Acceptance Rate History
Carleton College Acceptance Rate: 20.4% in 2024 (2013–2024 history)
MN · Current rate: 20.4%
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What is Carleton College's acceptance rate in 2024?
Carleton College's acceptance rate in 2024 is 20.4%, down from 22.3% in 2023.
College Scorecard 2024
Regular Decision acceptance rate at Carleton College
Outside Early Decision, Carleton College admitted 1,217 of 6,036 applicants in the 2025-2026 cycle: 20.2%. That counts everyone who did not apply Early Decision.
Carleton College's Early Decision II deadline for the 2026-27 cycle is Jan 15, 2027.
Calculated from published counts · Common Data Set 2025-2026 · checked Oct 2026
Year-by-Year Data
| Year | Acceptance Rate | Applicants | Admitted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20.4% | 7,133 | 1,456 |
| 2023 | 22.3% | 6,464 | 1,440 |
| 2022 | 16.6% | 8,583 | 1,427 |
| 2021 | 17.6% | 7,915 | 1,389 |
| 2020 | 21.2% | 6,892 | 1,460 |
| 2019 | 19.1% | 7,324 | 1,401 |
| 2018 | 19.8% | 7,092 | 1,407 |
| 2017 | 21.2% | 6,499 | 1,378 |
| 2016 | 22.6% | 6,485 | 1,467 |
| 2015 | 20.7% | 6,722 | 1,388 |
| 2014 | 22.8% | 6,297 | 1,434 |
| 2013 | 21.0% | 7,045 | 1,476 |
Source: IPEDS Admissions Survey (NCES) · College Scorecard
Cost
The same school, two different prices
Family income under $30k: $7,881/yr · Family income over $110k: $44,082/yr (AY 2023–24)
Average paid by students receiving federal aid, by family income (College Scorecard). International students are not eligible for U.S. federal aid, so they are not in this cohort and typically pay closer to the sticker price.
High-income families typically pay closer to sticker.
Admitted Student Profile
SAT Range · Middle 50% (25th–75th)
1450–1560
College Scorecard 2024
Admitted students at Carleton College scored between 1450 and 1560 on the SAT (middle 50%).
Source: College Scorecard · U.S. Dept of Education
How to read these numbers
- The 2024 rate covers Carleton College's whole applicant pool — early and regular applications counted together in one figure. It is not the rate of any single round.
- 1450–1560 is the middle half of admitted scores, not a cutoff: a quarter of admitted students scored below 1450, and a quarter scored above 1560.
- The table above holds 12 reported years, 2013 through 2024. Across them Carleton College's rate ranged from 16.6% to 22.8%, so any single year is one point inside that range.
Each figure above describes a class a school already admitted in a completed cycle. It is a record of who was admitted, not a measurement of any one application.
Source: College Scorecard · IPEDS Admissions Survey (NCES) · U.S. Dept. of Education
Where do you stand?
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SAT
Middle 50% of admitted students scored 1450–1560.
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Trend Analysis
Carleton College's acceptance rate has remained relatively stable at around 20.4% from 2013 to 2024. The most notable shift occurred in 2023.
Analysis compiled from official data trends.
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Data sourced from IPEDS and College Scorecard. Does not represent endorsements or guarantee admission outcomes.