<p>The number of rising juniors declaring biology majors at Carleton ROSE last year to about 14% with the physical sciences also rising to about another 16%. These numbers are among the highest of any general college/university in the country. </p>
<p>The school also churns out more PhD’s in the sciences and math than almost any school nationally - percentage-wise higher than the entire Ivy League, significantly higher than any state university. </p>
<p>About 97% of freshmen return sophomore year - a rate of demonstrated satisfaction that is also one of the highest in the country (UMinnesota, by comparison, sits at about 86%).</p>
<p>Carleton certainly seems to be doing a lot of things very, very right. See the attached article from the Chronicle of Higher Education last year detailing some of their accomplishments in the sciences for women, in particular.
<a href=“http://www.carleton.edu/departments/GEOL/AboutDept/Dept_Articles/ChronicleArticle5.5.06/email2.php.html[/url]”>http://www.carleton.edu/departments/GEOL/AboutDept/Dept_Articles/ChronicleArticle5.5.06/email2.php.html</a></p>