Carroll University

Basic Information

Type Private, Liberal Arts
Geographical Reach Regional
Religious Affiliation Presbyterian
Population 1,100,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%) very dry
Sunshine Hours 2,370 (24%)
Days Without Precipitation 244 (44%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 2,527
Men / Women 33% / 67%
From State 66%
From Region 24%
Athletes 542 (22.2%)

Racial/Ethnic

White 69%
Hispanic 14%
Black 4%
International 4%
Mixed 3%
Asian 2%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Carroll University 539 30% 78% 3% 2% 10% 3% $70,039 44 +0.19 65 98%
Engineering 5 — 100% 80% 0% 0% 0% 20% $89,151 18 -0.71 87 — — — — —
Computer Science 10 — 60% 70% 10% 0% 0% 20% $83,291 6 -1.22 83 100% — — — —
Information Technology 5 — 80% 60% 0% 20% 20% 0% $87,383 30 -0.53 86 — — — — —
Chemistry 2 — 0% 50% 0% 0% 0% 50% $70,536 48 -0.10 66 — — — — —
Mathematics 5 — 80% 60% 0% 0% 20% 20% $68,104 26 -0.65 61 — — — — —
Biochemistry 6 — 33% 67% 17% 0% 17% 0% $71,046 50 -0.04 67 — — — — —
Biology 21 +3 29% 71% 5% 0% 19% 0% $73,430 84 +0.81 71 100% — — — —
Animal Behavior and Ethology 30 +1 10% 87% 0% 0% 7% 0% $46,356 13 -0.91 10 96% — — — —
Environmental Science 5 +1 20% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $53,831 24 -0.61 24 — — — — —
Exercise Science 86 — 30% 84% 5% 1% 7% 0% $76,497 96 +1.72 75 99% — — — —
Health Science 4 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $81,684 91 +0.91 81 100% — — — —
Neurodiagnostic Technology 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $62,962 5 -1.40 49 100% — — — —
Nursing 85 — 5% 80% 1% 5% 8% 0% $89,282 44 -0.29 87 98% — — — —
Public Health Education and Promotion 11 — 9% 64% 0% 9% 27% 0% $68,101 68 +0.28 61 100% — — — —
Accounting 11 — 36% 73% 18% 0% 0% 0% $87,235 54 +0.01 86 97% — — — —
Actuarial Science 2 — 50% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $74,443 3 -1.85 73 100% — — — —
Business Administration 33 +6 64% 85% 3% 0% 0% 9% $73,076 52 -0.24 70 100% — — — —
Economics 2 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $81,320 29 -0.63 81 — — — — —
Finance 10 — 90% 80% 0% 0% 20% 0% $81,507 24 -0.61 81 100% — — — —
Healthcare Administration 16 — 12% 94% 6% 0% 0% 0% $71,295 74 +0.25 67 100% — — — —
Marketing 5 — 80% 80% 0% 0% 0% 20% $64,537 13 -1.01 53 100% — — — —
Organizational Leadership 2 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $73,076 43 -0.21 70 100% — — — —
Sport Management 22 +3 68% 68% 5% 5% 9% 5% $76,497 90 +1.61 75 99% — — — —
English 8 — 12% 50% 0% 0% 25% 12% $49,064 35 -0.41 14 — — — — —
History 4 — 50% 75% 0% 0% 25% 0% $51,603 30 -0.52 19 — — — — —
Philosophy 1 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $55,781 37 -0.43 29 — — — — —
Spanish 2 +9 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% $53,880 35 -0.37 24 — — — — —
Communication 11 +1 36% 82% 9% 0% 9% 0% $52,063 15 -0.92 20 93% — — — —
Political Science 4 +1 0% 25% 0% 0% 0% 0% $66,260 34 -0.44 57 — — — — —
Psychology 31 +5 19% 65% 0% 3% 19% 6% $59,288 78 +0.64 39 96% — — — —
Sociology 9 +3 33% 67% 0% 0% 22% 0% $54,389 47 -0.23 26 — — — — —
Education 12 +2 42% 83% 0% 0% 8% 0% $46,639 12 -0.99 10 96% — — — —
Elementary Education 32 — 3% 78% 0% 0% 6% 0% $51,401 47 -0.13 19 97% — — — —
Physical Education 6 — 67% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $50,237 15 -0.93 16 100% — — — —
Spanish Language Teacher Education 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $52,928 40 -0.35 22 — — — — —
Art — — — — — — — — $46,420 50 -0.04 10 — — — — —
Graphic Design 10 — 60% 80% 0% 10% 0% 10% $57,017 40 -0.24 33 97% — — — —
Music 1 +1 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $49,492 61 +0.29 15 — — — — —
Music Education 3 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $50,237 65 +0.37 16 100% — — — —
Music Therapy 4 — 25% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $86,277 100 +4.25 85 99% — — — —
Musical Theatre 2 — 50% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% $48,566 58 +0.20 13 — — — — —
Photography 2 — 0% 50% 0% 0% 50% 0% $47,074 22 -0.58 11 — — — — —
Theater 3 +5 0% 67% 0% 0% 33% 0% $44,685 64 +0.22 8 — — — — —
Aviation 2 — 50% 50% 0% 0% 50% 0% $89,345 31 -0.36 88 — — — — —
Criminal Justice 12 — 42% 67% 0% 0% 17% 8% $60,289 56 +0.05 42 100% — — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $41,612
ROI Percentile 65th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 78%
4-Year Graduation Rate 60%
6-Year Graduation Rate 71%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Health Sciences 34.7% 187 17% 81% 3% 3% 9% 0% $81,853 69 +0.68 81 99% —
Business & Economics 19.1% 103 58% 82% 5% 1% 4% 5% $75,633 41 +0.15 74 99% —
Social Sciences 10.2% 55 24% 65% 2% 2% 16% 4% $57,548 47 +0.11 34 95% —
Education 9.5% 51 20% 82% 0% 0% 6% 0% $50,174 25 -0.43 16 97% —
Agriculture & Food Science 6.5% 35 11% 89% 0% 0% 6% 0% $47,424 5 -0.86 11 96% —
Life & Natural Sciences 5.0% 27 30% 70% 7% 0% 19% 0% $72,900 78 +0.62 70 100% —
Arts 4.6% 25 32% 76% 0% 4% 16% 4% $57,633 74 +0.64 34 98% —
Computer Science 2.8% 15 67% 67% 7% 7% 7% 13% $84,655 10 -0.99 84 100% —
Humanities 2.8% 15 27% 53% 0% 0% 33% 7% $50,831 25 -0.43 17 — —
Professional 2.6% 14 43% 64% 0% 0% 21% 7% $64,440 43 -0.01 53 100% —
Physical Sciences & Math 1.3% 7 57% 57% 0% 0% 14% 29% $68,799 21 -0.49 63 — —
Engineering 0.9% 5 100% 80% 0% 0% 0% 20% $89,151 3 -0.71 87 — —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Agriculture & Food Science — — — — — — — —
Business & Economics — — — — — — — —
Computer Science — — — — — — — —
Education — — — — — — — —
Engineering — — — — — — — —
Health Sciences — — — — — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences — — — — — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences — — — — — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math — — — — — — — —
Total — — — — — — — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D3

