 JSON / CSV · 2025-26 JSON / CSV

Sources

Original filings: 2018-19 · 2019-20 · 2020-21 · 2021-22 · 2022-23 · 2023-24 · 2024-25 · 2025-26. Read from the file by Claude Haiku (section by section, page images), or taken exactly from the official spreadsheet answer key where the college filed one. Each JSON row carries the method and the IPEDS verification status.