Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 64.62
Liaison Sarah Fortner
Submission Date March 3, 2022

STARS v2.2

Carleton College
PA-8: Affordability and Access

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.48 / 4.00 Alexandra Miller
Sustainability Program Coordinator
Energy and Sustainability
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Percentage of need met, on average, for students who were awarded any need-based aid :
100

Percentage of students graduating without student loan debt:
56

Percentage of entering students that are low-income:
14.80

Graduation/success rate for low-income students:
91

A brief description of notable policies or programs to make the institution accessible and affordable to low-income students:

Carleton College meets 100% of demonstrated need for all admitted students. The average financial aid award for students enrolling at Carleton in 2017-18 was $47,000. Carleton also works to reduce the amount of loans that a student has to take out and about half of all students walk away with less than the national average debt.

In addition, the TRIO office offers:
- Scholarship, fellowship, and other financial resource information and exploration
- Textbook, laptop, and reference lending library
- Coordination with Fellowships Office - Each year, Carleton students achieve some of the most prestigious awards for graduate study and travel in many parts of the world.

https://apps.carleton.edu/campus/sfs/prospective/


A brief description of notable policies or programs to support non-traditional students:

N/A


Estimated percentage of students that participate in or directly benefit from the institution’s policies and programs to support low-income and non-traditional students:
100

Website URL where information about the institution’s accessibility and affordability initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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