Mathematics at Carleton College

If you plan to study mathematics, take a look at what Carleton College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Carleton is located in Northfield, Minnesota and approximately 1,940 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 students received a bachelor's degree in math from Carleton.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Mathematics section at the bottom of this page.

Carleton Mathematics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Math

Carleton Mathematics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the math progam at Carleton compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The math major at Carleton is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mathematics. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Mathematics Schools	6
Best Mathematics Schools	33
Best Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	34
	95
	96
Most Popular Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	116
Most Popular Mathematics Schools	181
Best Value Mathematics Schools	228

Earnings of Carleton Math Graduates

The median salary of math students who receive their bachelor's degree at Carleton is $46,952. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 9% higher than the national average of $43,164 for all math bachelor's degree recipients.

Math Student Demographics at Carleton

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the math majors at Carleton College.

Carleton Mathematics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 math majors earned their bachelor's degree from Carleton. Of these graduates, 76% were men and 24% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Carleton College with a bachelor's in math.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	21
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Carleton also has a doctoral program available in math. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Statistics

Careers That Math Grads May Go Into

A degree in math can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MN, the home state for Carleton College.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
High School Teachers	20,940	$64,610
Natural Sciences Managers	1,490	$125,780
Statisticians	820	$95,930
Mathematical Science Professors	730	$80,870

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Dogs1337 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.