<p>Carleton generally ranks in the top ten among four-year liberal arts colleges in the number of students who go on to earn a Ph.D. in the natural sciences and mathematics (geology, chemistry, physics/astronomy, biological sciences, and mathematics) and Carleton is often the only college ranked in the top 10 in all fields of the natural sciences and mathematics. </p>
<p>Carleton alumni also generally win more prestigious National Science Foundation research fellowships than those of nearly every other small college in the nation.</p>