Carthage College Overview

Carthage College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

What Is Carthage College Known For?

• Although it may not be available for every major, the master's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Carthage.
• In a recent academic period51% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Carthage makes roughly $56,950 a year. This is 40% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• The average Carthage student graduates in 4.1 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Carthage College?

Contact details for Carthage are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2001 Alford Park Dr, Kenosha, WI 53140-1994
Phone:	262-551-8500
Website:	www.carthage.edu

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How Do I Get Into Carthage?

You can apply to Carthage online at: www.carthage.edu/admissions/apply/

Admission Requirements for Carthage

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	3
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	5

How Hard Is It To Get Into Carthage?

With an acceptance rate of 82%, Carthage may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 50% of accepted students are men and 50% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 95%, and the acceptance rate for women is 72%.

Average Test Scores

About 20% of students accepted to Carthage submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 600. Math scores were between 480 and 600.

Carthage received ACT scores from 40% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 27. Math scores were between 19 and 0. Composite scores were between 20 and 27.

Can I Afford Carthage College?

The overall average net price of Carthage is $20,823. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Carthage, approximately 72% of students took out student loans averaging $8,897 a year. That adds up to $35,588 over four years for those students.

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Carthage College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,637 undergraduate students at Carthage, with 2,554 being full-time and 83 being part-time.

There are also 126 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,554 full-time undergraduates at Carthage, 44% are male and 56% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Carthage College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	48
Black or African American	138
Hispanic or Latino	372
White	1,780
International Students	21
Other Races/Ethnicities	195

Geographic Diversity

Wisconsin students aren't the only ones who study at Carthage College. At this time, 17 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 21 countries are represented at Carthage. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Kenya, and Japan.

Carthage College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	58	16	74
Marketing	62	0	62
Music	28	34	62
Nursing	55	0	55
Finance & Financial Management	39	0	39
Educational Administration	0	38	38
Health & Physical Education	24	12	36
General Biology	35	0	35
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	32	0	32
General Psychology	30	0	30
Teacher Education Grade Specific	25	0	25
Criminal Justice & Corrections	23	0	23
Teacher Education Subject Specific	19	3	22
Computer Information Systems	20	0	20
Economics	20	0	20
Accounting	18	0	18
Chemistry	17	0	17
Social Work	17	0	17
Fine & Studio Arts	15	0	15
Communication & Media Studies	14	0	14
Natural Resources Conservation	14	0	14
Mathematics	13	0	13
Physics	12	0	12
Design & Applied Arts	12	0	12
Special Education	11	0	11
General English Literature	11	0	11
History	11	0	11
Political Science & Government	11	0	11
Sociology	10	0	10
Drama & Theater Arts	9	0	9
Romance Languages	8	0	8
Data Science	7	0	7
Curriculum & Instruction	0	6	6
East Asian Languages	6	0	6
Teaching English or French	0	4	4
Allied Health Professions	4	0	4
Geography & Cartography	4	0	4
Classical Languages & Literature	3	0	3
General Social Sciences	3	0	3
General Education	0	2	2
Health Sciences & Services	2	0	2
Journalism	1	0	1
Public Relations & Advertising	1	0	1
Engineering Science	1	0	1
Philosophy	1	0	1
Religious Studies	1	0	1
Information Science	0	0	0
Area Studies	0	0	0
Ethnic Studies	0	0	0
General Visual & Performing Arts	0	0	0
TOTAL	707	115	822

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
• Image Credit: By Richie Diesterheft under License

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