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Football 126 $680K $519K $160K
Track & Field (combined) 62 $135K $129K $5K
Baseball 48 $234K $179K $55K
Soccer 41 $149K $145K $4K
Lacrosse 29 $144K $135K $9K
Basketball 20 $260K $218K $42K
Tennis 17 $41K $38K $3K
Swimming 12 $41K $34K $7K
Golf 11 $57K $44K $13K
Total 326 $1.7M $1.4M $300K
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 117 $165K $151K $14K
Soccer 38 $185K $147K $37K
Lacrosse 20 $168K $154K $14K
Softball 20 $173K $162K $10K
Volleyball 20 $157K $151K $6K
Basketball 18 $218K $199K $18K
Swimming 18 $49K $42K $7K
Tennis 14 $40K $37K $3K
Bowling 7 $40K $40K $0
Golf 7 $53K $40K $13K
Total 216 $1.3M $1.1M $124K
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 179 $300K $280K $19K
Football 126 $680K $519K $160K
Soccer 79 $335K $292K $42K
Lacrosse 49 $313K $289K $23K
Baseball 48 $234K $179K $55K
Basketball 38 $479K $418K $60K
Tennis 31 $82K $76K $6K
Swimming 30 $90K $76K $14K
Softball 20 $173K $162K $10K
Volleyball 20 $157K $151K $6K
Golf 18 $110K $84K $26K
Bowling 7 $40K $40K $0
Total 542 $3.4M $2.8M $598K

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 65%
Yield (non-ED) 17%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 65% 65% 65%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 36%
SAT Range 1040 – 1270
SAT Math Range 530 – 630
SAT RW Range 510 – 640