Best known for academic excellence and its welcoming campus community, Carleton offers majors in the arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences.
Carleton College faculty and students are part of the Virtual Viking Longship Project, which uses virtual reality and 3D modeling to explore the significance of Viking Age longships, while documenting the process for other institutions.
Two Carleton College professors team-teach two courses and a winter break off-campus studies program to Ethiopia, all focused on the relationship between climate change and human health.
Carleton College will no longer take into consideration an applicant’s legacy status — whether they have family who attended the institution — when determining whether to offer them admission to the College.